1. Riverside College Interview Micro-teach
Teaching Micro-teach lesson aims and object
Title
Cultural factors affecting the use of ICT in the Home - Music
Teachers Adam Observers Interview Panel Date 30/03/11
Name Heatherington Name
Module Riverside Level & Size N/A Week No 11
Learner Main Presentation
Group teaching Lecture and
method tutor led
exercises
Time Objective Teacher Student Resource
Allowance Activity Activity
5 minutes Understand Introduction listening PC, Data
the Cultural topic Projector and
aspects of Microsoft
ICT in Music PowerPoint
5 minutes Understand exploration Listening, As above
the Q&A
Educational
factors for
ICT
3 minutes Quiz on CAL Activity on Listening and Q As Above &
and CBT webpage & A to lecturer webpage
5 minutes Students to Activity using Student Microsoft Word
undertake Microsoft independent and Power Point
questions and Word study
answers using
handout and
PowerPoint
Presentation
2 minutes Recap Summary Discuss
Total = 20 minutes
Do not restrict yourself to the size of these boxes – please customise
Pre-session Plan Provide a completed copy of this document for your observer ready
for your pre –session discussion.
Rationale
The way people entertain themselves has changed. Many people use computers for their
entertainment and spend hours on the internet or playing computer games. The use of ICT
has enabled society to obtain music the internet, Downloads are becoming more popular
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2. as people want to store music on their portable MP3 players such as iPods and mobile
phones.
Overall Aims of the session
The session aims to provide the students with a basic knowledge of Cultural Factors
contributing towards ICT covering the social aspects ranging from using ICT for creating
music to the download of music on to mobile devices
Tasks for the session
1. Understand the use of ICT systems in the home for entertainment
2. A changing society that is harnessing the use of digital media
3. Making music
4. Understand the fundamentals and concepts of making music
5. The cultural changes in Music in the last decade
6. Problems faced by the industry
7. The way people listen to music has changed
8. How ICT has helped change the music culture
Learning Outcomes
To gain an understanding of the basic concepts of making music and the cultural changes
to Music media on the web.
Teaching and Learning Methods rationale
Demonstration will form the basis of this session, with the lecturer taking the students
through the Lecture slides and each of the tasks.
The students working independently will mirror the lecturer on their own workstations
and will be expected to complete a working web site by the end of the session.
Learning resources
The session provides a handout at the end for students to refer too when working
independently.
Student participation
The students will listen to a 10 minute presentation on Cultural factors in ICT.
Students will complete a 2 minute quiz and a 8 minute question where they will mirror
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3. the lecture on their work stations, continuous support will be provided throughout. The
lecturer will systematically check on students and offer guidance as and when required.
Assessment of learning (formal and informal)
Formal learning
This takes the form of the final product, the students web site and the successful
completion of the brief which is a site on a particular PE subject, i.e. swimming
Informal learning
This will be demonstrated continuously throughout the session as each of the students
attending the workshop will
How will I evaluate this session?
Observation throughout the presentation and the workshop followed by a Question and
answers session.
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