Setting The Standard

7 - Effective use of ICT

Setting The Standard is a holistic online professional development programme that ensures all teachers across a school deliver the same standard of high quality education.

By the End of This Training, You Will:

  • Use technology to boost learning, not just engagement.  
Learn how to structure videos, readings, and interactive apps to activate working memory, prevent cognitive overload, and keep students focused.


  • Personalise practice effectively with adaptive systems.  
Discover how tools like Times Tables Rock Stars, Seneca, Duolingo, and Anki use spaced retrieval practice and the test effect to help students learn more.


  • Integrate ICT for assessment and classroom management
.  Explore apps such as Kahoot, Quizizz, Plickers, and classroom management software to gather instant feedback, identify knowledge gaps, and minimise digital distractions.


  • Support equitable home learning and flipped classrooms
.  Understand how to create distraction-free study environments, implement flipped learning, and provide support for students with limited digital access.


  • Use AI confidently and safely to enhance planning
.  Gain skills to use LLMs like ChatGPT for lesson planning, refine outputs effectively, and understand the pitfalls of AI in the hands of students, parents, and teachers.





What We Offer

What's included in this online course?

Individual User
7 - Effective use of ICT

Comes with:

  • Access for 1 user to Setting The Standard, Session 7
  • 1.5 hours of videos guiding you through the knowledge and skills of how to judge ICTs that improve learning and how best to use AI.
  • Teacher portfolio of evidence with activities, examples and guides to ensure impact in lessons.



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