Teacher Training Agency Outcomes, specific to Early Years

Teachers of pupils aged 3-5 should understand the importance of introducing pupils in nursery and reception classes to the use of ICT and recognise the contribution that ICT can make to this age group, including how to:

• encourage pupils to become familiar with ICT and positive users of it
• ensure that all pupils have opportunities to use ICT, and that their experience takes account of any home use or other previous experience of ICT
• identify and teach the skills necessary for handling input devices effectively, eg. switches, mouse, keyboard
• use ICT to support the development of language and literacy, through the use of programs which develop reading and writing, eg. to reinforce letter/sound correspondence, and encourage pupils to engage with stories, songs and rhymes presented on the screen, as well as through the use of high quality educational broadcasts