Resources to support an ICT scheme of work
While the scheme of work is designed to be as flexible as possible, certain minimum resources of hardware and software are essential.
Hardware requirements
One hardware requirement is to have regular access to computers with printers that can be re-grouped in clusters.
In addition, there should be access to:
- colour printers;
- a scanner or digital camera with associated software;
- a multimedia computer;
- a 'floor turtle' or robot;
- a control interface with associated switches, sensors, buzzers, lights and motors.
Software requirements
These are the software requirements:
- software that allows children to move and match words and pictures; word banks; a WYSIWYG word processor;
- paint and object-based drawing software;
- clip art files on familiar topics;
- a simple music composition program or means of recording and editing sounds;
- a simple multimedia authoring program;
- a graphing program capable of drawing pictograms, bar charts, pie charts and line graphs;
- flat file and branching databases;
- a simple spreadsheet;
- a turtle graphics program that includes the use of repeats and procedures;
- a control program that includes sensing;
- simulations;
- a range of CD-ROM titles including buttons for navigation, hypertext links, and the facility to search using key words, indexes and menus.
Some units will be enhanced by the use of e-mail and access to the World Wide Web.
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