This page gives details of some useful books and other resources to help you make more effective use of ICT in English.

The skills page shows you a few basic techniques - these guides will take you further.

Twenty Things to do with a Word Processor

By Trevor Millum and Chris Warren, published by Resource: £12.50 + postage. Photocopiable pages with easy-to-use ideas throughout the secondary age range; some supporting files are available to download from their Internet site.

This really is excellent - every English Department should have at least one copy! In his Times Educational Supplement review, Jack Kenny wrote: "Twenty Things to do with a Word Processor ... is a pragmatic approach, useful, stimulating and classroom focussed. It is the kind of book that if you leave it lying around someone will steal it."

Web site: www.resourcekt.co.uk - email: info@resourcekt.co.uk - telephone 01509 672222

Useful guides to common software

Software Made Simple series

These are guides for students on common Microsoft software - Word, PowerPoint, FrontPage, Excel, etc - available in A4 booklets. Although aimed at students (including, probably, those at college or university) they should be very useful for teachers. The Word guide includes a helpful quick introduction to the basic features of Windows.

The guides are also available to schools and colleges on a CD-ROM. This contains all the guides in both Acrobat PDF format (replicating the booklets, so you can print out pages) and as web pages that allow learners to work through the contents on screen. There are exercises based on the booklets in both Word and PowerPoint format - altogether a most comprehensive and flexible set of resources.

Samples on their Web page, including a free download of the complete Word guide: www.s-m-s.co.uk/ - email: guides@s-m-s.co.uk - telephone 01227 361263

Payne-Gallway ICT Skills for Schools

The colourful, easy-to-follow layout should make these guides attractive to students in Key Stages 2 and 3, though teachers may well find them helpful as well. It could be useful to have some copies in your ICT suite or classroom for reference.

Available from BEBC Schoolbooks - www.bebc.co.uk - email: pg@bebc.co.uk - telephone 01202 712909.

More information on the Payne-Gallway website: www.payne-gallway.co.uk

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