"Miss, maybe you just switch it off and on again!"

I'm happy to say that the QTS folk think I'll pass my ICT test, so I better book it.

But I was thinking about how, even in my experience on Introductory Placement etc, there really does seem to be a problem with teachers who just can't use the technology. I even remember it from school, "Ooooo-k, does anyone know how to work a video player?" And I remember sitting in ICT lessons in secondary school thinking, 'I know how to do this, and you don't?' I always felt slightly short-changed with having a teacher who couldn't use the resources.

So, as with all of the subjects that we teach, ICT must be re-learned. I might have fairly competent ICT skills, but I don't know it all and children will be the first to pick up on that!

Perhaps teachers don't want to make the best use of ICT because, secretly, they fear that the pupils will respond better to electronic learning (which certainly fits their society) and computers will take over the classroom! However, it's just never going to happen. I am a firm believer in the need to encorporate ICT more and more in the classroom, but I don't think anyone is going to let a robot teach their children. So, Teachers - befriend the computers, they only want to help!

Blog of note:

Here's an interesting article about using IWBs and some teacher's apparent lack of confidence in making the most of a pretty amazing resource.