Monteith, M. (2002) ‘What has ICT got to do with Literacy?’ in ‘Teaching Primary Literacy with ICT’

Learning with young children, and learning from them – as ICT literate, more so than some adults.

Understanding the subject-specific skills – the vital skills that need to be taught, and for which subjects. Teachers need to be given the time to develop these skills – can’t assume them to be ICT literate, and at the same level of children who may have more access to new technologies.

• ICT as support for learning new skills and learning strategies, access to information, a boost in motivation for learning, a medium for new literacy forms.
This is the case but do all teachers agree wit this? Especially those who need to learn the skills for themselves?


In this sense, teachers are also working on their ZPD too. Need to accept/absorb new information about using the technology available.

New ways of communicating and learning = wider literacy. Teachers need to accept this, to keep up with children! Means a change in the curriculum, to bring in this new forms of technology.