Jim Knight said: “Many families are having to tighten their belts in the current economic climate – so it is right that we help those that need the most support. But bridging the digital divide is not just about giving parents who cannot afford home IT a financial leg-up – it is about selling the educational benefits of home computer and internet access far better to those that can afford it.”
Stephen Crowne, Chief Executive of Becta said: “There’s no question that technology plays an increasing part of our everyday life at home and school. What we need to ensure is that every learner has an equal chance to tap into the benefits of the internet to enhance their learning – and the Home Access programme seeks to do just that, by offering this opportunity to all learners.
I took these quotes from http://www.nextgenerationlearning.org.uk/en/MediaCentre/News/Home-access-is-coming-to-a-town-near-you/
The article is about the government programme, funded with £300m, which is intended to ensure all families have access to internet, understand the value of it and that it is being used to benefit the children's education. I think this is a great initiative as it means less children will be disadvantaged when it comes to their knowledge of ICT. It also helps with personalised learning and allows children to take control of their own learning at home.
Some schools, though more often universities, encourage their students to submit homework or coursework by email This system makes it much harder for students to use the excuse of forgetting their homework! Another value of having every child able to access the internet at home is that they can contact their teacher if they have a problem with homework etc. This would have to be carefully regulated as you wouldnt want teachers being swamped with junk emails! A school in London submits homework by email and the teachers check their email at 8pm so they can respond to any problems with pupils have. This sounds great in theory but I am unsure about how time consuming it would be in practise.
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In Broadclyst they submit their homework by intranet. The children that diesnt have interent access at home hands in their homework personally but children that do have the net can send it through there. I though this was a really good idea and it saves alot of paper too, but, you would never know if they had help with their work. At least with written work you can see if it's their handwriting or something but typed work you wont be able too...
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