2 ICT supporting teaching: administration,
planning and preparation
ICT can reduce teachers’ workloads. It has a role to play in reducing the time teachers
spend in planning and preparing for teaching and learning activities.
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Unit 15: Using ICT to enhance learning
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Task 4
Enhancing planning and preparation with ICT 40 minutes
The table below describes ways in which ICT has been applied, by teachers, to
plan and prepare for teaching.
Read through the table. Make a note if you have been able to use this aspect of
ICT. Identify, in discussion with your mentor or coach, if you need further training
and support to apply some aspects of ICT in your planning and preparation. Is
there anything that you do that is not included here?
Uses of ICT My use? What sort of training will I
need?
Wordprocessing templates,
stored centrally, make it easier
and quicker to write lesson
plans and schemes of work
Web-based assignments
reduce time spent on marking
Recording pupils’ assessment
data on spreadsheets makes
producing reports and setting
attainment targets much easier
It’s easier to share resources,
expertise and advice through a
school or LEA intranet or
teachernet.gov.uk
There is less duplication of
effort in preparing lesson
plans, worksheets and reports
when they are shared on the
school intranet
Use of an interactive whiteboard
and the preparation of shared
resources can save time, as
can emailing pupil homeworks
Video conferencing between
schools can support pupil and
teacher learning
