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Capacity Building

  • Capacity Building

    • Recommended time for this block: 120 minutes

    • Sub-unit Competency: Ascertaining e-Readiness

      Now that we have an overview of the school's current position vis-à-vis ICT let us start to dig deeper to find out what ICT competencies our staff have and will need. We will also need to consider what training options are possible in our local area to plug competency gaps. The video below provides an example of what some Rwandan headmasters have done in terms of training staff to use ICT at school.

    • Activity 7: Stages and Models of Technology Change

      1. Access the reading entitled Modeling ICT Development in Education below and consider the diagram on page two illustrating the four different ICT adoption developmental stages in a typical school. Read on to find out more about each level. Then have a look at the reading on Professional Development phases for educators.

      1. Which of the levels identified in the readings identify where your school and staff are situated currently and what might be done to move the school on wards? Discuss.
      2. Open the documents below. With some adaption could they be used to assess the ICT proficiency levels of your staff?
      3. Adapt them using a word processor so that they are ready for distribution to students and staff.

      1. Assuming you have determined the training needs of your wider school community, what options are available in terms of training solutions? We will use the forum below to pool our expertise. Open the forum below entitled Local Training Solutions and identify which ICT training options you are aware of.

    • Local Training Solutions Forum
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