The 21st Century child has been born into a technology-filled world and is comfortable with each new development – computers, the Internet, mobile phones, text messaging, Gameboys and PlayStations. To them, it’s all a perfectly normal way of communicating, learning and playing. Research confirms that while children do like to play games with computers, they also get a huge amount of benefit from them in terms of developing skills in research, communications, creative writing and revision. Plus, of course, vital computer skills for when they start work.
About the e-Learning Scheme
Technology offers us a unique opportunity — “To extend learning support beyond the classroom”, something that has proved impossible to do until now. While our schools are better equipped than ever before, the variation in the quality of learning that takes place at home is significant. As children only spend 15% of their lives at school, the learning that takes place at home is extremely important to their future success. At Homewood School we have been trying for the past 6 years to provide leading edge ICT resources for students. With charitable donations from parents and funding by the school we have succeeded in introducing nearly 2100 mobile tablet PCs, laptops and netbooks. However, we want to ensure that every student has their own computer in every lesson and at home every evening. The school has committed a large amount of funding to make this ambition become a reality. Working in partnership with parents we need to sustain the availability of this level of ICT resources to all students.
Core to our work are three principles:
- Equity of access, so that all children receive the benefits and not just those whose parents can or will contribute.
- Sustainability of funding, so that the equipment can be maintained and replaced in future years.
- Home use, so that children can use the technology to extend the learning support that teachers provide in the classroom out to the home and family.
What's Included:
