CIC2601 Assignment 3 2023

CIC2601 Assignment 3 2023 Answers, guidelines, workings and references.................QUESTION 1 There are role players in the effective integration of ICTS in classrooms…. Each of these role players will play a different role in supporting the integration of Technology in the classroom. 1.1. Name and discuss ANY EIGHT (8) Role player and Responsibility in ICT integration (24) The responsibilities of the ICT coordinator are to encourage the use of ICT in teaching and learning at the school. However, the teachers keep on teaching in the traditional way. 1.2. Mention ANY THREE (3) reasons why teachers do not integrate ICT in their classrooms. (3) ICT theories helps identified and explored the roles and responsibilities of a variety of stakeholders when implementing ICT in the classroom. Activity theory (Engeström, 1987) was selected to demonstrate the roles and support when teachers integrate ICT in classroom environments. 1.3. Briefly explain the Vygotsky’s triangle of mediated action (6) 1.4. Name three (3) elements that Engeström amended Vygotsky’s triangle of mediated action (3) CIC2601/101 19 Teachers complained that learners do not bring their textbooks to class. Learners cannot complete their homework in the time allocated, because they do not have their books with them. In order to solve the problem, the principal in collaboration with the department of education, the school management team and the school governing body decided to buy tablets for each class. All the learning material has been loaded on the tablets. The tablets remain in the class and the learners can access the e-books while they are busy with their homework. 1.5. Identify all the components of the activity system mentioned in the passage above and add them to the activity system framework shown below (14) Component Examples Subject Object Goal Tools Rules Community Division of labour QUESTION 2 2.1. Identify the two commonly known file extensions for the following: 2.1.1. Word application (2) 2.1.2. Presentation software (2) 2.1.3. Spreadsheet application (2) 2.1.4. Database application (2) 2.1.5. Publisher (2) 2.2. Study the diagram below and name the items labelled (1-7) (7) 20 Address bar refers to the text field in a web browser that identifies the user’s location on the web and allows them to access different websites. Address bar shows the Uniform Resource locator (URL) of a particular website. 2.3. Name THREE (3) parts of the URL below 2.3.1. http:// (1) 2.3.2. (1) 2.3.3. Site/corporate/default (1) QUESTION 3 3.1. In your own words differentiate between Blended learning and Mobile learning (4) Literacy in the 21st century is about constructing and validating knowledge. Digital technologies have enabled the spread of all kinds of information, displacing traditional formats of usually more carefully curated information such as encyclopaedias and newspaper. 3.2. Name and discuss THREE (3) Computer-related 21st century literacies. (6) 3.3. Study the diagram of a desktop computer below and answer the questions that follows. CIC2601/101 21 3.3.1. Identify the various components of the 21st-century desktop computer and create a link between components identified on how they communicate. You will have to match two components out of the 10 components (e.g., 11 and 12 etc), which means you will have a total of 5 matched components, your answer should be in the format as shown in the example below: Identified Component 11 : CPU 12 : North Bridge Linked Communication CPU (11) sends commands/instructions to the Northbridge (12).