This book helps trainee and newly qualified teachers to familiarise themselves with ICT and its uses in the primary classroom. ICT support for teaching and learning within the core subjects is discussed, together with ethical issues and health and safety legislation associated with its use, and methods for improving teachers′ own professional development. Each chapter includes guided activities and links with recent research, as well as clear links with the Professional Standards for QTS, the pupils′ National Curriculum and the Schemes of Work for ICT at Key Stages 1 and 2.
Avril Loveless is Senior Lecturer in IT in Education at the University of Brighton.
Prof John Potter is Professor of Media in Education at University College London Institute of Education. His research, teaching and publications are in: new literacies, media education, play on and offscreen, curation and agency in social media, and the changing nature of teaching and learning in the context of digital media. He is a founder member of the DARE research centre at UCL, recently re-launched as ReMAP (Researching Media, Arts and Play) and is currently directing the ESRC funded National Observatory of Children’s Play Experiences during COVID-19.
Jane Sharp is a Learning Development Tutor at Bishop Grosseteste University, working with students at all levels to develop the academic practices, skills and attributes needed for effective study at university. Her current research centres on the academic writing experiences of students studying education at university. Jane was formerly Senior Lecturer in Primary Education and ICT at the University of Winchester and a researcher at the University of Exeter involved in innovative and largescale computing projects in schools.