As the presence of computers in the primary classroom increases and IT becomes a bigger part of learning, the book takes a realistic look at the role of the computer in the National Curriculum, and asks some important questions. The book is designed to help teachers incorporate IT into their day-to-day teaching, offering practical guidance and advice on task planning and management and includes examples of classroom practice. The book covers all curriculum areas, examining curriculum-specific issues as well as more general concerns such as pupil-expectation and self-esteem, problem solving, collaborative learning, data-handling, homework and the effects on the pupil-teacher dynamic. This book will be essential to all primary school teachers and trainees.

Angela McFarlane, Homerton College.

1 Where are we and how did we get here? 2 Developing children's problem-solving: the educational uses of adventure games 3 Children's learning using control information technology 4 Understanding and using variables in a variety of mathematical Contexts 5 IT and thinking skills in humanities 6 Investigating science 7 Developing graphing skills 8 Thinking about writing 9 Working with images, developing ideas 10 Computers in the classroom: some values issues 11 New technologies: multimedia and going on-line 12 ...and where might we end up?