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25th March 2010 - 25th March 2010

ICT at school and in the home: efficiency, inclusion and digital skills

The Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG

This seminar will offer a timely opportunity to examine the use of information and communication technology (ICT) within Britain’s schools - and to assess to what extent the promised benefits are being realised in terms of efficiency, pupil attainment and value for money. The agenda also looks more widely to the educational impact of ICT in homes, at the record of policy to increase home access to technology and at the effect that this is having on reducing inequalities between learners.

Planned sessions examine:

The state of play: a latest overview of the use of ICT in UK schools, and implications for public policy;
Key developments in the use of ICT within schools: emerging models for driving cost saving efficiencies in the delivery and administration of education, and indicators on pupil attainment;
Technology’s challenge to the education system: latest trends in the ways that young people use technology outside of education, and how education might be able to benefit;
Home Access: is it aiding children’s learning and reducing inequalities?; the role of businesses in its future; and what technical support needs to be given specifically to parents;
Latest from the Home Access pilots: what have been the challenges and successes?, What has been learned, and how might policy need to adapt in the future?; and
Digital skills for the 21st century: the promise of ICT for the UK.

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Organised by Westminster Education Forum

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