Lit. Review

1. Presence of sankore

   Anotações:

   • Almost all standard IV to VI have access to a sankore projector in all schools of Mauritius
2. Importance of poetry

   Anotações:

   • Despite the fact that poetry is part and parcel of literacy little importance is given to poetry
3. Teachers tranning

   Anotações:

   • Teachers have been given intensive courses on the use of the white board
4. Computer literacy of children

   Anotações:

   • ICT is no longer  is teaching subject at school  unless those who have a PC or a laptop at home can be said to be computer literate.
5. Administrative support

   Anotações:

   • Government policy is very much for the full use of this innovative technological tool

1. learner centered

   Anotações:

   • Lessons will be developed with participation of the learner
2. critical thinking

   Anotações:

   • child able to appreciate poetry
3. creativity

   Anotações:

   • child create his /her own poem
4. problem solving and decision makeing

   Anotações:

   • present the poem using music and image-involving higher order thinking

Anotações:

• Little has been written directly on the use of IWB for poetry but there have been studies on the use for the teaching of languages

1. Neil Poese

   Anotações:

   • Development of critical skills is one of the most important academic outcomes of classroom video production-part of the activities of teaching poetry using IWB
2. David Hammer

   Anotações:

   • offers some personal and practical advice for developing the use of poetry in primary schools, and provides a list of resources for teachers to support their teaching of Poetry and language skills http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rett20
3. Chia, Noel K.H.

   Anotações:

   • Source:Education today Teaching of poetry in primary schools Discuss on the visual aspect of poetry and the IWB helps both teacher and learner
4. Linda Star

   Anotações:

   • How did you see that poem- Technological tools add interest, knowledge and stills to more prosaic lesson
5. Walter,Collin

   Anotações:

   • In English in Education:The many years of telling:a failed practice of teaching poetry in the primary school
6. Allisyn Levy

   Anotações:

   • Use ten students to show how everyday reading showed great improvement in fluency and expression

1. Standard v pupils
2. TIME FRAME: 3 cycles of one week
3. one class of 30 puils