Activity Days
An intense ICT Activity Day or Week is an excellent way of
providing high quality and extended ICT experiences for pupils,
using equipment which might not ordinarily be available in school.
Activities can be run with classes, year groups or with selected
pupils from across the school.
PriorITas will bring to the school extra resources which you
might not have, such as digital cameras, scanners or palmtop computers,
which will enhance your ICT provision for the duration. ICT Activities
can be tailored to suit your individual requirements, but the
following suggestions are popular:
- Edit IT
This activity concentrates on the Communicating Information aspect
of ICT and relates well to aspects of the English Programme of
Study. Pupils are responsible for news gathering, editing and
producing a newspaper all in 'real time' as the news comes in
thick and fast!
- Handle IT
This activity focuses on the Handling Information aspect of the
ICT Programme of Study and has a History emphasis to the content
(negotiable). It encourages pupils to gather and interrogate
information from a wide variety of sources including CD ROM,
the World Wide Web and the local environment.
- Design IT
This activity concentrates on Communicating Information through
pictures and is closely linked to both the Art and the Design
&Technology Programmes of Study. Pupils are taken through
the process of designing and making a printed T-shirt using either
their own work created in a painting program or images captured
by a scanner, digital camera or other means.
