ICT

Integration
and
Projects in
the New
Curriculum 1
 Discussion Areas
▸ Adding value to the computer lab: Hardware, Software, Network …and
Content!
▸ ICT integration, research needs of the new curriculum
▸ Offline Digital Libraries (Britannica, Encarta, Internet-In-A-Box,
RACHEL) and OERs (Wikipedia, WikiHow, PHET, Khan Academy, GCF…)
▸ Scrapping websites like W3Schools for offline access with HTTTrack
▸ Creating Custom School Digital Library using Kolibri, Generating own
computer aided assessments using Hot Potatoes
▸ Hands On: Using local server (XAMPP) to share web based content via
school LAN
▸ Computer Lab
Setup does not
end with installing
Hardware,
Software and
Network only…
Content
▸

installation adds
great value! Rogers’s first job as a Lab Attendant at Jinja College, 2010

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ICT
Integration
needs of
the new
curriculum

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 Offline
Offline and
online digital
librariesDigital
for ICT
Integration
Libraries
information,
videos

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 Offline Digital Libraries
Microsoft Encarta Multimedia
Encyclopedia Encyclopedia Britannica Ultimate DVD These can aid Visual
Learning

Wikipedia for Schools

NB: These are mentioned on the ICT

Integration page in the syllabus books.

Available on the ITAU Master Flash.

Read more how to access at
ictteachersug.net/offline-digital
Offline Digital Libraries
1. Edify Internet In
a Box
Edu websites accessed via
Offline LAN or hotspot).
Contact Edify Uganda office
on how to access the devices.
Link to Internet in a box online:
http://iiab.live/edify-africa

NB: Sample Open Educational Resources (OREs)

packaged on Internet in a box / can be previewed/
downloaded from http://oer2go.org/ .
RACHEL (Remote Area Community
Hotspot for Education and Learning)
A collection of the world's best Open Educational Resources (OERs)

▸ A server/router that hosts

offline free educational content
such as Khan Academy,
Wikipedia, Project Gutenberg
and others via Wi-Fi.

https://rachel.worldpossible.org/
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 Downloading
OERs using FTP

Use WinSCP, login with

(host: ftp.worldpossible.org
username/password: anonymous) 9
 Scrapping websites for offline
access with

Download HTTrack Website Copier from https://www.httrack.com 10

Offline Digital Libraries
Kolibri: Build your own custom School Digital Library
•Kolibri Software can be installed offline as a custom offline digital Library within a
schools’ computer lab – See instances at e-learning.education.go.ug and elearning.nacsu.org.
Creating computer aided
assessments using Hot
Potatoes

https://hotpot.uvic.ca/
 Hands On: Using XAMPP to share
web based content via school LAN
▸Step 1. Install XAMPP
server software from
apachefriends.org

▸Step 2 Open
C:/xampp/apache/conf/ht
tpd.config file in notepad
▸Step 3 Add 'Listen <static
LAN ip address>:8000' to
line 60 and Restart XAMPP
services.
▸Step 4: Opening IP
address on other
computers loads content
under the htdocs folder.
You may rename index.php
to index1.php to see
directory listing
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Case Studies ▸ Gayaza High School Publicizes club projects through their YouTube channel
https://www.youtube.com/c/gayazahighschool/videos

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Join us for
dedicated web
design
workshop
▸ 2 days: Fri 2nd – Sat 3rd Sept
2022
▸ Innovation Village, Jinja
▸ Highly subsidized at UGX
40,000 ONLY
▸ Tshirt, Training, Beginner and
Advanced sessions
▸ jinja.wordcamp.org
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THANK YOU!
Rogers Mukalele
▸ Founding Director/Board Member, ITAU
▸ Team Lead, Sharebility Uganda Elearning
▸ Instructor, Makerere University Jinja Campus
▸ NCDC New Curricullum Master Trainer (ICT)
▸ Co-organiser, WordPress Community Uganda
▸ www.mukalele.net 0776960740/0706060740
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