New ICT Department Website

Written on April 29th 2010 in General News and tagged with , ,

As many of you will be aware from parents evenings and the recent options evening the ICT Department have launched their new website over this academic year with a number of new features for pupils, teachers and parents.  It is hoped that the website will assist pupils with their learning in order to drive standards forward and improve teaching and learning in ICT at Ribblesdale.

Most lessons in ICT are taught using the new website.  Each topic has its own section on the website which outlines the tasks that are to be completed as well as containing the resources that pupils will use in their ICT lessons.  There is also a number of helpful resources on the website to help pupils when completing their work.

There are many new features to the website, some of which are outlined below:

  • Homework – all homework that is issued to pupils in ICT lessons is posted on the ICT website.  This not only acts as a reminder for pupils, but parents can also see the homework that is being set, and therefore provide help and guidance were necessary to help
  • ribbwebict-screenshotContact – the site enables you to contact the department via email
  • View progress – for some classes (next year this will be all year 9, 10 and 11 classes) you can track pupil progress on the site.  It will enable you to see what tasks have been completed and where pupils are falling behind
  • ICT Blog – ICT teaching staff regularly write blog posts about technology issues as well as assistance for certain topics that are covered in lessons
  • Video Tutorials – on the the site there is a bank of video tutorials that show pupils how to complete certain tasks.  Feedback on these has been good and assisted pupils in completing particularly the more complex tasks
  • Twitter – for regular Twitter users the ICT department maintains an active Twitter feed (@ribbwebict) posting hints and tips as well as deadlines and other things to do with ICT and technology
  • Lessons – all lessons and resources are posted on the site, particularly helpful if pupils are absent for lessons and need to catch up

That is just a brief overview of the content on the site and I would urge you to visit the site and take a look at the content for yourself. I hope you agree that the site will be a valuable learning tool for the pupils of Ribblesdale School.

To view the ICT website please visit the following address:

http://ict.ribbweb.org