National Centre for Technology in Education

Title

Supporting and Developing ICT as a Teaching and Learning Resource (This course is designed in collaboration with INTO )

Duration

20 hours

Pre-requisites

Participants should have some experience of carrying out basic ICT tasks (opening, editing, saving, closing files).

Contents

The aim of the course is to provide an introduction to a range of different technologies which can be used to enhance teaching and learning at primary level. 

This 20 hour course encourages a hands-on approach to learning. Modules are practical, demonstrating uses of different types of technologies but also their links to the primary school curriculum. 

The course modules are as follows:

• Basic Image Editing
  
• Cameras & Camera Phones 
  
• Basic Page Editing
  
• ICT as a Class Administrative Tool
  
• Working with Data
  
• Key Internet Skills
  
• Literacy Resources
  
• Gaeilge agus TFC
  
• Maths Resources
  
• Resources for e-Learning Planning
  
• Multimedia 1 & 2
  
• Classroom Publishing
  
• Web Publishing
  

This course is particularly suited as a whole school training course. Participants, working individually or in groups, will use the various tools demonstrated to build a curriculum resource that can be shared with other teachers on the course and used in the classroom.