ICT lesson

1. How can you initiate, sustain and direct activities in an ICT lesson to motivate students?

Initiate -show an output of a product using ICT such as a photograph using photoshop and later get them to show and do activities using photoshop to derive to an output as shown in the example (they can create on their own too). Showing them the logo of somethingand get the students to try out the drawing using logo programming.

Sustain -get them into pairs or groups and allocate them with tasks where they can discuss and brainstorm ideas together such as having word games or other interactive games that they can discuss the answers together and have a group score.

Direct -get them to create their own blogs and design it and input data on their own into their respective blogs.

2. How can you help students plan, monitor and modify their cognition to develop self-regulated learning of students in ICT?

Example - get them to be in groups and give them tasks to develop a pictoral composition using the computer. give them a set of pictures that canguide them to finishing a story and get the students to describe each picture using their own understanding. later get the students to make the ending of the story and they can add a picture (imported from internet) that can be relevant to describe the ending story that they have created. each of the activity will help the students in planning their stroy carefully and design it creatively and get them to monitor their own progress in comparison with their friends (can be competed - best stroyline, best ending picture, best narration, etc). we can monitor their work and progress and guide them in order for them to make modification on their own. this can help to boost their personal confidence and slef motivation.