ABSTRACT
The Really Useful ICT Book is a practical and easy-to-use guide to give you all the confidence you need to use ICT really effectively inside and outside the primary classroom. It makes clear how ICT can be taught as a standalone subject, and how it can be used easily and imaginatively to enhance teaching other subjects.
Jam-packed with ideas and templates to save you time, this friendly handbook offers an introduction to:
- using ICT inside the classroom – including interactive whiteboards, computer suites, VLEs and e-safety
- using ICT outside the classroom – including word processors, laptops, data loggers and digital cameras
- when and how to use a wide range of software and hardware – from spreadsheet packages through to digital photography, e-portfolios and software simulation
- using ICT in all subject areas
- practical suggestions for using ICT in cross-curricular topics
- using ICT to develop teacher and pupil creativity
- using ICT for assessment and in your professional role.
With an emphasis on developing children’s creativity and on progression from Key Stage 1 to Key Stage 2, The Really Useful ICT Book is a comprehensive compendium of advice and inspiration for all training, newly qualified and experienced teachers, as well as those in support roles in primary schools.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |3 pages
Introduction
part |44 pages
A useful guide to ICT in the classroom
chapter |8 pages
Creativity and ICT
chapter |22 pages
Using ICT inside the classroom
chapter |2 pages
Using ICT outside the classroom
chapter |6 pages
Assessing children's use of ICT
chapter |4 pages
Use of ICT in a teacher's professional role
part |73 pages
A useful guide to software and hardware
chapter |15 pages
Word-processing software in the primary classroom
chapter |10 pages
Spreadsheet software in the primary classroom
chapter |4 pages
Database software in the primary classroom
chapter |4 pages
Branching database software in the primary classroom
chapter |3 pages
Data loggers in the primary classroom
chapter |5 pages
Digital microscopes and visualisers in the primary classroom
chapter |7 pages
Graphics software in the primary classroom
chapter |3 pages
Simulation software in the primary classroom
chapter |2 pages
Control technology, Pixies and Roamers in the primary classroom
chapter |5 pages
Digital audio equipment in the primary classroom
chapter |2 pages
Hand-held devices in the primary classroom
chapter |3 pages
Multimedia authoring programs in the primary classroom
part |53 pages
Really useful ideas for using ICT across the curriculum
chapter |7 pages
English
chapter |6 pages
Mathematics
chapter |6 pages
Science
chapter |1 pages
Modern foreign languages
chapter |6 pages
History
chapter |6 pages
Geography
chapter |5 pages
Design and technology
chapter |3 pages
Art and design
chapter |3 pages
Music
chapter |3 pages
Physical education
chapter |4 pages
Religious education
part |23 pages
Using ICT in cross-curricular topics