I work in a school that has recently rolled out Samsung slates to all students in grades 4-6. Next year they are going to roll them out from grade 7-12, and then, the year after in grades P-3. They have also commenced using a program called D2L (Desire to learn), to deliver the content to students. It has been very interesting to see how different teachers have coped with the changes. Some embrace it and have done an amazing job of incorporating it into their teaching, while others have resisted the changes and really struggled with incorporating it into their classrooms. No matter what ICTs the school has available it seems, to me anyway, that the teacher will be the crucial factor as to whether these ICTs are used successfully and appropriately.
It is so important to consider what a student can do, opposed to what they can't or what they might have found tricky one day. Perhaps an awareness of Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development needs to be expanded to include students use of ICTs.
make the tools of the world
available to all, and teach them to evaluate on their own.
tasks will change, their environments will change, their skills
and capabilities will change, and the available tools will change.