Meeting the Standards in Primary ICT: A Guide to the ITT NC (Meeting the standards series)

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 ICT is split into three sections which will: help assess the readers' ICT skills, knowledge and understanding discuss ways of incorporating ICT for teaching across the primary curriculum help the reader to think about ICT and their own professional learning and development. This book will be an invaluable resource for all student teachers on primary training courses, lecturers and mentors supporting trainees on these courses and newly qualified teachers (NQTs).

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 ICT is split into three sections which will:

• help assess the readers' ICT skills, knowledge and understanding


• discuss ways of incorporating ICT for teaching across the primary curriculum


• help the reader to think about ICT and their own professional learning and development.

This book will be an invaluable resource for all student teachers on primary training courses, lecturers and mentors supporting trainees on these courses and newly qualified teachers (NQTs).

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 ICT is split into three sections which will: help assess the readers' ICT skills, knowledge and understanding discuss ways of incorporating ICT for teaching across the primary curriculum help the reader to think about ICT and their own professional learning and development. This book will be an invaluable resource for all student teachers on primary training courses, lecturers and mentors supporting trainees on these courses and newly qualified teachers (NQTs) Introduction : welcome to your teaching career Auditing your own skills and understanding ICT capability Text, pictures, and multimedia Managing and understanding information Communicating with and through ICT What does the research say? ICT for literacy and English ICT for numeracy and mathematics ICT for science ICT across the curriculum ICT in the foundation stage ICT and thinking skills Managing your professional responsibilities with ICT Becoming a reflective practitioner Applying for jobs and coping with interviews Appendix A: Finding information on the Web Appendix B: Other sources of information Appendix C: Glossary of educational ICT terms Appendix D: Ethical, legal and health and safety issues. "This practical guide to using ICT in the primary classroom addresses all the concerns of trainee and student teachers. It provides plenty of ideas and advice on how to incorporate ICT into classroom teaching on a daily basis. The authors bring together theory and practice to help prospective and newly qualified teachers (NQTs) acquire and develop the skills required for using ICT effectively and to develop the knowledge and understanding needed for Qualified Teacher Status." "This book is not just limited to the use of ICT in the classroom but looks at the wider role of ICT in supporting effective professional development. It will be an invaluable resource that will benefit all trainee teachers on primary training courses. It will also be a reference for lecturers and mentors supporting trainees on these courses as well as NQTs in the early stages of their teaching career."--Jacket Meeting the Standards in Primary ICT 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. 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.