Practical Support Pack for teaching professionals
What is the Practical Support Pack?
The Practical Support Pack is an online collection of high quality
lesson content, lesson plans, multimedia resources and ICT support materials
designed to help teachers develop their teaching practice ICT.
Step-by-step, it gives teaching professionals the opportunity to try out new
ideas and new ways of teaching familiar topics in their subject. It also shows
the role that ICT can play in achieving teaching and learning objectives. This
practical approach to subject teaching also offers pupils different ways of
learning. In addition, teachers can reflect back on the lesson and see how the ICT
element has affected the teaching and the pupils' learning.
Topics are organised into modules and can be searched by subject and year. Each
topic focuses on a particular aspect of the curriculum.
How can the Practical Support Pack help me?
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Develop your confidence in using ICT - If you're new to
teaching with ICT, using the resources will help develop your expertise and
build your confidence in using ICT more effectively. Even if you are a more
experienced ICT user, the materials will show you how to use ICT more
strategically as a teaching tool.
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Find new ways of teaching familiar topics - the Practical
Support Pack offers opportunities for you to adopt fresh approaches to
familiar material and revitalise your teaching.
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Save time with ready made lesson plans - there are hundreds of
teaching modules across secondary and primary subjects, each contains a
detailed lesson plan and associated teaching materials which include multimedia
resources.
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Enhance your assessment skills - evaluation and reflection
materials will help you assess how the learning and teaching objectives have
been met, and how the lesson can be improved.
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Share best practice - why not try using the materials with
colleagues? For example, you could identify key priorities for your department
or school's development, trial some approaches and then discuss your findings at
future meetings.
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Help develop support staff skills - teaching assistants and
other key support staff can also benefit from using these materials; as well as
supporting you in delivering the lesson using ICT, they can also develop their
own ICT confidence.
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Develop as teacher - enhancing your teaching skills and ICT
expertise can help expand your own career potential.
How do I get started?
Simply click on a subject and select a year.
See the FAQs to find out more.