All about...ICT
Wednesday, October 3, 2001
Children love switches and buttons and can usually pick up how to work a video recorder at home pretty quickly. In the nursery, the purpose of introducing children to a wide range of mechanical toys, tape recorders and computers is to give them the basis of a fearless technological literacy that will help them as adults in a fast developing world Changing world The importance of letting nursery children use ICT By John-Siraj Blatchford, senior education lecturer at Homerton College, Cambridge, and co-author of Supporting Science, Design and Technology in the Early Years (Open University Press, 1999)
The importance of letting nursery children use ICT By John-Siraj Blatchford, senior education lecturer at Homerton College, Cambridge, and co-author of Supporting Science, Design and Technology in the Early Years (Open University Press, 1999)
Mean machines
The low-down on buying ICT
Information from computing writer, George Cole, and the Bolton LEA Curriculum ICT Centre
Switch on to play
Activities using ICT in each of the Foundation Stage areas of learning By Colin MacFarlane and Sarah Armstrong, who work for the Bolton LEA Curriculum ICT Centre and are authors of the booklet ICT for the Foundation Stage
Chill out
Winter-themed activities using ICT
By Dr April Jones, director and founder of Computer Kids, which provides ICT resources, advice and support for the early years and primary and secondary schools
Easy viewing
Tips on choosing the best software programmes and websites Information from Nursery World's software reviewer, Jenny Benjamin, and the Bolton LEA Curriculum Centre
