Information & communication technology across the curriculum: a game of snakes and ladders

Abstract

In the early 1990s, many private (and some State) schools in Victoria, Australia, developed a laptop program. As a consequence, the main focus of computer use in schools became, "Do you have a laptop program?" For some time the question of computer use in the curriculum became a question of whether every student had access to a computer. Many schools, however chose not have a laptop program. How were these schools going to incorporate computers across the curriculum ? This paper explores the experiences of Parade College which has attempted to develop and promote the integration of computers in the curriculum in the last 12 years. This has led to many failures and some success. Reflection on these experiences has resulted in an integrated approach to the provision of information communications technology in the curriculum.