1st Edition

Meeting the Standards in Primary ICT A Guide to the ITTNC

By Steve Higgins, Nick Packard Copyright 2004
224 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This practical guide to using ICT in the primary classroom addresses all the concerns of student teachers and provides plenty of ideas and advice on how to incorporate ICT into classroom practice on a daily basis. The authors bring together theory and practice to help prospective and new teachers acquire and develop the skills required for using ICT effectively. Meeting the Standards in Primary... Read more
Introduction: Welcome to your teaching career Section 1: Your ICT skills, knowledge and understanding 1. Auditing your own skills and understanding ICT capability 2. Text, pictures and multimedia 3. Managing and understanding information 4. Communicating with and through ICT 5. What does the research say? Section 2: ICT and teaching in the classroom 6. ICT for literacy and English 7. ICT for numeracy and mathematics 8. ICT for science 9. ICT across the curriculum 10. ICT in the foundation stage 11. ICT and thinking skills Section 3: ICT and your own professional learning 12. Managing your professional responsibilities with ICT 13. Becoming a reflective practitioner 14. Applying for jobs and coping with interviews

Biography

Steve Higgins is Senior Lecturer in Primary Education at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Nick Packard is an Educational ICT Consultant.

'The book is an ambitious project, seeking to combine an academic approach with practical guidance, at the same time remaining readable. It succeeds.' - TES