ICT Suites ... dead or alive?
“Schools have successfully created a demand from teachers to be
able to use ICT to improve learning in other subjects but are rarely
able to meet it. Most primary and secondary schools have chosen to
centralise the bulk of their ICT resources in networked computer
room…but the result is that resources are often extremely limited
elsewhere for work in other subjects. It is still common to see
students taking work from other subjects to the computer room where
they are using ICT, in effect, only to present their ideas well. When
ICT is unavailable to students in their classrooms when they are
studying other subjects, it is unable to contribute to improving
learning."
Quote from The Importance of ICT (OFSTED 2009)
Thought provoking critique of the ICT suite HERE.