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This activity required the ctudents to prepare proffesional development program for school teachers. This is what we prepared in our group.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FOR TEACHERS

LEVEL:        FORM I AND II TEACHERS.

SUBJECT:   GEOGRAPHY

TOPIC:        LANDFORMING PROCESSES.

CONTEXT:  RURAL SECONDARY SCHOOL

NEEDS:       BASIC TECHNICAL SKILLS, TK, TPK, TCK

                   THEY HAVE; TK, CK AND PCK

                   THEY HAVE AFEW COMPUTERS AND LIMITED POWER SUPPLY.

                  HOWEVER THEY HAVE ENOUGH CLASSROOMS

CHANCES:   SOLAR COMPUTERS. 

DEFINITIONS             

1.      CK:    Knowledge about land forming processes.

2.      PK:     Knowledge if teaching approaches which fit for land forming processes.       

3.      TK:      Knowledge and skills about technologies and computers

4.      PCK:  The knowledge the teachers have in teaching land forming processes.

5.      TCK:   Knowledge of use of technologies to simply understanding the land forming processes.

6.      TPK:   Knowing the technology or tools available to teach land forming processes.

IMPLIMENTATION:

Being rural schools’ teachers, they have little or no ICT skills therefore our aim will be to facilitate the professional development at the ‘Basic Literacy Level’.

This will include:

-          Introduction to computers

-          Use of internet search engines to get information

-          The use of graphic programs for drawing simple diagrams’

-          Power point presentation.

-          WebQuests/hyperlinks.

-          How to integrate technology in the teaching of land forming processes.

o        WebQuest linking pictures, videos

o        Digital documentation:  photos to show volcanoes, valleys, caldera, gullies etc. and videos to show volcanic eruptions, river erosions, wave actions etc.

o        Use of geographical oriented software eg. Google earth.

-          Discussion forum

-          wikis and blogs for online collaboration.

BASIC TOOLS;   Computer, printers, projectors.

SOFTWARE;      Data access, power point, Google earth, search engines, games, drill and practice, wikis.

ORGANISATION AND ADMINISTRATION:  This program can be done in standard classroom. Technological resources will be brought to the classrooms.

TEACHWER PROFESSIONAL DEVOLOPMENT; Technology is dynamic and teachers always update themselves with new technology.

Digital literacy and teachers to know how to use ICT for their own professional improvement. 
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INTEGRATION OF ICT IN TEACHING GEOGRAPHY

DATE:    22 JAN – 24 JAN 2011

VENUE: MICHOKENI SEC. SCHOOL HALL

TARGET: ALL GEOGRAPHY TEACHERS IN MICHOKENI RURAL ZONE

TRAINNG PROVIDERS:  COURSE PARTICIPANTS FROM AKU-IED.

DAY 1:   22^ND JAN 2011

08 – 10 AM	CK- Refresh  the knowledge on subject content (land forming processes.
10.30 – 12.30	PK – Refresh on teaching methods in Geography.
02.00 – 10.00	PCK- Refresh on appropriate methods o teaching land forming processes.
DAY II – 23RD JAN 2011
08 – 10 AM	TK- Introduction to computers
10.30 – 12.30	TPK- Tools can be used to teach Geography
02.00 – 10.00	TPK – Cont…
DAY III – 24TH JAN 2011
08 – 10 AM	TCK– How technology can be used to teach the content ( Land Forming Processes.
10.30 – 12.30	TPCK  in instruction.

Group members:

Idrisa Sibuor

Marygoreth Massao

Robinson Kinyanjui

Marilyn Ogwang