ICT & Literacy across the Curriculum
Embedding ICT in Daily Teaching Practices
David McMahon
Embedding ICT & Literacy across the Curriculum
Integrating ICT with Daily Teaching & Learning Practices
‘Literacy includes the capacity to read, understand and critically appreciate various forms of communication including spoken language,
printed text, broadcast media and digital media’ (Literacy and Numeracy for Learning and Life: 2011:8)
The aim of this document is to highlight the learning that can occur when ICT is constructively used to support learning objectives in the
Primary School Curriculum (1999).
Subject / Strands / Skills
Where am I going to use ICT
to develop literacy across the
curriculum?
English
Strand Unit : Writing :
Competence, confidence and the
ability to write independently
Objective :Take part in cooperative writing activities and
projects
Integration *History
Strand: Local Studies – My
Locality
Objective: Actively explore
some features of the local
environment.
Other Possibilities for
Linkage & Integration
Can I link this content to other
programmes currently in use
in my school?
First Steps Speaking & Listening
Resource
P.93 Visual Aids
p.96 Sharing Community Stories
Tutorial / Information
IT Software / Hardware
How do I use this software /
link / programme effectively?
What element of ICT will I use in my
teaching?
Photostory Tutorial
English
Strand Unit : Oral Language:
Developing receptiveness to oral
language
Objective : Experience from the
teacher a growing elaboration
and sophistication in the use of
vocabulary and sentence
structure
First Steps Speaking & Listening
Resource
P.90 / 91 Specialised Vocabulary
Wordle Tutorial
Integration *Mathematics
Strand: Number
Objective: Represent
mathematical ideas and
processes in verbal mode
English
Strand Unit : Writing :
developing emotional and
imaginative life through writing
Objective : Express a personal
reaction to ideas, emotions and
images encountered in literature
Integration *Gaeilge
Snáithe: Scríbhneoireacht
Snáithaonad: Ag úsáid teanga :
scríobh do léitheoirí nó
d’éisteoirí éagsúla
First Steps Writing Resource
P.29 Cause & Effect
P.31 Character Profiles
P.32Complications
Storybird Tutorial
English
Strand Unit : Writing :
emotional and imaginative life
through writing
Objective :Write about
relationships between poems
and personal experience
First Steps Writing Resource
P.89 Show & Tell
/ What am I?
PurpleMash Introduction
Integration *Geography
Strand: Human Environments:
People in other lands
Objective: Study some aspect of
the environments and lives of
people in one location in Europe
and in another part of the world
English
Strand Unit : Writing : fostering
the impulse to write
Objective: Experience a
classroom environment that
encourages writing through
captioned charts, pictures and
posters.
First Step Writing Resource
P.33 Sentence Completion
Piclit Tutorial
English
Strand Unit : Writing : fostering
the impulse to write
Objective :Observe the teacher
model a wide variety of writing
genres
English
Strand Unit : Writing :
emotional and imaginative life
through writing
Objective :Express in writing
reactions to images
English
Strand Unit : Writing : fostering
the impulse to write
Objective :Observe the teacher
model a wide variety of writing
genres
Integration *Science
Strand: Living Things
Objective: Develop an
increasing awareness of plants
and animals from wider
environments
First Step Writing Resource
P.154 Sentence Makers
P.157 Chainwriting
P.160 Proof-Reading & Editing
First Steps Speaking & Listening
Resource
P.59 Think / Pair /Share
First Steps Writing Resource
P.117 Joint Construction
P.120 Sample Explanation on
Erosion
Telescopic Text Tutorial
Tag Galaxy Tutorial
Neo K12 Tutorial
English
Strand Unit : Writing : clarifying
thought through writing
Objective: Write for a particular
purpose with a particular
audience in mind.
Integration* Geography
Objective: Learn about and
come to appreciate the people
and communities who live in a
contrasting part of Ireland.
First Steps Writing Resource
P.45 Recounts
P.49 Oral News
p.61 Recount Plan
Classroom Skype