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P2: Innovative use of the interactive whiteboard with Year 1 English as an Additional Language (EAL) pupils in literacy
Author: Cynthia Pinner, Class Teacher, The Cape Primary School, Sandwell
Date: 2005

P7: The use of multi-media to help Year 3 and 4 students understand the evaluation and editing of their own work
Author: Lucy Jayes, Class Teacher, The Cape Primary School, Sandwell
Date: 2005

P9: An action research study into the use of a daily board
Author: Vivien Bailey, Class Teacher, Warren Junior School, Barking and Dagenham
Date: 2004

P12: Building confidence in primary literacy through ICT support
Author: Lesley Oliver, Classroom Assistant, Hunwick Primary school, Co. Durham
Date: 2005

P13: Using laptop computers to improve children's report writing skills Author: Julie Toothill, Class Teacher, Hartside Primary School, Co. Durham
Author: Julie Toothill, Class Teacher, Hartside Primary School, Co. Durham
Date: 2005

P14: To research how Talking Photo Albums could improve children's learning
Author: Jayne Hagar, Nursery Nurse, Hunwick Primary School, Durham
Date: 2005

P15: Exploring how the Digital Blue camera can improve special needs children's communication and listening skills in Year 1
Author: Judith Russell, Nursery Nurse, Hunwick Primary School, Country Durham
Date: 2005

P17: Using digital video to improve children's capacity to evaluate their literacy productions
Author: Sarah Mangle, Class teacher, Hunwick Primary School, Durham
Date: 2005

P19: Using the Classroom Performance System (CPS) for spelling tests
Author: Viv Bailey, Class Teacher, Warren junior School, Barking and Dagenham
Date: 2005

P26: Evaluating the contribution which a digital camera and interactive whiteboard can make to improve speaking and listening in the nursery
Author: Elizabeth Hayton, Willington Primary School, County Durham
Date: 2005

P32: To research how Action Words could improve children's learning by using an interactive whiteboard
Author: Jayne Hagar, Classroom Assistant, Hunwick Primary School, Durham
Date: 2005

P33: An evaluation of the impact of ICT on boys' attitudes to literacy in early foundation stage. A focused study on four learners.
Author: Julie Fisher, Class Teacher, St Cuthbert's RC Nursery, Durham
Date: 2005

P40: Researching how digital video helps lower-ability children to develop their vocabulary
Author: Sarah Mangle, Hunwick Primary School
Date: 2005

P42: Can digital microscopes promote learning in Literacy lessons?
Author: Claire Price Hunwick Primary School
Date: 2005

P43: Can interactive programs motivate children to write independently?
Author: Lynn Skinner Hunwick Primary School
Date: 2005

P47: Investigating an ICT-based solution to meet the sentence writing needs of a child with Autism
Author: Eimear O'Flaherty, Class Teacher, Warren Junior School
Date: 2005

P50: Aiming to make Furze Infants' School a Centre Of Excellence for Children With Special Educational Needs with the support of the ICT Test Bed Project.
Author: Jackie Barbet, SENCO/Deputy Head, Furze Infants School
Date: 2006

P56: Using ICT as a focus for self-assessment in Year 2 English lessons
Author: Sarah Sawyer, Furze Infant School
Date: 2006