Computing capability is an essential skill for life and enables learners to participate more readily in a rapidly changing world. Using the internet and email, for example, gives them rapid access to ideas and experiences from a wide range of people, communities and cultures.
ICT is incorporated into practically every lesson your child participates in at school, with the exception of physical education. In secondary school, children will typically have ICT classes that are lessons in their own right.
Whatever stage of learning your child is at, ICT can help motivate stimulate or if necessary, re-engage them. Challenging tasks become more manageable and mundane activities more accessible. Some schools also find that children reach higher levels when technology is made a part of lessons.
Since ICT can be so beneficial children ideally need access to high quality technology when they want it, not just for a few hours a week in the classroom. If possible, using software at home is ideal and can help parents become more aware of and involved in what their children are learning at school.
