ICT and Pedagogy
  

Literacy and Numeracy

The Teacher Training Agency (TTA) has produced a number of downloadable booklets (in PDF format) providing advice and guidance for teachers in the use of ICT to support Literacy and Numeracy in the classroom.

Booklets available cover the following topics:

  • Ways forward with ICT: Effective Pedagogy using Information and Communications
  • Technology in Literacy and Numeracy in Primary Schools
  • Developing counting skills in Reception using ICT
  • Teaching calculation skills in Year 2 using ICT
  • Developing understanding of decimals in Year 4 using portable ICT equipment
  • Supporting number skills in a Year 4/5 classroom
  • Presenting texts and supporting writing with ICT in Year 2
  • Improving reading and spelling with speech feedback in Year 2
  • Developing story-writing skills with Year 2 pupils using ICT
  • Developing writing skills in Years 3 and 4 with palmtop computers
  • Teaching the correct use of omissive apostrophes in Year 4 using multimedia software
  • Reading challenging text with speech and dictionary support in Year 4
  • Using short rhymes and other texts to enhance reading comprehension in Year 4