ABSTRACT
Clearly, resourcing issues for Information and Communications Technology (ICT) are relevant to the class teacher, but often remain the headache of the IT coordinator and senior management. This chapter concerns the sorts of resources that a teacher may use to support children during classroom work. It offers suggestions on resources such as work cards, effective starting points, targeting the use of the Internet, as well as how to get the best out of software such as talking books and CD-ROM materials. The computer or other ICT resources can be used in a variety of ways, as either the main focus of a lesson, or as supplementary parts of computer activities, or as a resource simply available for pupils to use. Schools can plan both how hardware and software are used over the course of the year as part of a program, but also how specific groups of pupils can be targeted to support their learning.
