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Jumpstart! ICT
ICT activities and games for ages 7-14
Series: Jumpstart
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This resource is ideal for all KS2 teachers and KS3 ICT teachers looking to refresh their teaching methods with quick, fun starter activities that bring variety and challenge to ICT lessons.
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See moreProvides a range of activities, games and creative lesson starters. Key aims of this book include: making learning ICT techniques fun for both teacher and pupil; developing the ICT confidence of non-specialist teachers; and more. This work is aimed at KS2 teachers and KS3 ICT teachers seeking to refresh their ICT teaching.
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John Taylor jumpstarts pupil and teacher enthusiasm for ICT learning with this refreshing range of simple-to-use activities, games, and creative lesson starters. Encouraging and developing creative uses of basic ICT software, Jumpstart! ICT widens teachers’ horizons, bringing ICT to the fore as an exciting resource and classroom tool.
Key aims of the book include:
- Making learning ICT techniques fun for both teacher and pupil.
- Developing the ICT confidence of non-specialist teachers.
- Providing opportunities for non-specialist teachers to learn and demonstrate specific techniques.
- Encouraging pupils to creatively explore ways to achieve tasks.
- Giving pupils opportunities to apply their learning of techniques through task races.
Aimed at all KS2 teachers and KS3 ICT teachers seeking to refresh their ICT teaching, these quick ‘starter’ activities will provide variety and challenge to a typical ICT lesson.
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Book Details
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ISBN: 9781843124658
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 30 June 2006
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: David Fulton Publishers Ltd
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Width: 148.0mm
Height: 210.0mm
Weight: 180g
Pages: 112
About the Author
John Taylor is Distance Learning Development Officer to Education Walsall. He is an experienced author of maths workbooks and has been a primary teacher. John also runs his own maths website. www.johnandgwyn.co.uk
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