Digital Literacy and ICT
- advice and sharing best practice in using ICT across the curriculum.
The Way Ahead
Artist's view
Planning ICT provision for the future has to take into consideration the points listed below, many of which are covered in the ICT Research section, in particular in the Future Schools page:
- Existing provision and refresh thereof
- Enabling ICT to help support and deliver the curriculum for excellence
- Consider and introduce those emerging technologies which will improve pupils’ learning experience
- Continue to support learning and teaching in Fife through a series of Fife created websites plus links to the national intranet – glow intended to help Fife learners prosper in a knowledge-based economy.
- Conduct research into the ways e1’s tracking capabilities can be expanded to assimilate a virtual learning environment holding L and T resources mapped to individuals with their results entered automatically into their PLP.
- Evaluation of subscription services purchased by schools such as Education City and Accelerated Reader and other alternatives to see if they will add value to our learning programme.
- Investigate the introduction of a virtual learning environment where resources are tagged to pupils.
- Ensure the school website is updated regularly as it is available to parents and carers on Fife Direct. Examples being Beath High and McLean Primary, Dunfermline,
- The continued support for ICT for pupils with additional support needs.
Some of the points listed above, in particular emerging technologies and e-learning opportunities are the basis of Becta’s Harnessing Technologies 2008 – 2014 report and the 2020 DFES Vision based its report on 5 key drivers, including Technologies stating:
"The pace of technological change will continue to increase exponentially. Increases in ‘bandwidth’ will lead to a rise in internet-based services, particularly access to video and television. Costs associated with hardware, software and data storage will decrease further. This is likely to result in near-universal access to personal, multi-functional devices, smarter software integrated with global standards and increasing amounts of information being available to search on line (with faster search engines). Using ICT will be natural for most pupils and for an increasing majority of teachers."
The British Government's Digital Britain paper (summer 2009) includes recommendations for universal connectivity, digital participation and skills, content development and e-safety.