New Stuff (keep your eye on this page, anything that I add during the term will go at the top.
- DCSF (November 19, 2009).
Major reform of curriculum at the heart of a renewed push to drive up standards. Deparment for Children Schools &
Families. London. [online accessed November 21, 2009]
- Curtis, Polly (November 19, 2009).
Sex and evolution to be on primary curriculum. The Guardian. London.
- The Royal Academy of Engineering (2009).
ICT for the UK’s Future: the implications of the changing nature of
Information and Communications Technology. London.
- Thomas, Kim (2009). “A social worker took the kids away”: the power of games to help children learn.
Futurelab, Bristol. Available online from:
http://www.futurelab.org.uk/resources/publications-reports-articles/web-articles/Web-Article1507. Accessed October 22, 2009.
- Cambridge Primary Review (2009).
The review website - unfortunately the full report isn't available for download - but there is a press release and a briefing paper.
There is also coverage on the
BBC and
Guardian websites.
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Becta (2009).
Curriculum entitlement documents (primary). Teachernet. Index to documnets on pupils' entitlement to ICT in each NC subject.
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Griffin, Philip (2009). 21st Century Learning: Pedagogy v Technology.Sharing Good Practice [on-line],
81, pp2-6. Available (to registered users)from
http://www.ictopus.org.uk/downloads/sgp/SGP81.pdf [Accessed 18th October, 2009].
- Henley, John (2009).
Blurred boundaries for teachers. Guardian, Wednesday 23 September 2009, p6 Comments &Features section
The links below were all checked on September 21, 2009. They will be regularly updated -
but please let me know if any don't work. I've listed some quite old documents - so do check the date -
some may only be of historical interest (but they do help to see how we have reached the current situation)!
Many are links to electronic forms of documents which are also available in a printed form -
for these
documents, please list them in your bibliography as though you were using the printed document
(it's usually simpler).
This first section lists online journals and other websites will have changing content.
- Ingenta - access to electronic journals
- British Journal of educational Technology
- Becta - reports and publications
- Qualificationas and Curriculum Development Agency
formerly QCA
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Teacher reference centre - one of the resources available to members of Blackburn Library (you're all entitled to
become members). This index of over 260 titles, from the most popular teacher and administrator trade journals, periodicals and books, provides coverage on key education topics such as assessment, continuing education, curriculum development, instructional media, literacy standards and more, for K-12 teachers and librarians.
- Teachernet - updated regularly Learning, teaching and managing using ICT - articles and links to information about governement initiatives & partners
- Department for Children, Schools and Families
home page
- The Guardian, education section
- Times Ed Supplement
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Economic and Social Research Council - home page - allows you to search for current research documents
- Ictopus - Ictopus (ICT online primary user support) is a free support service for primary education which was launched on 1st September 2007. Each week registered members of the service have access to a six page printable magazine (Sharing Good Practice) and a set of activity suggestions (lessons2go). There are also frequent news postings and a variety of other resources and projects. All the resources are available from the web archive and members can also opt to receive alerts offering a one-click download service for each item.
This section links to specific documents or web pages.
- Becta (2008), Harnessing Technology schools survey 2008 - data, analysis and summary can be dowloaded from
this page.
- Becta (2008)
Harnessing Technology: Next Generation Learning
- Becta (2007) Harnessing Technology Review 2007: Progress and impact of technology in education
- Becta (2006). Internet Safety - Safe use of the Internet
- Becta (2006) Becta Review 2006 - download the pdf file from this page
- Becta (2006)
Making a difference with technology for learning: evidence for school leaders - download the pdf file from this page
- Blackburn with Darwen E Learning Team (2006), ICT Scheme of Work
- Booth, Robert (2009)
Video games are good for children - EU report, The Guardian 12 February 2009
- Cabinet Office/National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (2005) Get Safe Online
- Deaney, R, Hennessy, S & Ruthven, K (2004) ICT-Supported Subject Teaching & Learning, University of Cambridge Faculty of Education
- DfES 2005 Harnessing Technology: Transforming learning and children's services
- this page contains links that allow you to download the whole document, or just the summary.
- DfES 2006
Every Child Matters - cross-Government working with local partners to achieve better outcomes for children and young people. This
link takes you to the DCSF Every Child Matters home page
- DfES (2003)
The big pICTure: ICT and attainment, motivation and learning
- DfES (2003)
Excellence and Enjoyment
- DfES (2003)
Fulfilling the Potential
- DfES/QCA (1999).
Information and Communication Technology in the National
Curriculum.
- DfES/QCA (2003). Information Technology. A scheme of work for Key Stages 1 and 2.
- Freedman, Terry (editor) (2006),
Coming of Age: An introduction to the NEW world wide web, Terry Freedman Ltd
- Lancashire County Council (downloaded 9 Oct 2005) ICT Scheme of Work
- John, Merlin (2008)
Is the paperless school in sight?" The Guardian, 8/1/2008
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Ofsted, 2009, The importance of ICT: information and communication technology in primary and secondary schools, 2005/2008
- Rose, Jim (2009),
The Independent Review of the Primary Curriculum (Rose Review), DCSF, London
- Shepherd,
Jessica (2009) No escape from turning up to class, The Guardian 13 January 2009
Essential Reading - this is a book (most books on teaching ICT are out of date before they're printed):
- Bennett, R., Hamill, A. and Pickford, T (2006) Progression in primary ICT. London: Fulton
If you come across any IT terms which you don't understand - try this on-line dictionary:
- Jupitermedia (2003),Webopaedia - on-line dictionary of computer and Internet terms.