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IT for Kids
Lesson plans and activities for developing computer skills
by Jo Stewart & Lew Cochrane
A 6-book series covering all the primary school years, providing teachers and students with a whole school IT teaching and learning program.
The books address key IT skills in accordance with seven technology competencies:
- computer operations
- graphics
- word processing
- the internet
- spreadsheets
- multimedia
Each unit is comprised of activities that either introduce or reinforce a skill, and which can also act as a springboard for further lessons.
Because student ability levels may differ significantly — affected by variables such as computer access, staff expertise and socioeconomic circumstances — the books can be used either prescriptively, as a grade-based program of teaching and learning activities, or flexibly by combining one or more books to provide remediation or extension as required.
Each book contains:
- a SKILLS SCOPE AND SEQUENCE CHART, which is central to the series and serves as a foundation for a developmental whole-school IT program, a programming guide and assessment checklist for teachers, and a self-assessment checklist for students
- TEACHER FOCUS pages that specify essential background information, skills to be taught, vocabulary applicable to the lesson, tips and tricks, and a suggested lesson procedure
- photocopiable STUDENT ACTIVITY WORKSHEETS, both theoretical and practical, with accompanying extension activities
- a double-paged ASSESSMENT ― based on Bloom’s revised taxonomy, and including appropriate higher order thinking tasks.
The authors each have over 20 years’ teaching experience, including long periods as IT co-ordinators and regional IT facilitators.
| Book 1 | 978-1-921454-75-2 | Bks 1 & 2: $36.95 each | |||
| Book 2 | 978-1-921454-76-9 | ||||
| Book 3 | 978-1-921454-77-6 | ||||
| Book 4 | 978-1-921454-78-3 | ||||
| Book 5 | 978-1-921454-79-0 | Bks 3-6: $39.95 each | |||
| Book 6 | 978-1-921454-80-6 | ||||
ICT and Literacy
Ideas and Resources
by Trevor Millum
A friendly accessible source book of ideas showing how, why and when you should use ICT in the classroom.
Features
- Offers a wide range of activities, suitable for years 3 to 7, based on enjoyable texts which students can manipulate, imitate, extend, reduce, collapse or just read.
- Gives ideas on integrating ICT activities with other work in the English classroom, but which can also be easily adapted to other curriculum areas.
- Most activities lend themselves to pairs or small-group work.
- Includes a CD with sample texts.
- Teachers with little ICT experience will be able to use this book to develop interesting and relevant experiences.
| ICT and Literacy | 978-1-921454-19-6 | $32.95 |
