Using ICT to promote more effective Teaching and Learning

Information and Communications Technology prepares pupils to participate in a rapidly changing world in which work and other activities are increasingly transformed by access to varied and developing technology.

We recognise that Information and Communications Technology is an important tool in both the society we live in and in the process of teaching and learning. Students use ICT tools to find, explore, analyse, exchange and present information responsibly, creatively and with discrimination. They learn how to employ ICT to enable rapid access to ideas and experiences from a wide range of sources.

Our vision is for all teachers and learners at The Sir John Colfox School to become confident users of ICT so that they can develop the skills, knowledge and understanding which enable them to use appropriate ICT resources effectively as powerful tools for teaching & learning.

Aims

 Ensure the effective use of ICT in the Classroom. Integral to achieving this are the following aims;

• To enable students to become autonomous, independent users of ICT, gaining confidence and enjoyment from their ICT activities
• To develop a whole school approach to ICT ensuring continuity and progression in all strands of the ICT National Curriculum
• To use ICT as a tool to support teaching, learning and management across the whole curriculum
• To provide students with opportunities to develop their ICT capabilities in all areas.
• To ensure ICT is used, when appropriate, to improve access to learning for students with a diverse range of individual needs, including those with SEN and disabilities
• To maximise the use of ICT in developing and maintaining links between other schools, the local community including parents and other agencies. 

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