Digital Literacy and ICT
- advice and sharing best practice in using ICT across the curriculum.
ICT and the Curriculum for Excellence
In the words of the HMIE publication Improving Scottish Education: ICT in Learning and Teaching (2007) - taken from the Technologies Outcomes (April 2009) which updates previous research in Scotland and Britain included in the Impact on Learning and Teaching page and others in the ICT Research section of this site.
- Staff in pre-school centres and in primary schools recognised that learners developed awareness of the world in which they live more effectively when this included engagement with the world through ICT" .
- Being skilled in using ICT is essential if children and young people are to be effective contributors able to communicate and interact on a global scale.
- Across the curriculum, skills in ICT will be developed in the context of the learning and teaching as appropriate to the child or young person’s maturity.
- All teachers, in all sectors, in all departments and in all settings, have opportunities to apply, reinforce and extend ICT skills within and across curriculum areas to equip children and young people with the learning and employability skills required for the 21st century
Several curriculum areas including the technologies provide opportunities for children and young people to consider security aspects associated with ICT, for example keeping personal data secure, and the important consequences of these for individuals. It is important for children and young people to recognise security risks when handling information across the curriculum, and act accordingly.
The references in these ICT in CfE pages are based largely on research conducted by Roddy Stuart, ICT Consultant on behalf of the Scottish ICT Development Group representing all Scotland's 32 councils and TIEs.
However any errors or omissions are the responsibility of Jim Birney, Fife Education.