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In the early 2000s the Government poured a great deal of funding into ICT training for staff, offering Literacy and Numeracy teachers laptops, and even more recently, ICT courses are being revamped to move away from Word and Powerpoint, to programming and developing APPS to suit and advance a technological age of learner...but has it really worked? In my workplace we do not even have a working computer in every room, let alone a smartboard. As far as the staff are concerned, they are under trained on ICT, and when the wireless drops in and out (ironic when teaching an "Is ICT in schools good enough?" lessons...well...it's just a little irritating! My students would also agree...
ICT provision is inadequate in settings because schools may not be able to supply enough resources for all children and many children may not be aware of how to use them properly! Schools can also have problems where the internet is not working or the computer has broken down. This can disrupt a whole lesson. It can, however, help certain children - for example, if a child has a hearing impairment then computer-based visual aids may be better suited to their learning preferences. It can also expand a child's knowledge because they can research anything! However, you also need to consider the safety of the child, and you cannot monitor every website that child goes on, so overall I believe that ICT is (STILL) inadequate because there are so many things that are (STILL) going wrong!
SA
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