ACCEPTING CHOICES: TO ICT OR NOT TO ICT: ENGAGEMENT!!!
Sue Gregory, Ian Lloyd, Sam Miles, Amanda Mills
Sue Gregory, Sam Miles, Amanda Mills (University of New England, Armidale)
Ian Lloyd (The Armidale School, Armidale)
Abstract
Over a period of several weeks 16 male students in a middle school were required to complete a project to measure their level of engagement using Information Communication Technology (ICT). During the lessons students were observed, assisted, photographed, videoed and interviewed by the classroom teacher, two pre service teachers and an ICT education lecturer and also requested to complete survey questions.
The project required student to use anything they desired, technology or otherwise, to research and present their findings in order to win the business of the observers, classroom teacher and public, at an Expo.
The tasks of the onlookers were to observe whether students were engaged, or otherwise, in the production and presentation of their project. The engagement of using ICT is dependant on student’s ability to choose how and when to implement ICT. It is the combination of feelings (emotional), observable actions or performance (behavioural) and perceptions and beliefs (cognitive). Many observations were made and this paper addresses the results of student’s engagement in the task, and their choice of whether to use ICT or not.
Engagement
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