About this site
The Author - Norman C. Borg
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am currently Education Officer at the Department of Technology in
Education, Education Division, focusing on the implementation of
ICT as a learning and teaching tool in the Primary. I also offer
my services as teacher trainer and consultant at the Education Division's
ICT Learning Centre. I have been interested in the implementation
of ICT in primary classrooms ever since I first started using my
personal computer (a humble Commodore 64) way back in 1986. At the
time I used to teach Year 5. Presently I lecture students of the
Certificate and Diploma in Education Courses run by the Faculty
of Education, University of Malta. I also run the course Creating
a School Website, as part of the ICT Centre's ICT Evening Course
initiative. I have published various articles related to ICT implementation
in the Primary, particularly in Education 2000, which used
to be jointly published by the Education Division and the Faculty
of Education. My paper "ICT: Constructivist elements in Primary
Level Software" was published in Constructivist Teaching
in Primary School, edited by Suzanne Gatt and Yosanne Vella
(Agenda, 2003).
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Rationale and objectives
- To offer some help to those Maltese Primary School Teachers
who are still struggling to get to grips with the new technology;
- To suggest ways and means of implementing the technology across
the Maltese Primary Curriculum.
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Disclaimer
Please note that this web site was created out of
personal interest and as an exercise in basic HTML design (and later
practice with FrontPage and Dreamweaver)! It is
not the official web site of the ICT Learning Centre or the Education
Division.
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Brief description
The site has two main highlights: a list of articles
which were originally published in various related journals and
a software checklist. These are supported by a Frequently Asked
Questions page (the size of which will definitely depend on visitors'
feedback!) and a list of links to other related sites which will
hopefully help teachers to appreciate further the potential of the
technology across the teaching profession. The Glossary section
is mainly aimed at those of you who are at a loss when it comes
to computer and Internet jargon.
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Browser compatibility
I have tested this site on Internet Explorer 6.0 and
Netscape Navigator 7.1, so display should appear properly on these
browser versions or higher. But I cannot guarantee a proper display
on earlier versions. I have tried to do away with frames for this
reason. Nevertheless I have used Style Sheets. These may not be
supported by the earlier versions of these browsers. I recommend
you go to the related company web sites (their links are in the
Home Page) and download the latest browser versions.
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Thanks
While thanking you for visiting this site and for your support,
please do not hesitate to e-mail me with comments, suggestions,
queries or complaints. Update and maintenance of the site will
greatly depend on the kind of feedback I will be receiving.
I hope you will enjoy the visit to this site and find it of
some help.
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Site History
Version 1.0 - June 1999
Original project for Certificate in Multimedia Authoring. Never
actually uploaded online.
Version 2.0 - February 2000
First actual upload. Features of original version enhanced.
Version 3.0 - April 2000
More sections added, older sections updated. Interface and design
revised. New sections: Help, Glossary, Downloads, Feedback.
Nominated for the Best European Web Award 2000.
Version 3.1 - April 2001
Practically the same design of Version 3.0 but totally reconstructed
using Microsoft FrontPage 2000.
Version 3.2 - June 2001
New features: Search and Guestbook.
Selected among the Top 100 eLearning Awards for 2001.
Finalist in the Education Category at the DataStream Malta Web Awards
2002.
Version 4.0 - January 2004
Current version. Totally re-created and streamlined with Macromedia
Dreamweaver MX. The Software database has been compiled into one
single Shockwave file.
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