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Hi and welcome to the Rosehill Secondary College ICT wiki.
This wiki's main purpose will to provide teachers with a forum to share their ideas, insights and experiences relating to using ICT in the classroom. Gradually, we will build a wiki of teachers' stories (also know as 'cases') that we believe are worth telling. We feel that these cases offer valuable professional knowledgs, insights worth sharing and practical advice for other teachers at Rosehill SC and beyond.


 * We've organised these stories and ideas into __4 categories.__ Rather than focus on the software and the technical side of using the ICT, we thought it was more meaningful to focus on the purpose / application of the ICT for:

1. Visual Thinking & Reflection 2. Collaboration 3. Communication 4. Creating**


 * __Writing a Case about your teaching using ICT - what is a case?__**

Cases are much shorter than typical case studies. They are written by the teacher, not by an observer and are best written in the first person. A case is a case **of** something -i.e. some issue, idea, problem or dilemma, although most good cases raise more than one issue. Cases are intended to either teach something or to promote reflection; in either case they are crafted to embed invitations to discussion, reflection and/or problem-solving. The same case may have different purposes with different audiences.

1. The first one or two paragraphs begin with a scene. You see the problem. It grabs you. 2. Then follows information about the author and context. 3. Now comes a rich, vivid narrative of what happened; this should variously include dialogue, feelings, reactions, prejudices, example of students' work and answers as well as what the teacher tried. 4. It ends with something for the reader to do - an invitation to propose solutions. Sometimes in this style there is a second part where you discover what the teacher actually did do. There are other styles; some cases include more of what the teacher did and add one or two more aspects: some reflection by the author - what have I learned?" and commentaries from people chosen to provide different perspectives, and sometimes further data.
 * Cases should draw the reader in immediately. One common style has four stages:**

Good cases usually describe problems or dilemmas, they contain tension. They focus on a specific event or series of events and ring true; they resonate with the reader. The visual image enables one to "see" the students and problems. A good case is a powerful means of helping teachers articulate, share, refine and develop their beliefs, perspectives, values, understandings and skills. They can put a new spin on familiar problems. They encourage teachers to talk about teaching, and situate such discussions in specific and real contexts. 

//**Writing a case by responding to questions:**

1. Describe a teaching problem / dilemma. Focus on a specific event. Set the scene.// //2. Who says what?// //3. Who / What triggered off the problem?// //4. Describe the mix of students in the class.// //5. What subject were you teaching?// //6. What unit were you teaching?// //7. What exactly were you teaching?// //8. Generally describe your relationship with this group. (How motivated are they? What are their levels of involvement?)// //9. Was this a new type of activity ?// //10. What were you thinking?// //11. What were you feeling?// //12. Develop the Problem. What happens next?// //13. What did you do and say?// //14. What did the students do or say?// //15. What reflections did you have afterwards?// //16. What questions do you have when you think about the problem?// //17. What teaching/management strategies// //18. What discussions have you had over this problem ?// Copyright © 2005 Peel Publications