Tics

Key Stage 3 National Strategy

Guidance Curriculum and Standards

ICT across the curriculum
ICT in citizenship

ICT consultants and tutors
Status: Recommended Date of issue: 09-2004 Ref: DfES 0197-2004 G

Key Stage 3 National Strategy

ICT across the curriculum ICT in citizenship

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Contents
Introduction
About the ICT across the curriculum (ICTAC) pack About this ICT in citizenship guide 5 5 5

1 Introduction to ICT across the curriculum
ICT capability What do we mean by ‘ICT capability’? Requirements for ICT in the National Curriculum ICT – the subject ICT – in subjects The relationship between ‘ICT – the subject’ and ‘ICT – insubjects’ An integrated approach to ICT across the curriculum A whole-school policy for ICT across the curriculum Key concepts in the Framework for teaching ICT capability: Years 7, 8 and 9 Planning and sequencing ICT across the curriculum ICT as a teaching tool

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2 Commentary: ICT and citizenship
An overview How can the use of ICT raise standards in citizenship?Planning and progression Planning to use ICT in citizenship lessons

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3 ICT themes and key concepts in citizenship
Using data and information sources Searching and selecting Fitness for purpose Communicating

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4 ICT capability: Moving forward in citizenshipExamples of lessons supplied on the CD-ROM Lesson 1 Making decisions in our area Lessons 2 and 3 Refugees and asylum-seekers Lessons 4 and 5 Crime Further resources

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5 Next steps
Key questions Reviewing your current position ICT in the citizenship National Curriculum Identifying how the ICT National Curriculum is taught in your school Applyingand developing ICT capability taught in ICT lessons Using the resources in the ICTAC pack to move forward Moving forward Working with the ICTAC pack Action-planning – making it happen in your department

Appendices
Appendix 1: Key concepts Appendix 2: Yearly teaching objectives for ICT Appendix 3: End of Key Stage 2 expectations

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Introduction
About the ICT across the curriculum (ICTAC) pack
The training pack for ICT across the curriculum (ICTAC) forms part of the Key Stage 3 National Strategy’s support for whole-school improvement. It should be used flexibly to suit local circumstances and, if you have chosen ICT across the curriculum as your wholeschool priority, will besupported by your local Key Stage 3 lead consultant for ICTAC. The ICT across the curriculum (ICTAC) pack is a set of materials designed to promote the use of ICT across all subjects in schools. It builds on the work of the Key Stage 3 National Strategy ICT strand and the ICT capability that pupils are bringing to their subject lessons from their ICT lessons. It also considers the value that ICTcan add to teaching and learning in subjects and the need for a whole-school approach to develop coherent and effective practice across the curriculum. The training pack comprises: s a management guide; s a series of ICT in … printed guides (one per subject); s exemplification materials on the subject-specific CD-ROMs; s case study video on the subject-specific CD-ROMs; s subject-specific A2...