How Did You Choose Your NOF Provider / What Influenced Your Choice?
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More detailed questions, used as the basis for interviews with some selected teachers only who have agreed to follow up, identified by initial questionnaire.
Name School Years in teaching
Position in department
NOF provider Date NOF training started
How did you choose your NOF provider / what influenced your choice?
Tell me about your experiences so far with your NOF training?
What has been the impact of your NOF training as a geography teacher? How have your personal ICT skills improved?
What ideas have you gained for Teaching and Learning using ICT (Pedagogy)? Has it given you ideas for lessons incorporating ICT?
Have you benefited from being able to network electronically with other teachers?
Have you gained access to additional resources?
In what ways have you used ICT for planning lessons / administration?
In what ways have you gained confidence in using ICT with your pupils as a whole class?
Have you confidence in using ICT with your pupils in small groups?
Are you now more aware of the potential of using ICT in geography than you were before starting your NOF training?
1 In what ways has school supported your NOF training? (providing time / access to hardware etc.)
What else would you have liked school have done to support you in order to maximise the full benefits of NOF training?
Have you encountered any obstacles that have hindered your development of ICT in geography since starting your NOF training?
What problems have you encountered with your NOF training?
I am interested in the type of software you use. Software is broadly divided into generic or content free software which can be used in many different ways and subject specific software which is generally only useful for specific tasks.
Used regularly Used occasionally Never used by myself by my by myself by my by myself by my pupils pupils pupils Generic / content free software Word Excel Publisher PowerPoint Access Other database (please specify)
Paint or other graphics software Image manipulation software Internet Explorer Encarta Other – please specify Other – please specify
2 Please identify one of the above which you consider as the most significant for its value to Geography and explain why
Used regularly Used occasionally Never used by myself by my by myself by my by myself by my pupils pupils pupils Geography Specific Local Studies Aegis SECOS Violent Earth CD- ROM World Atlas Physical World CD- ROM SCAMP CD-ROM Other – please specify Other – please specify Please identify one of the above which you consider as the most significant for its value to Geography and explain why
What hardware do you use? Used regularly Used occasionally Never used By myself Used by By myself Used by By myself Used by my pupils my pupils my pupils Scanner Digital still camera Digital video camera Interactive whiteboard Data / digital projector Weather station Data logging equipment Other – please specify Other – please specify
3 Please identify one of the above which you consider as the most significant for its value to Geography and explain why
NOF aims to encourage teachers to use ICT in their lessons. Please describe a classroom activity using ICT you have undertaken with your pupils since you have done your NOF training that you had not done before. Describe context Year group Ability
Geographical context
Software and other resources used
Classroom management (e.g. whole computer suite, cluster of computers etc.)
Context of the activity
What do you consider to be the learning gains for pupils?
What were the difficulties, if you experienced any?
What would you change another time?
How is ICT helping you as a professional tool? Providing access to documents, reports etc
Access to curriculum materials
Access to up to date geographical information?
Info exchange (e-mail, forums)
Tracking pupil progress and record keeping
4 Other administrative tasks e.g. departmental budget / accounts
NOF is one recent (current) national initiative to encourage development in ICT across the curriculum. Are you aware of any others in the past?
Have you seen or been involved in any of the following: Learning Geography with Computers pack (1988) NCET / GA case studies (Weather, Shopping and Traffic, Human Population) NCET / GA Geography IT Entitlement leaflet NCET CD-ROM roadshows and evaluation leaflets Others – please specify
Have the following GA or geography initiatives helped / influenced you? Articles in TG Software reviews Talks and workshops at GA conferences Others please specify
Has your department received any allocation of funds from NGfL for hardware? If so, how was it used?
Did you have any say in the hardware selection and purchase?
What ICT facilities are available for your department? (Both within the department specifically and general which you have access to.)
5 Do you have ICT built in fully into your KS3 SoW?
Do you have ICT built in fully into your KS4 SoW?
Do you have ICT built in fully into your post-16 SoW?
What do you see as the main opportunities / advantages of using ICT in Geography?
What do you see as the main limitations of using ICT in your Geography?
Does the department have an ICT policy?
Does the department have an action plan, which includes future planning for ICT developments?
Which strategy for ICT and Geography which you have been involved in which has made most significant difference to you as a teacher?
What do you perceive as the biggest problems facing your department with developing ICT in Geog
What training opportunities (school based or LEA) has your department had for ICT over the past 5 years?
Do you have help with ICT by a colleague in school? Who?
What are your personal planned future developments post-NOF?
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