Year 1 CD-Rom: Y1 (Spotlight on Fact)

Spotlight on Fact CD-ROM 1 provides a range of ICT programs which are designed to link literacy hour with ICT. It includes the ICT text ‘Monster Maker’, an electronic Big Book, electronic Writing Frames and a print-and-read Teacher’s Resource Book. Spotlight on Fact’s CD-ROM 1 components comprise the following: • ICT Text ‘Monster Maker’, a program in which children make their own monster by choosing colours, body parts etc. It is a non-linear, multimedia program that demonstrates that an ICT text often involves choices that will affect the outcome. • E-Big Book 1 provides all eight Year 1 Core Texts so they can be viewed on a whiteboard, screen or monitor. It includes an interactive control panel which allows text, sentence and word highlighting to aid whole-class teaching. • The Electronic Writing Frames provide eight interactive writing frames (each covering a different non-fiction text type), which can be used for shared teaching and for group and individual activities. • A print-and-read Teacher’s Resource Book is provided which includes lesson plans, rationale, curriculum links and full ICT and NLS objectives. • Three photocopiable activity masters can be downloaded to support work with ‘Monster Maker’. • The CD-ROM comes with a full-colour 32-page booklet (which is also downloadable) with instructions and guidance. For permission to use this software on more than one computer simultaneously, please purchase the relevant network licence.