The Key Stage One Teacher's Survival Guide to ICT

Course description

This is a practical course which aims to equip teachers with the skills, knowledge and understanding required to teach the KS1 ICT curriculum in a creative way. Delegates will learn how various software titles, chosen from Nottinghamshire’s recommended list  can be used to deliver the KS1 curriculum with excellence and enjoyment in mind, seeking every available opportunity to integrate discrete ICT across the curriculum. Whilst this course is aimed at non-specialist teachers of ICT, and shall be paced accordingly, a basic familiarity with PCs is desirable. The methodology of the course will consist of a mix of demonstration, hands-on practice and discussion.

Course objectives

• To provide teachers with a practical interpretation of ICT in the National Curriculum.
• To give teachers first hand experience of the relevant software to meet requirements
• To give teachers the opportunity to discuss the issues of classroom organisation and management in relation to the teaching of ICT skills and the application of ICT across the primary curriculum.

Units 1B, 1D & 2A

Using a spacebar

Adding line breaks

Turn a string into a list

Integrated Task

Use of Smart Notebook

Units 1A & 1B

Design a Room

Black Cat Fresco

Mondrian

Working with Instructions

Units 1F & 2D

Types of Information

Unit 1C