Teachers' Self-Assessment Form

Teachers' Self-assessment Form: (Lung Hau Kuen, Mabel)

[extracted from p.131 - p.142 of HKIEd's Report on the "Study of Levels of Information Technology (IT) Competency, Core Course Elements and Assessment Tools for Teacher Training in IT in Education" ]

Basic Level

Scheme of Work

Completed Yes / No

1. Prepare a scheme of work to reflect the understanding of the appropriate use of slide show, Web materials, and educational courseware in teaching context.

/ Yes

1. A reflective statement of how the participants have used IT in their works as teachers.

/ Yes

1. A short essay with rationale on the use of IT in the lessons.

/ Yes

Operating a Microcomputer

Completed Yes / No

1. Be able to operate a range of peripherals to fulfil teaching tasks:

• Printer;

/ Yes

• Keyboard;

/ Yes

• Modem;

/ Yes

• Scanner; and

/ Yes

• Mouse.

/ Yes

1. Be able to use appropriate terminology to describe the basic components of a computer system.

/ Yes

1. Be able to start up and shut down PC via menu bar.

/ Yes

1. Be able to perform basic operations on Windows environment. The participants should able to:

• Maximize and minimize a window;

/ Yes

• Pull-down and expanded pull-down menus;

/ Yes

• Select, open, move, and close a window;

/ Yes

• Resize a window, tile and cascade windows;

/ Yes

• Scroll within a window;

/ Yes

• Copy documents from hard disk to floppy disk and vice versa;

/ Yes

• Create and name/rename a folder;

/ Yes

• Open and place documents inside a folder; and

/ Yes

• Switch on and select different Chinese character input methods.

/ Yes

Word Processing I

Completed Yes / No

1. Be able to produce word processed scheme of work in hard and soft copies.

/ Yes

1. Be able to produce the reflective statement in hard and soft copies.

/ Yes

1. The word processed scheme of work and reflective statement have to be properly formatted and satisfy the following elements.

• Grammar and spelling checks conducted ;

/ Yes

• Display Chinese characters vertically (直書); and

/ Yes

• Appropriate margins and line spacing.

/ Yes

Presentation Software I

Completed Yes / No

1. Be able to produce at least a simple slide show in hard and soft copies.

/ Yes

1. The slide shows have to be properly formatted and satisfy the following elements.

• Organized in a logical sequence; and

/ Yes

• Employment of animations, graphics and sounds.

/ Yes

Web Browsing and E-mail Operation

Completed Yes / No

1. Be able to download Web materials from the Internet.

/ Yes

1. Be able to use bookmark to link to the related sites.

/ Yes

1. Be able to print out Web pages.

/ Yes

1. Be able to seek a specific Web site by entering the appropriate URL and through the search engine.

/ Yes

1. Be able to notify the principal via e-mail that the portfolio is ready with the scheme of work as an attachment.

/ Yes

Educational Software

Completed Yes / No

1. Be able to execute an educational software and to identify the basic features of the software.

/ Yes

1. Understand the merits and shortcomings of the use of educational software on learning and teaching.

/ Yes

1. Be able to deliver lessons using appropriate educational software specific to the teacher’s own subject areas.

/ Yes

A Framework of Using IT in Education

Completed Yes / No

1. Be able to explain in simple terms the nature, use and roles of IT in education and appreciate the importance of IT in education.

/ Yes

1. Have the understanding of the following issues in using IT in learning and teaching.

• Infusing IT into the curriculum;

/ Yes

• Activity-based approaches and IT;

/ Yes

• Project-based approaches and IT; and

/ Yes

• Equity, legal, ethical and social issues.

/ Yes

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