Primary ICT and the Foundation Subjects »

John Williams (1922-1994) was born and raised in northeast Texas. Despite a talent for writing and acting, Williams flunked out of a local junior college after his first year. He reluctantly joined the war effort, enlisting in the Army Air Corps, and managing to write a draft of his first novel while there. Once home, Williams found a small publisher for the novel and enrolled at the University of Denver, where he was eventually to receive both his B.A. and M.A., and where he was to return as an instructor in 1954.

The reasons for teaching and learning with information and communication technology (ICT) are plenty, and these have been acknowledged worldwide. Providing a subject-coverage rarely seen in other books, this textbook advises on how to use ICT in the teaching of the primary foundation subjects: Design & Technology, Art & Design, Geography, History, Music, Modern Foreign Languages, Physical Education. Written for the non-specialist ICT teacher, practical advice and imaginative ideas are given to show that ICT really can be an integral part of the primary curriculum, and can make learning and teaching both easier and fun for the pupil and teacher!

About the Author:
John Williams head teacher of a large junior school, school governor, county advisor, senior lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University, part-time lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire and at Homerton College, Cambridge University

About the Author:
Wick Easingwood is responsible for leading primary and secondary PGCE initial teacher training at Anglia Ruskin University

Acknowledgements     viii
Foreword     xi
Introduction     1
The Foundation Subjects     1
ICT and a broad-based curriculum     2
The role of the teacher     3
A broad curriculum     4
ICT and a 'child-centred' approach to teaching     6
ICT, differentiation and planning     6
Including ICT in all subject planning     9
Planning, preparing and delivering the lesson     11
The role of ICT     11
Why use ICT?     12
Key points to consider when planning for ICT use     13
Collaboration     17
Units of study     18
Planning the lesson     20
Delivering the lesson     24
The lesson plan     25
Assessing the lesson     27
Using an interactive whiteboard     39
Summary     40
Design and Technology     42
Design and technology and the school     42
The design process     43
Design and making     43
ICT and design and technology     44
Applying the design process in the primary school     45
Marketing projects     49
Using spreadsheets and databases: cross-curricular activities     49
Drawing plans     49
Control technology     55
Food technology     55
Cross-curricular links     64
Art and Design     66
Art or design?     55
Art     67
Children and art     67
Art in practice     68
ICT and art     70
Using the Internet to support art     72
Using digital technologies to enhance art and design     73
Design     76
Art and design across the curriculum     77
Design skills and art     77
ICT and design     80
Textiles and ICT     84
ICT in support of art and design     91
Geography     93
Geography in the primary curriculum     93
The different areas of study within geography     94
The use of ICT in the teaching of geography     98
Specific software for primary geography     102
Use of the Internet     112
CD-Roms     114
Hardware     114
Interactive whiteboards     115
Summary     120
History      122
Teaching history     122
Planning, history and ICT     123
Using ICT in history projects     124
CD-Roms and their limitations     125
Timelines and computers     125
Teaching history across subject boundaries     127
ICT and local history studies     128
Using the Internet to support primary history     129
Further examples of ICT use     130
Summary     135
Music     138
Music in the primary school     138
ICT and music     139
The elements of simple music-making     141
Using musical programs in the classroom     147
Using the interactive whiteboard     153
iPods in the classroom     154
Modern Foreign Languages     156
Learning a language     156
The structure of language     157
Language learning in the primary school     158
ICT and language learning     159
Using the interactive whiteboard     161
Choosing software     164
Using other aspects of ICT for language learning     165
Language, drama and ICT     168
Foreign languages and the internet     169
Summary     169
Physical Education     172
Physical education in the primary curriculum     172
ICT and physical education     173
Digital video     175
Interactive whiteboards     179
CD-Roms     180
Index     182