Key classroom principles: across and within subjects and key stages - Teaching with Technologies: The Essential Guide - page 135

range and types of technology used with pupils of different ages and in different
subjects varies. However, there is an expectation that whichever is appropriate for the
pupils' age and subject, classroom practitioners will have a technical working knowl-
edge of the technology and how it can support deep learning.
When examining the key principles of classroom practice, it is also worth revisiting
the key processes involved in teaching information/technology as a subject. Table 7.3

Table 7.3 Key processes pupils should master (from the English national curriculum for IcT at

Ks3, 2011)

Finding information

Pupils should be able to:
a. consider systematically the information needed to solve a problem, complete a task or answer a
question, and explore how it will be used
b. use and refine search methods to obtain information that is well matched to purpose, by
selecting appropriate sources
c. collect and enter quantitative and qualitative information, checking its accuracy
d. analyse and evaluate information, judging its value, accuracy, plausibility and bias.
Developing ideas
Pupils should be able to:
a. select and use IcT tools and techniques appropriately, safely and efficiently
b. solve problems by developing, exploring and structuring information, and deriving new
information for a particular purpose
c. test predictions and discover patterns and relationships, exploring, evaluating and developing
models by changing their rules and values
d. design information systems and suggest improvements to existing systems
e. use IcT to make things happen by planning, testing and modifying a sequence of instructions,
recognising where a group of instructions needs repeating, and automating frequently used
processes by constructing efficient procedures that are fit for purpose
f. bring together, draft and refine information, including through the combination of text, sound
and image.

Communicating information
Pupils should be able to:
a. use a range of IcT tools to present information in forms that are fit for purpose, meet audience
needs and suit the content
b. communicate and exchange information (including digital communication) effectively, safely and
responsibly
c. use technical terms appropriately and correctly.
Evaluating

Pupils should be able to:
a. review, modify and evaluate work as it progresses, reflecting critically and using feedback
b. reflect on their own and others' uses of IcT to help them develop and improve their ideas and
the quality of their work
c. reflect on what they have learnt and use these insights to improve future work.