Valerie Thompson Chief Executive eLearning Foundation

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Valerie ThompsonChief Executivee-Learning
Foundation

• The impact of home access to learning technologies

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Feedback from Junior School Deputy Head

• Yes there is a social issue here a digital
  divide. But is that the remit of schools to fix?
  Do we need to buy cars and SKY dishes for the
  poor? Do we need to make sure that all parents
  can afford Organic Food from Waitrose? Should all
  children be provided with horseriding lessons and
  ballet shoes? And what about equal access to
  Disney world?
• Rich kids have more. Poor kids have less. What's
  new?

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Our school actively helps pupils with home access
to ICT 21 Our school would love to help all
our pupils have home access, but we lack the
resources to achieve it 60 Our school does
not feel it is reasonable to be responsible for
access to ICT at home as well as at school 18
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From the horses mouth

• Sion Manning RC Girls School

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From the horses mouth

• Sion Manning RC Girls School
• St Saviours St Olaves School

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St Saviours St Olaves School, New Kent Road,
Elephant Castle
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The Student Voice

• What do the pupils feel about having home access
  to a computer and the Internet?

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Next Steps

• Find out about the resources already available
• Follow up
• Lets apply what works to more schools

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• Valerie Thompson
• e-Learning Foundation
• 297 Kingston Road
• Leatherhead
• Surrey KT22 7PL
• Tel [phone]
  
• e-mail valerie_at_e-learningfoundation.com
• Web www.e-learningfoundation.com

Now I can be like everyone else!