TriEs Primary ICT Resources

TriEs Limited (TriEs) produces unique educational software enabling teachers to assemble UK curriculum topics into interesting and meaningful lessons, tailoring material to suit the individual learning styles and capabilities of individual pupils.

TriEs focuses on subject areas which are essential to the UK schools curriculum: Science, Literacy and Numeracy. Its products have also been modified for the Home market. Furthermore, the software can easily be adapted for overseas.

The products available are:

• KS2 Learning Units: 13 Science units (plus 2 short units), 12 Literacy units and 12 Numeracy units, all for KS2. Each full unit is £60 and the short units are £35 each.

• Interactive Revision Questions: TriEs is extremely proud to add to its portfolio the 100 Science Interactive Revision Questions, especially suited to home use and of course also for schools, aimed at KS2 SATS revision. There are 33 Biology, 34 Chemistry and 33 Physics Questions which are graded as easy, medium and hard. The 100 Science Interactive Revision Questions (IRQs) will cost £60 and the same for the Literacy IRQs and Numeracy IRQs.

TriEs has received Curriculum Online badging for its products.

Most importantly, TriEs has provided KS2 content for Kent County Council’s Learning Platform ARC project.

The Aim of the Resources

The aim of the resources is to aid the individual learner, either at home or at school, to understand a particular curriculum topic in Science, Numeracy or Literacy, through an interactive learning process so that children gain knowledge and understanding in the topic area. Additionally, the resources are aimed at assisting teachers with their lesson preparation so that they can ‘pick out’ sections for whole class teaching.

Pedagogy underlying the TriEs resources

TRIES primary ICT resources have been written by teachers to enable children’s understanding. They aim to motivate and inspire children through the use of interesting graphics and animation which help children to see what is happening and to enable them to interact with items on screen so that they are active participants.

Literacy resources illustrate reading and writing in many contexts which encourage children to think about and consider both everyday language, parts of speech and creative writing. Maths activities support children through the use of day-to-day situations and mathematical representations which encourage children to make connections across the different aspects of mathematics. In science as well as seeing how various scientific features function and change, either over time or as the result of an intervention, children are given the confidence to try online experiments and ‘See what happens if…’

The resources include both formative and summative assessments so that within each section or topic there may be a short recap to help children to consolidate their learning; then, at the end of each unit, there is a quick quiz which tests children’s knowledge across the whole of the unit.

How are TRIES primary resources different?

TRIES resources are certainly not just ‘check and test’ like many ICT resources. They are fundamentally about children’s learning. Each unit, which will take children about 35 minutes to work through, is divided into manageable learning sections. Each section then leads children through an easily navigated sequence of progressive activities. This format enables children to both work at their own pace and also move back to an earlier page whenever they wish to, so that they can check their understanding. The resources are particularly easy for children to access and navigation through them is very straightforward.

For teachers who have access to an interactive whiteboard, the sections in later units can be accessed page by page so that if teachers wish to use a particular diagram, learning activity or interactive feature for whole class teaching they can do so with ease.

Technical details

All the files for the lessons and interactive questions have been created using Abode Macromedia Flash Professional 8. The operating system can vary from Windows Vista right down to Windows 98. The files will open through Internet Explorer (from Version 7 down to Version 5) provided the latest Adobe Macromedia Shockwave Flash Player (to be downloaded free from the Adobe website) is installed into Internet Explorer. Alternatively, the Mozilla Firefox browser can be also used for opening the files. The average file size is 2mb.

The software is SCORM-compliant and Whiteboard compliant.

All TriEs products on payment are downloadable from its website.

 

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