The aims of the investigation

The expectations of the curriculum at Key Stage Two in Information and Communication Technology require students to be enquiring about current and future practices, and enable the students to investigate ways of communicating to the wider world. The statutory content states that pupils should know ‘how to share and exchange information in a variety of forms,’ as well as ‘describe and talk about the effectiveness of their work with ICT, comparing it with other methods and considering the effect it has on others.’ (2009)

I have informally noticed that, in the majority of classes, some children tend to dominate physical discussions and debates, for a number of reasons. Meanwhile, a different group of children tend to dominate online discussions, again for a range of reasons. Continue reading →