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Section 3

Resources

In ICT there an increasing range of potential resources available to schools. In particular the number of websites that support education is growing rapidly. Both the scale and variable quality of these present challenges to schools in monitoring the support offered. This is one issue that has been taken up nationally in the National Grid for Learning in Scotland (www.ngflscotland.gov.uk), which is committed to helping direct schools to useful online curricular and staff development resources . The National Grid for Learning website is increasingly the first reference point for Scottish schools.

Educational publishers, computer service providers, educational broadcasters and other resource providers, such as environmental organisations, are all increasingly offering updated and new resources online. Local authority and other intranets are developing, and schools are being offered a range of specialist commercial and public services such as free or subscription online learning environments.

Publications

The publications below were used in writing this guide, and many of these are already in schools. They should be referred to for in-depth advice on specific ICT issues.

 

  • Asking Questions -Getting Answers: Whole School Approaches to Developing ICT Capability,          Qualifications, Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales, 1999
  • Click Thinking: Personal Safety on the Internet, SEED, 1999
  • Connecting Schools, Networking People 2000, British Educational Communications and Technology          Agency (BECTA), 1999
  • The Use of ICT in Learning and Teaching, SEED, 2000
  • Managing with Information -Making more effective use of ICT in Management and Administration,          Learning and Teaching Scotland, 2000
  • Interchange 58 -Teachers' ICT Skills and Knowledge Needs, SOEID, 1998
  • Interchange 63- The Impact of Information and Communications Technology Initiatives, SEED,          2000
  • Preparing for the Information Age, synoptic report of the Education Departments' Superhighways          Initiative, HMSO, 1997
  • Practical Guide to Videoconferencing, SEED/SCET, 1999
  • Using the Superhighways - ICT and Development Planning, SOEID, 1998

    • Some selected websites

    www.ngflscotland.gov.uk
    The web service of the National Grid for Learning Scotland will extend the content of the Scottish Virtual Teachers' Centre to cover other groups, including pupils, parents, communities and learning managers.

    www.svtc.org.uk
    The Scottish Virtual Teachers' Centre is part of the implementation of the National Grid for Learning targeted at practitioners, teachers, librarians and lecturers who work in the Scottish early years, school and college sectors.

    www.LTScotland.com
    Learning and Teaching Scotland will provide an increasing range of online information and services to education in Scotland.

    www.scran.ac.uk
    SCRAN's mission is to create a fully searchable resource base of Scottish material, culture and human history. SCRAN works with project partners such as museums, galleries, archives and universities to digitise selected parts of their collections. There are over 200 projects underway and material is being added to the resource base daily.

    www.scotland.gov.uk
    The main site of the Scottish Executive - who they are, what they do, publications and latest news.

    www.sitc.mhie.ac.uk
    The Scottish Interactive Technology Centre (SITC) offers access to a wide range of educational projects including ICT case studies.


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