COMPUTER WHIZZES
Technology advances quickly, so how can you stay on top of it? Emma Griffin selects resources designed to support and enhance teachers’ lesson planning
iLearn2
Currently used in more than 800 schools, iLearn2 provides resources to cover the KS1 and KS2 computing curriculum. It offers more than 60 activity packs, with content updated weekly, and 95% of the software used is free, web-based and compatible with all devices. The packs are divided into year group pages, with an outline of skills progression and approximate time needed, helping to map out the teaching progression of computing from Years 1 to 6. Each pack comes with lesson outlines, video tutorials, assessment resources, posters and certificates, and the eight EYFS packs also provide a detailed introduction to digital technology. Pupils can work through video tutorials and challenges at school or home, learning hundreds of digital skills.
ilearn2.co.uk
‘The instruction videos on iLearn2 are worth their weight in gold. Confidence remains the biggest barrier to adoption of the computing curriculum, so being able to give a ready-made lesson, modelling included, really helps. The videos allow students to work at their own pace. Those who need support can get it, while the enthusiasts in the class are always challenged. The digital literacy and ICT provision in iLearn2 is exceptional, giving students the skills they need to be safe and productive users of technology. I can wholeheartedly recommend iLearn2 to any primary school.’ Hamish Arnold, primary computing lead, Samuel Ryder Academy, St Albans
Typical package with lifetime updates costs £1,195
iCompute
Pricing plans from £24 per year
iCompute supports schools in teaching the computing curriculum with inspirational, creative schemes of work that align to the national curriculum for computing at KS1 and KS2. Packages provide structured yet flexible computing lesson plans and resources to enable teachers at any level to confidently teach computing. There are packages and bundles to suit all budgets, from small schools to larger groups of schools.
icompute-uk.com ‘The progress the children have made is phenomenal! We have been so impressed at how easily they (and our teachers) have embraced computing with iCompute. Being a rural school with small, mixed-age classes and with very little funding, ICT and computing was a sadly neglected area of our curriculum. We had access to very few resources and our teachers lacked the expertise and confidence to teach computing, particularly as not all children could be actively engaged in using technology at the same time. We wanted to invest in a scheme that provided full coverage of the national curriculum, included lots of support, resources and engaging lessons that secured progression year on year. iCompute ticked all the boxes we were looking for and came highly recommended by other schools. It is full of innovative ideas for activities and appeals to children with different learning styles. Lessons involve lots of collaboration, enabling all children to be actively involved in learning. iCompute has equipped and empowered our school to teach computing creatively and well. I cannot recommend it highly enough!’ Sarah Coleman, headteacher, Lindale CE Primary School, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria
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