The Role of Students
In his address to the Third European Conference on ICTs in the Curriculum, David Katz (3Com Director, Global Education Markets) highlighted a number of key factors required for a successful ICT project, one was the development of specific content by students. A group of 20 students from St Aidans were be participant-contributors in this project. Following training they were be involved in developing content for the Intranet and maintaining the network. This was accomplished by:
• Training in Web authoring.
• Training in setting up laptops, data projectors and connecting to the network.
• Organising task groups to carry out particular functions.
This empowered students to use ICT, it increased their understanding of the technological world they live in and encourage ongoing participation in technological developments.
