Meeting the Standards in Primary ICT

This book provides ICT subject knowledge, the pedagogical knowledge needed to teach ICT in the primary school, support activities for use in schools, and self study and information on professional development for primary teachers.

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

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