The use of ICT

ICT can play an important role in the success of an exhibition. Students are not required to use ICT in the exhibition but it provides several practical and creative solutions to support the exhibition where appropriate.

ICT enables worldwide access to primary and secondary sources of data. It offers technical equipment, communication options and environments to reflect on the data acquired (emails, websites, blogs, wikis, virtual learning environments or platforms). It also provides tools to record and organize various kinds or combinations of data, such as digital images, videos, written and oral texts, art, music, animations, as well as environments where this data can be presented and shared.

ICT can provide an environment in which students record, organize, analyse and reflect on their learning during the exhibition (by using appropriate software, virtual learning environments, school intranet). For example, a class, group or individual blog can be an effective tool for recording the exhibition process and a way of communicating this process with peers, teachers, mentors, parents and the wider community. ICT also provides different opportunities for staging and presenting the exhibition, for instance, the use of digital images and videos, audio, digital portfolios, websites, data projectors and commercially produced publishing software.

Where ICT is used in an exhibition, students should be encouraged to be principled in the use of digital libraries, digital images or other data acquired with the help of technology by following the school’s guidelines to encourage academic honesty.