Curriculum ICT Using ICT to support Reading and Writing

Using ICT to support Reading and Writing Background National Literacy Strategy ('Literacy Hour') other reading, writing, listening and talking in the curriculum

Using ICT to support Reading and Writing Background Some objectives from the National Literacy Strategy [children should be:] listening with enjoyment and responding to stories, songs and other music, rhymes and poems and making up their own stories, songs rhymes and poems; using language to imagine and recreate roles and experiences; extending their vocabulary, exploring the meanings and sounds of new words; retelling narratives in their correct sequence and drawing on the language patterns of stories; attempting writing for various purposes, using features of different forms such as lists, stories and instructions

Using ICT to support Reading and Writing Reading, Listening CD-ROM story books Big Books on World Wide Web can stimulate talking and sharing of thoughts and experiences But, are there any benefits over 'real books' ? Reading schemes (Reader Rabbit etc)

Using ICT to support Reading and Writing Writing Types of writing Elements of writing Technology of writing

Using ICT to support Reading and Writing Writing – Types of Writing story writing factual writing (History, Science etc.)

Using ICT to support Reading and Writing Writing – Elements of Writing making marks (act of writing) / letters words sentences / text

Using ICT to support Reading and Writing Writing – Technology of Writing concept keyboard / overlays standard keyboard templates / writing frames word processing features

Using ICT to support Reading and Writing Writing – uses of Word Processing produce neat finished product –copying out hand written draft to produce 'best' copy drafting and redrafting –shows development of thought and quality - print out each version composing directly into word processor –collaborative writing

Using ICT to support Reading and Writing Writing – Hand writing and typing physical difficulty can prevent children from writing extended pieces concept keyboard –enter word / phrase at a time –use of picture prompts with words but –composition with concept keyboard is limited by overlay

Using ICT to support Reading and Writing Writing – Hand writing and typing 2 QWERTY keyboard –will a child who finds writing difficult be able to master using a keyboard ? –young children use word shape as aid to forming word, but with keyboard have to enter word letter by letter problems –where are the letters ? - all over the place –children use lower case letters, but keys have upper case (cf fonts and inappropriate shaped letters - look at Futura, Comic Sans, Block Letters, Avante Garde Book, Century Gothic, HoratioD, Primer Print, Cartoonist Hand ) –not practising hand writing

Using ICT to support Reading and Writing Word Processing – Word level spell checker –multimedia versions available - sound and text together but –does not indicate wrong word spelled correctly –cannot recognise highly phonetic mis-spelling thesaurus –extend vocabulary by picking synonyms

Using ICT to support Reading and Writing Word Processing – Sentence/Text level move around sentences and blocks of text by means of cut and paste –trying out alternative arrangements of sentences –aid to drafting –aid to collaborative writing

Using ICT to support Reading and Writing Word Processing – Writing Frames provides document structure fill in each section with your own words / ideas –helps young children work with complex ideas –trying out different styles of text

Using ICT to support Reading and Writing Writing - Stories writing sequels retelling (rewriting) story from point of view of different characters –exploring first and third person pronouns

Using ICT to support Reading and Writing Writing - Factual Writing record facts, findings, observations, thoughts from group structure findings by moving text around (teacher can see, at a glance, what has been discussed) making action plans –record possible actions –sequence them correctly

Using ICT to support Reading and Writing Word Processing – Drafting effort of rewriting / copying out removed "I write less. I have less to copy." helps self esteem –no signs of crossing out –errors have disappeared

Using ICT to support Reading and Writing Word Processing – Drafting 2 importance of drafting recording of text allows ideas to be re- read and reflected upon writing should be seen as something that can be changed, experimented with part of the process of learning

Using ICT to support Reading and Writing Word Processing – Drafting 3 but children tend to compose sentence by sentence, only ever re-reading the last sentence they are reluctant to redraft teacher needs to question and guide discussion around the composition of the story and prompt redrafts