Some RE lessons using ICT

linked to Key Stages
Foundation Stage [ages 3-5]  
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 Using E-mail - Children use email to find out about themselves and others. A class exchanges emails and digital photographs with children in a culturally different school [Foundation Stage]
Key Stage 1 [ages 5-7]  
1
 Digital Images - Exploring symbols of belonging in Christianity and Sikhism Use images and ICT to identify groups and explore experiences of belonging [Year 2]
2
 Digital Video - Hindu worship in the home and in the temple Using digital video to stimulate questions about Hindu worship in the home and at the temple. [Year 2 to 5]
Key Stage 2 [ages 7-11]  
1
 Digital Video - Hindu worship in the home and in the temple Using digital video to stimulate questions about Hindu worship in the home and at the temple. [Year 2 to 5]
2

Digital Cameras - How God changes people's lives Key Stage 2 RE ­ using digital cameras in looking at how belief in God changes some people’s lives today [Years 3 to 6]
3
 E-Mail - Learning about Judaism Emailing a rabbi and the web help pupils to learn about the Jewish faith [Year 4]
4
 Online resource - Flat-pack church A free, high resolution time-lapse sequence can be used to support learning in RE [Year 4 to 6]
5
 Online resource - Finding answers to big questions: What is God like? An interactive database of children's responses to a range of religious and spiritual questions [Year 4 to 6]
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Online Video: Using online video to learn about religious figures from how artists represent them [Year 6]
Key Stage 3 [ages 11-14]  
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 CD-ROM - Why is a church an important building for Christians? Using CD-ROMs in RE to introduce multimedia into the classroom [Year 7]
2
 Internet - Using a digital projector in religious education How the internet and a digital projector supports pupils’ learning of Sikhism and Buddhism [Year 7 to 9]
3
 Virtual Tours - Using the internet in secondary religious education How the internet can help pupils experience different religions and forms of worship [Year 8]
4
 Mapping Software - Why do we suffer? Software which supports visual learning techniques such as mind mapping and concept mapping is an invaluable tool in RE. [Year 9]
5
 Online resource - Using a database in secondary religious education A compare-and-contrast exercise using databases in religious education to explore two different religions [Year 9]
Key Stage 4 [ages 14-16]  
1
 Video Conferencing - How far is Islam a religion of peace? Putting world events in context for pupils through video conferencing. [Year 10 / 11]
2
 Website / Presentation - How can ICT make a place of worship come alive? Five Year 10 pupils took the question ‘How can ICT make a place of worship come alive in RE?’ as their starting point to produce a virtual tour of a local Roman Catholic church. [Year 10]
3
 CD-ROMs - Using a computer simulation to explore ideas of peace and justice from Christian and Hindu perspectives [Year 10]
Key Stage 5 [ages 16-19]  
     
 
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