AMES, Utena

Some problems we encounter while trying to use IT:

1) for most students, especially adults and secondary school-leavers, learning and time spent for it literally is money, therefore learning using computers during the lesson might be considered as waste of time and money. Our, teachers', task is to make such activities really effective, worth doing and attractive.
2) adult students do not have time to spend extra time at a computer; they bring traditional learning skills to classroom and expect to learn and be taught as much as possible during the class time. Their main excuses are - too busy, no time.
3) for our school it is too expensive to have a separate computer classroom. The way out may be acquisition of a computerized/mutimedia OHP.

We use IT in the following ways:

1) watch films, teaching programmes, documentaries
2) look for teaching/learning materials on the Internet
3) prepare our own teaching materials
4) encourage and direct students to some useful websites
5) students use a computer for doing some of their homework, search materials for projects.