ICT

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ICT Planning for the Future
Keith Morrison Senior Adviser
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The cost of ICT?

• Computers are free to schools
• Computers come from the government, the LEA
• supermarkets, parents, industry cast-offs
• Computers are subsidised to schools
• Computers are easy to install and maintain
• Computers never go wrong
• Computers last forever
• ?!!!

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The cost of ICT?

• Replacement
• ensuring you can stand still
• Enhancement
• improving things but can you can afford
  it?
• At least
• Budget for ICT in your school
• Develop a stand-still budget
• from your own school budget

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The cost of sustaining ICT?

• Computers arent free
• Computers dont last forever
• !

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How to budget to sustain ICTa stand-still
budget model

• Start with an audit of computers
• - When were they new? - How many were
  acquired?
• Then do some modelling

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A sample ICT Audit
Date new 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Quantity of computers 5 10 6 8 15
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The cost of sustaining ICT?

• Decide on a replacement cost for a computer
• 1000 ?
• Decide on a life expectancy for a computer
• 5 years ?

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A replacement plan5 yr life, 1000 cost
Date new 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Quantity of computers 5 10 6 8 15
Replacement date 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Replacement cost 5,000 10,000 6,000 8,000 15,000
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A replacement plan5 yr life, 1000 cost
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A painful future?!
Questions?
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One can dream!
Questions?
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Implementing ICT

• Ideas originally published 1997 in Implementing
  IT NAACE/NCET
• Now completely revised and re-launched as
  Implementing ICT available via the NAACE web
  site on www.naace.org

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A model for replacement

• Now lets do some serious modelling...

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How to budget to sustain ICT

• Start with an audit - When were they new? - How
  many were acquired?
• Decide on replacement costs
• Decide on life expectancy
• do some modelling!

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A budget to sustain ICT?

• The costs so far have only included the hardware
• Dont forget
• software costs
• installation set-up costs
• on-line costs (both connection services)
• maintenance costs
• technical support costs
• training costs
• the total cost of ownership!

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A budget to sustain ICT?

• The total cost of ownership?
• Take the number you first calculated
• and at least double it!!

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Supporting ICT?

• Roles to be considered
• ICT teacher(s)
• ICT co-ordinator
• Systems manager
• Technician
• Technical assistant

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Reporting ICT?

• Budget modelling
• Standards
• Quality of Teaching and Learning
• Development issues
• a Development Plan for ICT

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Making ICT deliver

• ICT - a National Curriculum subject
• ICT to enhance learning across the curriculum
• ICT to enhance teaching
• of ICT
• and across the curriculum
• ICT to enhance management
• the total benefits of ownership!

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ICT in schools

• Support includes
• QCA ( www.qca.org.uk, www.ncaction.org.uk )
• BECTa ( www.becta.org.uk )
• MAPE ( www.mape.org.uk )
• NGfL ( www.ngfl.gov.uk )
• NCSL ( www.ncsl.org.uk )
• NAACE ( www.naace.org )
• Bromley ( www.bromley.gov.uk )

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The costs of ICT in schools

• Budget for the total cost of ownership of ICT
• Support on-going staff development in ICT
• Plan to enhance ICT provision where management
  information shows a good case can be made
• Monitor ICT and its impact
• avoid the costs of failing to invest in ICT!

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ICT in schoolsplanning for the future

• How many computers do you need?
• 1 11 by Aug 2002, 1 8 by Aug 2004,
  more?
• What is a computer?
• desktop? laptop? word processor? palmtop?
  calculator? mobile phone? watch? TV?
  ?
• How will ICT be used in the school of the future?
• school ( teaching, learning, managing )?
  community? home? personal? ?
• Who will pay for ICT?
• Government? School? Parents? ?

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Monitor ICT and its impact

• Observe teaching
• Scrutinise learning
• Track progress
• Monitor standards
• Review planning
• Evaluate impact
• are you getting best value from your use of ICT?

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Plan for best value from the use of ICT in your
school

• Resources are adequate
• for managing, teaching, and learning
• Teaching has an impact
• Teaching makes use of pupils use of ICT in the
  home and community
• Learning is planned and managed
• Pupils make good progress
• Pupils are effective learners