Why Are ICT Lessons Boring? The Start of the Lesson (Update 2023)

November 28, 2023

If I had to choose just one causal factor to focus on, as to why students find ICT lessons boring, it would be the start of the lesson.

Why Are ICT Lessons Boring? The Start of the Lesson

August 10, 2010

The way any activity starts, ie your first few seconds’ experience of it, sets the tone for the rest of the period in question. What does this imply for the start of an ICT lesson?

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