Issues in Teaching Using ICT

Written for student teachers learning to teach in primary and secondary schools and newly qualified teachers, this book has been designed to engage with a wide range of issues related to ICT teaching. It presents key debates that teachers will need to understand, reflect on and engage in as part of their professional development. Chapters highlight major questions, consider the evidence from theory and practice and arrive at possible answers. Building on their learning about teaching using ICT on ITT courses, this book will encourage students and newly qualified teachers to consider and reflect on issues so that they can make reasoned and informed judgements about their teaching.Issues discussed include :the background to developments in the UKthe globalisation of teachers using technologythe role of the teacherteacherless classroomsa whole school approach to using ICTcreativityvisual literacy and ICTschool websites and opportunities for lifelong learning in the community.