ICT in schools
I have just read Derek Wenmoths blog about enough excuses for why teachers are digitally illiterate. I agree that there are still some digitally illiterate teachers out there, but I think the ICTPD contracts have done a lot to change that. I totally agree with Paul Wilkinsons comment though about the lack of equipment in some schools. There are huge discrepancies between those schools who have IT equipment and those who do not. Does the government fund any IT equipment for students at all? If they really want to “Enable our 21st Century Learners” they must address this issue. This issue was brought home to me when I enrolled my 8 year old in a new school as we are shifting towns. She is leaving a very technologically capable school, where she is used to using smart boards, laptops etc on a daily basis and going to a school with not a single student laptop, one computer per classroom and one data projector for the school. She is understandably devastated by this. There isn’t much equality of opportunity across the country for our students when you see this.
