1st Edition
The Really Useful ICT Book A practical guide to using technology across the primary curriculum
Introduction: Finding new ways to learn Part 1: A Useful Guide to ICT in the Classroom 1.1 Creativity and ICT 1.2 Using ICT inside the classroom 1.3 Using ICT outside the classroom 1.4 Assessing children’s use of ICT 1.5 Use of ICT in a teacher’s professional role Part 2: A Useful Guide to Software and Hardware 2.1 Word Processing 2.2 Spreadsheets 2.3 Databases 2.4 Branching Databases 2.5 Data-loggers 2.6 Digital cameras, movies, and photo-copiers 2.7 Digital Microscopes and Visualisers 2.8 Graphics software 2.9 Simulation software 2.10 Control technology, pixies and roamers Digital audio equipment 2.11 Hand-held devices 2.12 Multimedia authoring Part 3: Really Useful Ideas for Using ICT across the Curriculum 3.1 English 3.2 Mathematics 3.3 Science 3.4 MFL 3.5 History 3.6 Geography 3.7 D&T 3.8 Art 3.9 Music 3.10 PE 3.11 RE Part 4: Really Useful Ideas for Cross-Curricular Topics 4.1 Fabrics and bags enterprise project 4.2 Looking into the past 4.3 Our community 4.4 Learning about animals 4.5 Plants and growing 4.6 Famous people 4.7 Healthy me 4.8 Sport, Olympics and World Cup 4.9 Robots, superheroes and monsters 4.10 Caring for our planet
Biography
Jill Jesson is Senior Lecturer in Education, Sheffield Hallam University, UK.
Graham Peacock is Senior Lecturer in Education, Sheffield Hallam University, UK.
