WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES
Ladybrook
Primary School
One day
in July ten Toshiba laptops arrived in my school. This addition to our ICT
infrastructure has been nothing short of a revelation.
We are a
small primary school and we are fortunate enough to have an ICT suite of ten
networked computers. We have
already experienced the accelerated learning, which takes place when children
can work together using ICT as a tool for their learning.
We wanted
to extend the idea of group learning into the classrooms.
The laptops have enabled us to achieve this goal.
We can timetable the use of the laptops for classes.
This means that you could, for instance, go into a Year 6 class and
see 8 – 10 laptops integrated into normal classroom use.
The next day you may see some laptops in an infant class.
In this way the laptops become a simple but mobile resource to use
wherever the need may be. The quality of the TFT screens is brilliant and this greatly
helps classroom use. The laptops
are robust and simple to use – even I have mastered them.
An exciting
‘spin-off’ is that we have allocated specific laptops to specific teachers
for their home use. Teachers
can now practice their own ICT skills at home.
They can prepare resources and familiarise themselves with new software.
This facility has helped to develop staff confidence and expertise.
Teachers are beginning to use the laptops for their half termly and
weekly planning and we believe that this will eventually help us all to save
time.
The Toshiba
laptops are truly multi-purpose and as such represent excellent value for
money. As an investment for a
school the returns are enormous. We
have only had the laptops in use since September. They have already impacted upon my school in a really positive
way. I would not want to be without
them.
I firmly
believe that the laptops will help us to improve standards within my school.
They are having a profound effect upon us all (children and staff alike)
– and to coin a phrase ….. ‘We have only just begun’. Watch
this space.
Sheila
Penny – Head Teacher
Ladybrook Primary School
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