Summer ICT INSET
at International House

This conference provides an excellent opportunity for ICT Co-ordinators and Headteachers to share information and views on a range of issues and to receive inputs on Lambeth initiatives and new items of equipment and software.  Full details of the programme will be circulated later. 

This 3-day course is intended for IT Co-ordinators, particularly those new to the post. You will gain an understanding of the different elements of the National Curriculum for ICT, look at examples of appropriate software and consider school policy issues such as progression and continuity. Practical advice on developing a whole school policy for IT will also be included.

Participants should attend all three days

This course is intended for teachers who have previously attended the Introduction to the Internet course or have some knowledge of using the Internet in an educational setting. We will cover practical issues such as browsing, searching and electronic mail, and investigate the growing number of resources for teachers available on the Internet.

This course is aimed at colleagues who have some introductory knowledge of using the Internet in an educational context and wish to further extend their knowledge and skills. We will cover online projects, obtaining useful resources, accessing the NGfL and downloading and using software. There will be time to fully explore the potential of the Internet in an educational context and discuss with other teachers how it might be used in the classroom.

This course will give participants time to explore a number of activities that are appropriate for different aspects of language development including phonics, reading and writing. The software used will include Talking First Word, My World Text and a CD-ROM title that has appropriate, well-presented material. There will be time to explore the activities and discuss with other teachers how they might be used in the classroom. Applicants should have a basic knowledge of Word Processing.

This course is designed to enable KS1 teachers to make the best use of existing ICT resources to support work on numeracy. Using commonly available software, we will investigate ideas and solutions on how to support mathematics in the numeracy hour without spending more money on additional and specialized software. A primary focus of the course will be to develop strategies on how to use a single classroom computer within the framework of the numeracy hour. You will be shown how you can develop your own resources with, for example painting and word processing software to produce activities for pupils to use within different strands of the numeracy strategy. You do not need to be a computer expert to produce these resources, although the course will be of most benefit if you have at least a little experience of using such software.

Details:

The relationship between History and ICT at Key Stages 3 and 4 is undergoing tremendous changes at this moment. The National Curriculum updates, the QCA schemes of work at KS3 for both subjects, the impact of New Opportunities Funded ICT training on staff expertise and expectations and the increase in electronically-based resources on CD ROM and the internet have and will be affecting the use of ICT in the classroom to support the teaching and learning of History.

This training day consists of a number of demonstrations and seminars (with some opportunity for hands-on experience) on current and possible good practice. There will be four sections to the day.

Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

This course is an introduction for those who have little knowledge of computers. We will look at how to run different software programs and how to save and print work. We will also look at some simple trouble-shooting techniques. 

This course is aimed at classroom helpers and assistants who already have some basic computer experience (similar to the course Computers for Helpers & Assistants Part 1). The course will help you to extend your ability to support children using computers in the classroom. We will look at information handling programs suitable for KS 1 & 2, look at how to store data and to make a search for information held on a database or CD-ROM. We will go on to explore methods of presenting findings, using a word processor, and to show how these skills may be applied to other aspects of computer work, combining text and graphics.

If you are a classroom helper or assistant and are comfortable using computers (experience similar to courses 'Computers for Classroom Assistants 1 & 2'), this course will teach you some of the aspects of managing a computer system and will provide you with an introduction to the Internet.
Working with RM Window Box computers, you will learn how to: quickly locate the source of a problem using a straightforward 'troubleshooting' technique, look at adding new printers to a computer, learn how to install new software from floppy disks or CD-ROMs and use RM Classmate Manager to create and manage user desktops. Additionally you will learn how to browse the World Wide Web and look at sending and receiving electronic mail.

Lunch & Refreshments will be provided.

This course is intended for SAOs who have previously attended both parts of the Introduction to the Internet course or have practical knowledge of using the Internet for administration. We will cover the use of attachments with email and take a practical look at Information Management Systems.

This course is intended to follow on from the Introduction to the Internet for School Administration Officers - Part 1. The course will develop use of electronic mail, including the use of folders. We will also look at using the Internet as a resource through searches.