2010 October - feature: do schools need ICT? - 2 views
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Our schools are now a desert swept with the winds of yesterday's technology; meanwhile our students can be found drinking from an oasis of smartphones, smart apps and smart interfaces. They have answers to questions we haven't even dared to ask. They outsmart us at every turn.Teenagers upgrade their mobile phone every 12 months. Even the socially disadvantaged are one step ahead of their school's ICT. That's not a problem. That's a huge opportunity schools should grasp. It's an
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pportunity to save money and upgrade our thinking about ICT.
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Long on the problem - short on the solutions. the Luddites need to know how these tools can be used in classrooms. good wake up call though.