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
- use
ICT to support the development of numeracy through the use of
computer programs and robots which develop and reinforce the
use of mathematical language, and the recognition and exploration
of numbers, simple mental operations and patterns
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