ICT Connect provides a manageable and flexible solution for teaching ICT skills across the primary age range. It is fully matched to the QCA Scheme of Work for ICT and offers opportunities for cross-curricular links. The activities can be used on and off the computer, and the scheme is referenced to generic software. units for Years 2, 3 and 4 and 4 units for Year 6. Each unit has sufficient work for half a term. Each unit contains: unit overview; skills sessions; practice tasks; follow-up activities; review tasks; and unit assessment sheets. introduce and demonstrate to the class. Practice tasks and review tasks give children the opportunity to practice and reinforce skills previously learnt within different subject areas. The CD contains resources, some activities for the teacher to demonstrate to the whole class, assessment sheets, plus editable photocopy masters from the teacher's notes. Coordinator, will save these files from the CD-ROM to a network location, which a networked machine can accesss. This means that a class of pupils can run the activities at the same time. Instructions are provided in the CD inlay card and in the readme.txt files on the CD-ROM. r

Motivated by the conviction that ICT should be used as an effective tool, this book shows how it can support teaching and learning in the classroom and in the virtual world of school intranet, websites and learning platforms. Practical tasks and teaching tips demonstrate how imaginative use of technology can promote creative and enthusiastic teaching, as well as enable new approaches to teaching and learning. It includes descriptions of new technologies and systems and how they can be used, as well as guidance on the software, and activities to engage pupils in their own learning.

Troubleshooters are ICT Unit Plans designed to build skills, confidence and understanding, providing a wide range of materials for teaching specific QCA units. They provide watertight support for each of the three main strands: Control & Datalogging, Spreadsheets and Databases.

Five pupil books, one for each year group, provide carefully sequenced progression throughout the course ensuring pupils' confidence is maintained. They present each grammatical skill in small, easily managed steps.

An index to library and information science literature.

What is PGCE at M-Level and what can you expect from the course? How can it help you to develop as a professional? Master′s-level study is now a well established component of PGCE courses and this new edition of the best selling student guide offers a clear and concise overview of Master′s level aspects in teacher education. This Second Edition includes discussion of recent developments in education policy, greater coverage of reflective practice in school-based training and up-to-date advice on how to get a teaching job at the end of your course. With new reflective activities designed to help students develop critical skills, and improved references to additional material, this book is essential reading for students on PGCE courses in primary and secondary education. Keira Sewell leads Visionary Education (www.visionary-education.co.uk), an education consultancy covering teacher training, science education, strategic development and business and industry partnerships. Contrbutors to the book are members of the primary and secondary PGCE teams at the University of Southampton, Edge Hill University, the University of Dundee and an independent consultant supporting Higher Education Institutions. Praise for the book: "Doing your PGCE at M level is a valuable guide designed to enable students to achieve success. Its approach, using clear explanations and case studies enable trainees to engage at a critical level and understand the potential benefits this can bring to them personally and professionally. Moving forward from the first edition in a way that incorporates education policy from recent fast moving times this enables trainees to critique and identify how the education arena is shaped. This new edition also enables trainees to develop many of the key skills of M-Level work; the development of reflective activities to enable deep reflection and critical analysis is a welcome development. This comprehensive text will be a valuable resource for anyone training to be a PGCE teacher." - Tim Roberts, PGCE Programme Director, University of Hertfordshire

Enables primary teachers to integrate the teaching of ICT with other subject areas. This handbook contains a range of practical teaching activities, which allow pupils to apply and develop their ICT capability in meaningful curriculum contexts. This book includes activities for all primary years and covers all UK curricula. It is designed for the non-specialist teacher of ICT. The book includes website support.