Appendix 2 ICT Activities to support the teaching of Literacy

ICT Activities

Source: (Rudd & Tyldesley, 2006, pp. 107-133)

Word Level Work

• Dictionaries; • Clicker; • Spelling software; • Talking word processors.

Sentence Level Work

• Clicker; • Text disclosure • Tape recorders • Podd • Writing Frames • Text bank • Desktop Publishing • Story planning • Onscreen dictionaries • Information skills • Reviews • Fiction • Word processing • Proof reading • Drop-down menus

Text Level Work

• Word processing activities; • Writing Frames; • Poetic form; • Playscript; • Instructions; • Note taking; • Letters and emails; • Poetry ; • Extended writing; • Newspapers; • Recounts; • Searching and web skills.

Interactive Whiteboard Activities

Word Level Work:

Sentence Level Work:

• Flowchart software; • Keyboard punctuation.

Text Level Work:

• Text bank; • Concept maps as writing frames; • Electronic dictionaries; • Information finding; • Note taking; • Text structure.