| Kent's Guidance for ICT Resources |
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Word Processing|Databases|Spreadsheets|Desktop Publishing|Multimedia Presentation
Drawing Programs|Internet and CD Roms|Email|Digital Cameras|Electronic Sensors
Control|Simulation|Modelling|Animations|IWB Software
Cross Curricular|Early Years
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Looking forward
It is worth noting that in the future software will be increasingly available online rather than requiring installation locally. Schools will need to subscribe annually and costs will typically be based on pupil numbers.
A major advantage of online software is the ability for pupils to have access both at school and at home. As schools introduce Learning Platforms, software they have subscribed to will be accessible through this portal and so be available via a single sign on.
Now and in the future, schools will wish to ensure that they have the full range of software / hardware available to ensure pupils receive an appropriately broad ICT experience. The following list is not intended to be exhaustive but highlights products recommended to us by schools and supported by the Primary ICT Course Programme. We acknowledge there are many other equally good products available.
Core software:
- MS Office 2003
- Textease CT
- Tizzy’s First Tools or 2Simple Infant Video Toolkit
In addition you need to choose relevant:
- Music software
- Simulation software
- Control hardware
- Data Logging hardware & software
- Digital camera software
- Digital Blue Microscope software
| ICT focus | Software | Hardware |
| Word Processing to write stories, poems or letters. | MS Word
Textease CT
Clicker 5
2Create a Story (KS1)
2Create (KS2) | Microphone
Headphones
Webcam
TTS A5 Talking Photo Album |
| Databases to record information, e.g. minibeasts. | RM Information Magic
Textease CT Database
Textease CT Branch
2Simple Infant Video Toolkit - 2Question
2Investigate | |
| Spreadsheets to create tables, charts and graphs. | MS Excel
Textease CT Spreadsheet
2Calculate
RM Starting Graph
2Simple Infant Video Toolkit - 2Count
2Simple Infant Video Toolkit - 2Graph | |
| Desktop Publishing to design posters, leaflets or cards. | MS Publisher
2Publish+
2Simple Infant Video Toolkit - 2Publish | |
| Multimedia Presentation to present text, pictures and sound. | MS PowerPoint
2Create
2Connect
Clicker 5
Textease Presenter
Kar2ouche FREE SOFTWARE:
PhotoStory3 | Digital Blue Movie Camera
Microphones
Headphones |
| Drawing Programs to create pictures and designs. | RM Colour Magic 3
2Paint a Picture
Textease CT Paint
2Simple Infant Video Toolkit - 2Paint FREE SOFTWARE:
Drawing for Children | |
| Internet and CD-ROMs to find information. | Any appropriate CD-ROM encyclopedia e.g. My First Amazing World Explorer (Dorling Kindersley) | |
| Email to contact children and teachers in another school. | Email Detectives
2Email
SuperClubs Plus | |
| Digital Cameras to record what they have done in class or on a visit. | Digital Movie Creator 2 or 3 | Digital Movie Creator
Tuff Cam |
| ICT focus | Software | Hardware |
| Electronic Sensors to record changes in light, sound and temperature. | LogIT Lab
TTS Datadisk | LogIT Explorer
Log-Box (TTS) |
| Control to give instructions and make something happen. | 2Simple NXT
Robolab (KS2)
Coco
Flowol
Textease CT Turtle
2Simple Infant Video Toolkit - 2Go
Roamer World
Beebot Software (KS1)
Probot Software (KS2)
Imagine Logo FREE SOFTWARE:
Pixie Simulator
MSW Logo | RCX Lego Brick (Robolab)
NXT Brick (2Simple)
Commotion Control Box (Coco) Beebot
Probot
PIXIE
Roamer plus Control Pack, Sensor, Motor and Light Packs TTS Hand-held Metal Detector
Tesco / Brio Remote Control Train |
| Simulations to explore an onscreen representation of a real situation. | 2Simple Music Toolkit
2Simulate
2Simple City (KS1)
Dance Ejay
Crystal rainforest
Zoombinis
Email Detectives
Sense of Mystery
Junior Simulation Insight FREE SOFTWARE:
Crocodile Clips
Online simulations | |
| Modelling to explore real or imaginary situations and find out ‘what happens if …’. | RM Colour Magic 3
2Paint a Picture
Textease CT Paint
2Simple Infant Video Toolkit - 2Paint
Textease CT Draw
2Simple Modelling Toolkit
MS PowerPoint
MS Excel
2Calculate
Textease CT Spreadsheet FREE SOFTWARE:
Drawing for Children | |
| Animation to create ‘movement’ using a sequence of still pictures. | 2Animate
2Create (KS2)
2Create a Story (KS1)
Kar2ouche FREE SOFTWARE:
Pivot Stickfigure | Digital Blue Movie Camera or WebCam |
| ICT focus | Software | Hardware |
| Interactive Whiteboard Software | SMART Notebook (latest version)
ActivPrimary 3
Interwrite
Easiteach | SMART Board
Promethean Board
RM Classboard
RM Classboard |
| Cross Curricular ICT resources | Digital Blue Microscope QX3 or QX5
Matrix Interactive Essentials
My World 3
2Connect (mind mapping) FREE SOFTWARE:
Online resources
Kent NGfL Interactive Games
Audacity + LAME Converter | Digital microscope
Recordable postcards
Voice recorders
Microphones
Headphones |
| Early Years resources | 2Simple Infant Video Toolkit
RM Colour Magic 3
Musical Leaps and Bounds
SumOne
Choose and Tell Nursery Rhymes
Clicker 5
SMART Phonics
2Create a story FREE SOFTWARE:
Kent NGfL Interactive Games | Walkie Talkies
Hand held metal detectors
Beebot
Toy microwave / washing machines
Tesco / Brio Remote Control Train
Vacuum cleaner
Builders Tool Set
Cash register
Remote control bugs
Fisher Price camera |
At installation also consider downloading the latest versions of:
- Windows Media Player
- Acrobat Reader
- Real Player
- Flash Macromedia
- Quick Time
- Java
- DirectX V9.0
Other useful free downloads:
- PhotoStory 3
- Pivot Stickfigure
- Audacity + LAME Converter
- Scratch
- Sebran
- Funny Bones
- Movie Maker 2
