Assessing the Cross-Curricular Skills

Using ICT

Using Information and Communications Technology (ICT) provides powerful tools and contexts to support meaningful learning. It has the potential to transform and enrich pupils’ learning experiences and environments across the curriculum. To help develop skills in researching, handling and communicating information children should have opportunities, using ICT, to engage in genuine research and purposeful tasks set in meaningful contexts. They should be encouraged to re-work information, present and exchange their ideas and translate their thinking into creative products and productions which show an awareness of audience and purpose.

Requirements for Using ICT:

Across the curriculum, at a level appropriate to their ability, pupils should be enabled to develop skills to:

Explore

Pupils should be enabled to:

• access and manage data and information;
• research, select, process and interpret information;
• investigate, make predictions and solve problems through interaction with electronic tools;
• understand how to keep safe and display acceptable online behaviour.

Express

Pupils should be enabled to:

• create, develop, present and publish ideas and information using a range of digital media;
• manipulate information and multimedia products using a range of assets. <

Exchange

Pupils should be enabled to:

• communicate using a range of contemporary methods and tools;
• share, collaborate, exchange and develop ideas digitally.

Evaluate

Pupils should be enabled to:

• talk about, review and make improvements to work, reflecting on the process and outcome;
• consider the sources and resources used;

Exhibit

Pupils should be enabled to:

• manage and present their stored work;
• showcase their learning across the curriculum.