This document discusses ICT (information and communication technology) in education. It first introduces how ICT has made daily living and problem solving easier through technologies like ATMs, the internet, and mobile phones. The next section outlines the aims of teaching ICT to children, such as developing ICT skills, using ICT for communication, and exploring attitudes towards technology. Finally, it lists the various hardware and software resources available at a school to support ICT education, including laptops, interactive whiteboards, printers, software for word processing, art, data handling, and publishing.

1. ICT in the modern era.
ALL ABOUT ICT.

2. Introduction to ICT
• Since the beginning of time things develop differently in every generation. In
the twenty first century we live in a world that is mainly based on technology
in other words ICT. This has made the day to day living of human beings
much more functional, from items like ATMs, the internet, mobile phones
etc. all these are because of ICT. Problem solving has become much more
easier because of the support and background that ICT offers to the
working and living human being. That’s why our present era has been named
the ICT age.

3. The aims of ICT are to enable children
• to develop ICT capability in finding, selecting and using information;
• to use ICT for effective and appropriate communication;
• to monitor and control events both real and imaginary;
• to apply hardware and software to creative and appropriate uses of information;
• to apply their ICT skills and knowledge to their learning in other areas;
• to use their ICT skills to develop their language and communication skills;
• to explore their attitudes towards ICT and its value to them and society in general.
For example, to learn about issues of security, confidentiality and accuracy.

4. Resources
• •laptops (Hall, SEN and Teacher laptops)
• •Interactive Whiteboards (7 Promeathian in Reception – Year 6, 1 SMART board in Nursery)
• •projectors (11 - one for each class, one for the ICT Suite, two portable/spare)
• •colour printers
• •black and white printers
• •scanners
• •photocopiers
• •fax machine
• •laminators
• •video recorders
• •DVD players
Resources
• •everyday ICT equipment e.g. Traffic Lights, Walkie Talikes etc.
• •data-logging equipment
• •control interface with buzzers etc.
• •rechargeable torches
• •rechargeable batteries (4 per class) and chargers (1 per class) (additional in ICT Suite)
• •Early Years ladybird and bumble bee mice.
• •SEN access equipment e.g. roller ball mouse and concept keyboards
• •class listening stations
• •calculators
• •electronic keyboards.
• Software
• •word processing packages;
• •art/painting/drawing software;
• •data handling and graphing packages;
• •clip art and copyright free picture gallery;
• •music composition packages;
• •publishing and multimedia programmes;
• •spreadsheets and database programmes;