ITT Students' World Wide Web Workshop · Harton School

• Click on the link GCSE Subjects, which leads to the NEAB website. We are going to find out what the Information Technology email address is.
• Click on Information Technology. You will find the IT email address at the top of the web page.
• Find out a syllabus number for the GCSE Information Technology Syllabus. You may have to scroll down the page.

• The BBC website is supposed to be the most visited information-based website in Europe. BBC Education has a section called GCSE Bitesize Revision, which is intended for learners working on their own.
• Return to the ICT Page. Click on the Bitesize Revision link. Then click on the Information Technology link. Look at the topics. Are they relevant? Try one and assess the quality of subsequent pages for age-appropriateness and curriculum focus.

• Return to the ICT page. Assess the relevance of the teaching ideas, lesson plans, worksheets and resources on offer for ICT teachers on the two links Teaching Ideas for Primary Teachers and Educate the Children.

• Return to the ICT page. ICTeachers has a number of resources, including schemes of work, for ICT as a cross-curricular dimension and as a subject in its own right. Assess its usefulness. Read the Review of ICT Teachers and consider whether you agree with its evaluation of the website (dead link).

• Return to the ICT page. Support and Access for Teachers and Learners is a portal with links of interest to teachers and learners of ICT, arranged according to key stage. How effective is this format? Can you think of any other links that might have been included?

• Return to the ICT page. The Association for ICT in Education website is designed to inform and assist ICT coordinators in schools. Evaluate its offerings.

• Return to the ICT page. The portal Information and Communication Technology and Special Educational Needs links to a number of sites offering resources and strategies for learners with difficulties and impairments. How useful might the links be in your ICT teaching?

• Return to the ICT page and click on the Google link. Use "Information Technology" as your keywords, in quotes. How many hits were there? Print out the first page of hits. Now try information technology. Any change in the type and quantity of hits?
• Now try out Yahoo, typing "Information Technology" into the box. How does Yahoo present search results?
• What are the advantages and the disadvantages of each of these search engines?

• Return to the ICT page. If you had the Internet up and running, would you be able to locate and use a web resource in your teaching? Could you set your students a task which they might complete by referring to a web page or website?
• The Teacher Training Agency has published Initial Teacher Training (ITT) National Curriculum for the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in subject teaching: Exemplification materials. Access ICT exemplification materials page and find out how to obtain the materials for Geography.

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