Using The Internet and Interactive Whiteboard To Enhance Primary School Mathematics ICT Curriculum T

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Using The Internet and Interactive Whiteboard To
Enhance Primary School MathematicsICT
Curriculum TeamSchool Effectiveness
ServiceCity and County of Swansea
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What constitutes ICT?ICT includes calculators
as well as computers and extends to the whole
range of audio-visual aids.
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• You might use
• a digital camera to take pictures of shapes found
  around the school
• a CD-ROM to research data on the heights of
  mountains
• calculators to convert fractions into decimals
• audio tapes for learning counting and
  multiplication facts
• numberlines displayed on a large computer screen
• a television broadcast to focus on an aspect of
  mathematics
• a video recorder to record data over a period of
  time
• data-logging equipment to record changes in
  temperature
• the internet to access up-to-date weather data.

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How can ICT improve the teaching of maths? ICT
can make whole-class mathematics
teaching Easier Materials and resources can be
quickly prepared, stored and retrieved. Work can
be saved for later continuation or review. Work
can be displayed or printed out at any stage and
easily shared. Better The medium allows the
presentation and flexible manipulation of
resources. It engages pupil attention, enables
differentiation and facilitates
interaction. Different It allows the
presentation of a wide range of resources (for
example, websites), which may not be accessible
in any other way.
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• How can web-based resources aid maths teaching?
• Access to web-based resources can help teaching
  and
• learning of mathematics in several ways,
  including
• exploring, describing and explaining number
  patterns
• practising and consolidating number skills
• exploring patterns in data
• estimating and comparing measures of distance,
  angle, time and so on
• experimenting with properties of shapes and
  geometric patterns
• developing mathematical vocabulary and
  problem-solving skills.

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Common Requirements Within the National
Curriculum, there are a number of skills and
knowledge areas which can be applied to all
subjects. These are known as Common
Requirements. Teachers are obliged to teach
IT skills across the curriculum.
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Common Requirements for IT Skills in
Mathematics Early Years and Key Stage 1 Pupils
should be given opportunities to use calculators
and computer software, including a database,
both as a means of exploring number and as tools
for calculating with realistic data, e.g.
numbers with several digits. Pupils should be
given opportunities to experience early ideas of
position and movement through practical activity
including the use of ICT devices, e.g.
programmable toys, turtle graphics packages.
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Common Requirements for IT Skills in
Mathematics Key Stage 2 Pupils should be given
opportunities to use calculators, computers and a
range of other sources, as tools for exploring
number structure and to enable work with
realistic data. Pupils should be given
opportunities to extend their understanding of
position and movement using a wide range of
materials, including the use of computer
software, to create and transform shapes.
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The Internet can provide Ideas for
teachers Online activities for
pupils Worksheets for teachers and pupils
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Ideas for Teachers
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Ideas for Early Years Pupils
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Ideas for Key Stage 1 Pupils
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Ideas for Key Stage 2 Pupils
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Ideas for Teachers and Pupils
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Ideas for Teachers and Pupils
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Ideas for Teachers and Pupils
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