Sally
Wicks Reading
Borough Council
English
and ICT - How we got to where we are going: An English
Experience
from the early 1980's to 1999 and future prospects
This
presentation will trace the impact of various British government initiatives
concerned with ICT on the context within which English teachers have been
and are working. Initially, interested teachers began by investigating
the hypotheses that computers had the potential to support collaborative,
creative and independent working; early Action Research projects proved
those hypotheses to be valid. The more recent emergence of multimedia
and communication technologies has moved teachers towards embracing the
concept that ICT has transformed the nature of the subject they teach
by broadening the range and type of texts read and written. Major curriculum
initiatives coupled with the growth in home access to such technologies
have forced English teachers to reassess the significance of ICT and its
impact on effective teaching and learning in and beyond the English classroom. |