Good Practice - Case Study
St Mary's Junior School
School No:
Launching Laptops into St Mary’s
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Date:
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24 February
2004
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Subject Coverage:
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Use of
Laptops
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Key Stages:
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KS1 & KS2
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Contact Details:
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Thanks to:
Mike Franklin
ICT Co-ordinator
St Mary's VC CE Junior School, Ware
and all at the school who contributed to this case study.
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Print version,
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Printable
Case Study:
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 This
case study shows how a portable suite of laptops was introduced into St
Mary’s Junior School. It outlines the rationale for using
laptops, briefly describes how they were set up, explains how they have
been integrated into the curriculum and summarises lessons learned.
Following a successful inspection in Spring 2001, we considered how to
further raise standards in ICT. At that time we had two, sometimes three
PCs in each of our eight classrooms. Some were in need of repair or replacement.
Children did not have sufficient access to ICT equipment to cover all
strands fully. Two issues in particular, needed to be addressed:
- Whole class consolidation of learning objectives in ICT was very difficult
to achieve with such limited access to computers.
- Integration of ICT into other curriculum areas was proving to be a
problem rather than a means to enhance children’s learning. Lots
of stimulating ICT based resources were appearing in all areas of the
curriculum.
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