Using ICT to Enhance Teaching and Learning in Literacy at Key Stage One

Course description

This is a practical course which aims to provide primary teachers with the skills, knowledge and understanding required to fully exploit the power that ICT has to enhance teaching and learning in literacy at Key Stage 1.

Course objectives
  • The relationship between the QCA Scheme of Work for ICT and the National Literacy Strategy;
  • Using ‘Clicker 4’ to develop fluency and confidence in writing;
  • How to generate writing frames using ‘Clicker 4’;
  • How to use Clicker 4 to develop Shared Writing
  • Using digital photography to develop children's oracy and writing.

Course achievements
  • Knowledge of materials to support children’s writing using ICT;
  • Greater skill in using the above applications;
  • Greater understanding of the use of digital images in Literacy;
  • Understanding of the strategies to use ICT to teach better literacy lessons.

 

Email contacts

Bill Lord Literacy Consultant bill.lord@education.nottscc.gov.uk
Liz Kitts ICT Advisory Teacher liz.kitts@education.nottscc.gov.uk
     

Programme

9:30 Introduction and objectives for the day
9:45 – 10:45 Session 1 - ICT skills and practicalities and introducing Clicker 4
10:45 – 11:00 Coffee
11:00 – 12:30 Session 2 - Making Clicker 4 grids
12:30- 1:15 Lunch
1:15 – 2:15 Session 3 - Using digital cameras to develop writing skills with storyboxes
2:15 – 2:30 Tea
2:30 – 3.15 Making use of PowerPoint
3:15 - 3:30 Plenary, review of objectives and course evaluation


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File

Format

Description
Skills PowerPoint Opening presentation and QCA skills progression.
Selecting appropriate extracts Word Guidance from the Literacy Team
All About Me Clicker 4 Grid downloadable from www.learninggrids.com
Alien Descriptions Clicker 4 Grid downloadable from www.learninggrids.com
Characters Clicker 4 Grid downloadable from www.learninggrids.com
Writing an Invitation Clicker 4 Grid downloadable from www.learninggrids.com
Book Review Clicker 4 Grid downloadable from www.learninggrids.com
Activities 1 & 2 Word  
Activities 3 & 4 Word  
Story creators Word document Stimulus for story writing
     


Task

 Objective

Activity description

Completed examples


Year 1 Term 2 T16

Use the elements of familiar stories in own writing (Link to T10 Identify and compare basic story elements)
 

Year 2 Term 2 T13

Use story settings from reading as a basis for own writing

Create a template using Clicker 4

 


Year 1 Term 3 T20

Write simple recounts linked to topics of interest / study  / personal experience.

 

    


Year 2 Term 3 T20

Write non-fiction texts in appropriate style

  

 

 

Clicker Grids

Florence Nightingale

clothes

sea creatures

music

sea

seaside 1

seaside 2

Session 3

Using digital images to develop children's writing

 Objective

Activity description

Completed examples
Year 1 Term 1 T11
Make simple picture books with sentences


Year 1 Term 2 T16
Use the elements of familiar stories in own writing (Link to T10 Identify and compare basic story elements)

Year 1 Term 3 T14
Write stories using simple settings
Use the small world toys and digital cameras to develop a storyboard  to aid talk for writing.
 
 

Year 1 Term 1 T10
Imitate familiar story structures

Year 2 Term 2 T13
Use story settings from reading as a basis for own writing

Year 2 Term 3 T10
Use existing skills to write sustained stories
 
 
 
 

Session 4

Practicalities

PowerPoint


Issues concerning the practicality of using ICT.

 

Websites

www.standards.dfes.gov.uk The Standards Site
Lobster useful web links The  lengthy collection of web sites from the Literacy team's web site.

Some of the sites will support ICT and Literacy as well as 20th Century Literacy!
www.ncaction.org.uk National Curriculum in Action
Exemplification of standards.

www.bbc.co.uk/education

The BBC website contains over half a million pages of news, entertainment and factual material. There's also a wealth of educational programmes available across the BBC's TV and radio channels.
 The BBC Learning homepage is designed to help you find web sites, TV and radio programmes which will help you as a teacher find resources and practical ideas as well as new sites.

BBC Webguide

 

 A fairly exhaustive list of educational web sites including some which offer ideas for teaching sequences that you can put into your planning.

 

http://www.ipl.org/youth/StoryHour

 

The internet public library has a range of simple stories that are aimed at Foundation and KS1 children, some are simply illustrated, others are animated with audio.

http://www.poetryzone.ndirect.co.uk

 

The Poetry Zone is a fun and interactive site run by Roger Stephens, a local poet.

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk

 

A old favourite, this site has a wide range of ideas and resources to use, as well as links to school web sites with excellent examples of KS1 ICT and Literacy work.
http://www.resourcekt.co.uk/
 		 Resource; the publisher of 'I Can Write2'
www.teem.org.uk Teachers' evaluations of educational multimedia. Reviews of websites and CD ROMs.
www.easytype.com Free of charge web-based typing tutor. This is an American site and so is best accessed in the mornings.
http://www.ajkids.com
 		 Ask Jeeves for kids
Child friendly search engine (US)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/laac/

 		 Little animals activity centre
A wonderful site aimed at 5-7 year olds with some of the best interactive stories available
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/schools/digger/


 		 Digger and the gang
Another wonderful educational but fun site with activities to support literacy work.
Aimed at three age groups 5-7 years, 7-9 years and 9-11 years.
http://www.childrenstory.com/


 		 Childrenstory
A collection of audio stories, useful for an ICT based listening centre, also includes links to fantasy stories written by the web master
http://www.eric-carle.com
 		 Eric Carle
The home site of Eric Carle
http://www.ers.cqm.co.uk/rlinks/linaut.htm

 		 Author links page
An impressive collection of links to the home sites of a wide range of authors

http://www.ipl.org/youth/StoryHour

 

The Internet Public Library
A range of simple stories that are aimed at Foundation and KS1 children, some are simply illustrated, others are animated with audio
http://www.percyspark.co.uk


 		 Percy the Park keeper
Although basically a glorified advert for the magazine to buy in the shops, this does include some nice activities

http://www.poetryzone.ndirect.co.uk
 

The Poetry Zone
a fun and interactive site run by Roger Stephens, a local poet
http://www.seussville.com/seussville/

 		 Dr. Seuss
Some super activities
http://www.storiesfromtheweb.org/

 		 Stories from the Web
Online fiction
http://www.titch.net

 		 Titch online
Pat Hutchins' home site
http://www.twiyo.net/~literacy/boys_and_literacy/boys_web_index.html
 		 Boys and Literacy
Extensive list of boy friendly web sites to support children's Literacy

 

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