In the first programme of Naace Connect we are treated to five episodes:

Mobile Phones supporting English

Rachel Johnson, an English teacher at Sandon High School in Stoke-on-Trent, shows how she harnesses students' mobile phones to improve learning outcomes in English.

Web 2.0 Applications in Modern Foreign Languages

Jose Picardo, Head of Modern Languages at Nottingham High School for Boys, describes how he harnesses web applications to improve learning outcomes for his students.

Barriers to adoption in Secondary Schools compared to Primaries

Professor Angela McFarlane outlines why it is often more difficult to develop innovative ICT-enabled approaches in secondary schools.

Bridging the Digital Divide: 1

Becta's Niel McLean describes the Home Access Project.

Bridging the Digital Divide: 2

Becta's Vanessa Pittard reports on early findings from the Home Access Project.

A wide range of Primary classroom activities, reviews and resources has been developed and published over the years originally by MAPE and, more recently since the merger in 2004, by Naace.

The Direct2U service was a weekly email service produced by Becta in partnership with Naace. The service was for primary teachers and offered lesson plans featuring ICT in activities based on six subject strands. The service is discontinued but you can view the lesson plans in this archive.

Naace has been invited to offer two briefing sessions in the Local Authority Lounge. These cover ICT CPD experiences for ICT advisors and the use of web-conferencing to support transition and MFL. Naace will be making four contributions to the Seminar Programme covering collaborative tools in teaching and learning, personalised learning, transforming learning and a report on the 'Let's Play Project'.

In this article Janice Staines presents some case studies demonstrating ways in which teachers have incorporated ICT into their Modern Foreign Language teaching.

NOUS PARLONS FRANÇAIS – ET VOUS?

As the Primary languages entitlement creeps ever closer, Roz Mays, a teacher of French at one of Cambridgeshire’s smallest primary schools with approximately 80 pupils, shares her experiences of Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) teaching and talks about how technology can relieve the pressure on teachers.

A report on a digital video project developing oracy and literacy for
all pupils, including those learning English as an additional language (EAL).

Some suggestions for using talking word processors and Naace Big Book Maker to develop children's skills and confidence in MFL within the topic of 'Time'.

This article won the Chris Robson Prize 2003. Roy describes how he started a club for Year 4 pupils to learn Spanish, with the help of some ICT resources. The project culminated in an invitation to the children's mums to join them for an entertaining Spanish evening!

Imagine a world where schoolchildren are contacting pupils in schools around the world through a totally safe, virtual environment, chatting about differences, sharing pictures, and posting opinions about stories they’ve read and written. Their teachers are making sure skills in literacy, numeracy, ICT and communication are being improved. The children are sharing ideas about how to live more healthy lifestyles. This Article illustrates how some of this is possible through the 101+ Club Project, supported by by the Oracle Education Foundation.