ICT Skills: Nursery

Monday, 5 October 2009

Nursery

ICT ACROSS THE CURRICULUM AUTUMN TERM 2009

THE FOUNDATION PHASE

The following hyperlinks and examples are taken from between the Autumn term 2008 to Autumn term 2009. They are examples of ICT being used as a skill , and of ICT skills being used to develop skills in other subjects.

Nursery

ICT is used in the foundation phase to develop many skills below is an example from this terms new intake. The children are developing their communication skills via an interactive literacy program.Finding and developing information and ideas : To become aware that information exists in a variety of forms.

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8COi14wPtz6c0QlgtB_0uqipvZFazRcQ0Bf9gxxmDqQEI4l3LQeUZ_jNjfBIKys4yUcioAQ18II1as-rZMARrDL4qyQ5O4kR6EXyXYq9w2QEWklOmAf7iJqiqAYPjvUmjLLdZMM7S_PXf/s1600-h/r60.JPGThe following link gives two example of how ICT can be used to develop skills. The first is develops numeracy as children open an interactive advent calendar every day on the computer. Become aware that ICT can be used to communicate ideas.The second is children using a CD player and a microphone to practice for our Christmas concert.Use given ICT resources to help create, present and safely share their ideas
http://pontyclunprinursery.blogspot.com/2008/12/nadolig-llawen-christmas-2008.html

Through this "Fizzy's Numbers" ICT activity we played some games which focus on numbers 1 - 10.We have been using our ICT skills in the infant computer suite. We work with our talking/computer partners and in this 'Mouse Skills' game we are practising our mouse control.We have 'painted' pictures of ourselves on the plasma screen computer using the '2Paint' programme.

http://pontyclunprinursery.blogspot.com/2009/10/21st-25th-september-09.html

We made funny fruit faces on the plasma screen (ICT skills)
http://pontyclunprinursery.blogspot.com/2009/10/eco-week-12th-16th-october-09.html

We learnt the finger rhyme "Tommy thumb, where are you?" and used our ICT skills by recording our singing with the 'Easi-Speak' microphone.
http://pontyclunprinursery.blogspot.com/2009/10/5th-9th-octorber-09.html

Using the plasma screen and 2 simple software to create firework pictures
http://pontyclunprinursery.blogspot.com/2009/11/2nd-6th-november-09.html

In this Interactive Whiteboard activity we had to choose the correct size shoes for 'little', 'middle' and 'big' (ICT skills)

http://pontyclunprinursery.blogspot.com/2009/10/19th-23rd-october-09.html

We used our ICT skills to program "Bee-Bot" to go to the healthy foods on the mat.

http://pontyclunprinursery.blogspot.com/2009/10/eco-week-12th-16th-october-09.html

'Develop a variety of mathematical approaches & strategies' using ICT

http://pontyclunprinursery.blogspot.com/2009/11/mathematical-development-16th-20th-nov.html

We designed a friend for 'Lecky' on the Interactive Whiteboard'Experiment with new learning opportunities including ICT'ICT skills

http://pontyclunprinursery.blogspot.com/2009/11/personal-social-development-16th-20th.html

ICT skills Communication - writing
http://pontyclunprinursery.blogspot.com/2009/11/creative-development-16th-20th-nov-09.html

'view & listen carefully to a variety of visual & audio-visual stimuli'ICT skills

http://pontyclunprinursery.blogspot.com/2009/11/welsh-language-development-16th-20th.html

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Understanding Framework Skills

BackgroundWhy has the framework been developed?The Education Reform Act of 1988 set out the requirements for a balancedand broadly based curriculum which:‘prepares… pupils for the opportunities, responsibilities andexperiences of adult life.’There is, however, strong consensus in schools that the current subject Orderscannot alone adequately fulfil this requirement since many place an emphasison detailed subject knowledge rather than skills development. Whilst it isimportant to retain a common entitlement, there is also a need to offerdifferent pathways through learning in order to suit the aptitudes andinterests of learners and to meet the requirements of employers and others.These requirements are outlined in the summary report of the Future SkillsWales 2003 Generic Skills Survey that states:‘Of the employers reporting skills gaps, lack of IT skills is the mostcommon problem, followed by communication skills… showinginitiative, problem solving and ability to learn.’(Future Skills Wales 2003 Generic Skills Survey Summary Report –see www.futureskillswales.com)In the publication, Excellent Schools, Estyn had already recognised thissituation and stated that:‘Schools will need to devote attention to developing attitudes tolearning – affecting the disposition of learners and developing theirlearning skills – as well as to delivering formal instruction.’(Excellent Schools: A vision for schools in Wales in 21st century, Estyn,2002).

The importance of developing ICT

Section 3 Developing ICT across the curriculum
As with those for communication and number, the framework for ICT leads on from much of the
work done on developing ICT across the curriculum in the past few years. It sets out six stages of
progression in ICT capability and brings together skills from the national curriculum ICT Order and
the IT Key Skills requirements.
The framework has two strands:
• creating and presenting information and ideas
• finding and developing information and ideas.
The first strand maps capability in using ICT to communicate ideas, thoughts and intentions,
selecting appropriate ways of giving information with the intended recipient or audience in mind.
The second strand is about searching for information for specific purposes, and bringing together or
processing that information in different forms to develop new information, which could be used to
inform judgements and help make decisions.
The main indicators of progression in ICT capability in the two strands are:
• a developing sense of purpose and audience for the work
• increasing competence and sophistication in the use of software functions
• the gradual change from using given ICT resources to choosing and selecting resources to suit the
task and purpose.

ICT Skills