ICT, It’s Place In A London Primary School
The school building was old and generous in it’s proportion with space plentiful by comparison to other London school. The ICT suite took it place in a room, similar in size to that of a classroom and shared it with the library. During my placement I witness a class working in their on only one occasion. It would be fair to say that computing was not a priority for the year 1 class I taught. As a wider curriculum subject it was allocated a week block, where it was to be taught for an hour a day. When the week rolled around, a selection of lessons were prepare around Bee Bots, exploring the basic ideas of programming. The resources once located where in a less than ideal state, a number of the Bee Bots where not functioning and the vast majority had the battery covers missing and presented safety concerns for this young age group. When the first lesson was delivered the children were so excited and engaged well with the activities. No further lessons were ever delivered as lessons gave way Christmas productions. This was a shame as the Bee Bot presented significant scope for cross curriculum activities which was never truly explored. On a more positive note IWB were place in all the classrooms and although used on a daily basis to delivery lesson, it was primarily used to display power point presentations or access the internet.