1:3:1 Exploring ICT

As part of the research process pupils will discover appropriate content in a variety of formats. Below is a list of ICT programs and multi-media tools. Below each we have provided an example of each or where to learn more about these tools. For further information on how to use these programs or applications please contact academy@childnet-int.org and the Childnet team will endeavour to assist you with your questions. By learning to use some of these ICT tools your pupils will cover a number of Keystage 3 ICT objectives as listed in the overview.

• Audio clips: http://mp3.com
• Video clips: www.amabilis.com/products.htm
• Scanning pictures/text documents
  PhotoShop: www.msb.edu/training/Multimedia/Scanning/
• Screen grabs/picture transfer from the Internet: http://library.albany.edu/internet/wordpad.html
• Excel spreadsheets: www.usd.edu/trio/tut/excel/
• PDF: www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
• PowerPoint: http://einstein.cs.uri.edu/tutorials/csc101/powerpoint/ppt.html
• Animations
  Kidzcom: www.kidzdom.com

Click here for pupils to link to examples of websites produced by previous Childnet Academy winners. It will provide them with ideas of the features and different media they could include on their own website.