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Creating and Using ICT Resources for Literacy

This course focuses on practical ideas and skills for using ICT to enhance the teaching and learning of literacy and numeracy in the classroom

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Enrolment limit	14 (currently enrolled: 14)
The course number	11BK7116
Course type	Summer NCTE
Instructor	Declan Whelan
Time	09:30–14:00
Recurrence	daily from Jul 04, 2011 until Jul 08, 2011
Location	Blackrock Education Centre, Kill Avenue, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin

Areas covered include:

Evaluation of websites that support literacy and numeracy

Effective use of the internet to access suitable content and resources

Practical ideas for using Microsoft Office or Open Office. Teachers are enabled to develop content and show pupils how to create their own content

Using a digital Camera in the classroom

Sourcing images on the Internet

Digital storytelling using Photostory 3

Sound recording using Audacity

Websites that allow teachers create their own online content and assignments

Using visualisers in the classroom

Exploring some of the extra features in Google

Prerequisites

This course is designed to suit teachers with various levels of ICT skills but prerequisites include basic ICT skills such as opening, editing, saving, closing files, creating folders etc. and some experience of browsing the internet.

Target group

Primary School Teachers