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One of my child answers she is si happy using technology and computers are very good for her

She also uses the activities to practice and learn at home

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I asked one of child and she anwers she loves computers and she is si happy learning using technology.

She can aslo practice and learn vocabulary at home

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"We are very enthusiastic about our computer class thrice a week. Our school is providing us with an optimal ICT environment . We are being taught Word, Excel and how to create files and documents. In free time we use Paint to make cards. We are also shown important documentaries and visuals on our Multimedia projector."

At School

"We use many ICT tools in school. We learn through Desktop computers, laptops . We learn about Planets, Maths, some English exercises. We find information on net. We take a spelling test."

At Home

We enjoy the use of ICT at home. We play games on our tablets and i pads. We look for information for our projects given by our teacher. We print pictures for colouring and painting. We paint on computers.

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Children aged 9 involved in an eTwinning project told me they liked using tablets to create materials about Healthy snacks with their European partners and "learn from each other

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I asked my daughter (Alisha, 9) about her use of ICT at school and at home. (I am a teacher in the Secondary school that she attends) - It was interesting to see that her perceptions and frustrations of using ICT at the school were very similar to that of the teachers. Her biggest complaint being that she was unable to access the resources due to problems with the computers (this is seems to be a common trait within most schools?) - Mathletics seems to be very popular with her!

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Teach Toddlers Colors Numbers Preschool Race Cars & Magnet Truck

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My Daughter's Perception of ICT at School

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A (Very Quick) interview of how my daugter views ICT at her current use of ICT at school and at home.

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Students in grades 1 - 5 love their ICT lessons. They tell me we love computer lessons.  They learn about different subjects (general knowledge, science, math, social,...).  They learn new words, watch videos, and comment on them... They surf the internet for information. They type their lesson (use the keyboard – learn typing); create their own drawings regarding the lesson.  They use their imagination and information to come out with new ideas.  Using different programs such as Kid Pix, Microsoft Office Word, Publisher, Excel,.... gives them the opportunity to do their work in a beautiful and creative way. They play educational games (My Imath, Multiplication.com,...) and enjoy getting their scores instantly. At home they also use technology to communicate with their family abroad and they use Facebook to socialize.

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Unfourtunately, I cannot share with you any pic or video of my students due to the school policy in terms of privacy. But I can share with you my kids opinions about the question "What do you think about technology used in your school?". I asked them to my Y kids and these are some of their replies:

1. Luigi: I love to use the iPad because I can play games and learn math!

2. Marta: I love recording my voice when I created the book of my life (through Book Creator for IOS)

3. I love ICT because I have fun! I can draw, do math, take pictures and make a video!

How would you describe the difference in the use of ICT inside and outside school?

1. Filippo: At home I play Angry Birds bt then it is boring! I love playing games at school because I use math, I count fishes, I draw, take pictures for my photo book and I can show it on the board (using Airplay and an Apple TV images are shared over the Promethean board in class)

2. At home I use my iPad alone. At school I can also share it with my best friend and when we have to take pictures of butterflies (we were doing a unit of the ife cycle) then we can pick the beautiful ones and paste them in our book on the IPad (iBook Creator)

3. I like playing Minecraft at home but I am happier to show it to my friends at school!

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Students are surrounded by technological tools in school and at home but they really enjoying it. I asked my son who is also my students and he drew a painting in one minutes

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Students now participate more actively in all activities of ICT.

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Most of us are now into games like in Ipad, computer and Facebook, we therefore like ICT being used in school. Now that we are in the 21st century, almost everything is digital so ICT should be included in our learning. Some students might fall asleep while looking at the whiteboard but they will be interested in ICT. At home, we often play online games. In school, we use ICT for learning.

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I don't teach in Primary school, I am a university teacher so I asked 2 of my students of 17-18 years old and they consider that using technology in class and at home is really helpful and motivating, but they think it is also important to combine it with the traditional teaching as it may be boring just using technologies. Besides they told me that the use social networks as facebook to doing collaborative group homework.

I teach Spanish Language and Communication and I was implementing a Project to use Technology tools in order to improve their communicative skills, literacy, writing and orthography and I am sure this way students really improve their skills.

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My children were very excited when I used the E Beam for the first time. They said this is magical. It is awesome! They said the only thing they do not like is there are many wires and we can trip! The school will get wireless E beam for next year to avoid accidents such as unplugged wires!

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"I like using it lots of the time because I really like doing it and you can learn. I like to play games on the computer. I do different things on the computer because I actually don't go on grade 1 at school we only are allowed to go on kindergarten on www.abcya.com" Comments contributed by my daughter age 5

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I am not a teacher, but I think that children like lessons with new technologies, as it is easier to find different information concerning to subjects, it is more enjoyable and interesting. But lets not forget about books. ICT is necessity, and book is good one and more importanat.

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When I asked my students they said they'd like to use more technology in class,

basically for every subject.

They also find they use computer much more at home

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We have computers in our classroom and we use fizzbooks to help us research different things, I enjoy playing on Scratch and making him move around and dance on the screen!

At home I have an iPad and my mum makes me play games that are educational!

Year 5 Student, UK.

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When I asked the questions to my entire class they gave me these answers.

We use technology in the classroom through Smartboards, a publishing tool, learning tool, entertainment, research and to help us learn. They also stated that we use iPads, computer labs and laptops as technology tools but we need more.

Then they discussed with me the difference between ICT inside and outside of school.

They use laptops, phones, iPad, tablets, PS3, Xbox and iPods. They use this regularly but in schools there are limited opportunities with the amount of devices and not enough devices for each person.

To add further to the discussion one of the students has a job to do in class which involves picking up lunch orders. I asked him "why didn't he pick up the lunch box from the canteen? " he said "that he forgot and he needed a reminder, like on his phone!"

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Our children are really overstimulated with all the variety of technologies, and when they are inside the classroom they usually get bored, because they are not so interested in us writing concepts on the whiteboard or explaining things from an academic perspective. As they usually say, children (people!) need to manipulate a thing to understand how it works. Technology gives us that chance.

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I talked to a 8 year old student about ICT.

What do you like about the use of ICT in the class room?

She said it was great because it is so interesting  and she does not have to wait on computer class to use the computer.

She  likes to paint and use the pencil without sharpening it.

Do you think ICT is a good way  to learn?

She  shouted absolutely!  She reported that the ipod is the best toy ever, because she can talk on face book with her

friends and with her dad on Skype whenever he travels to Miami.

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Pedro (age 6) "Most of the times what we do outside school is more fun that what we do in classrooms. However, when the teacher uses technology, classes can be really fun too!"

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I talked to one of my 6 year old students about ICT.
What do you think about how we use ICT in school?
Good. I like ICT because it is so so cool. I like painting on the ipad and playing with the games. I liked learning about life cycles on the ipads and we played maths games.

Do you think using ICT is a good way to learn?
ICT is a good way to learn because we don´t need to move our hands a lot and it´s easier to do things. But I think we learn more by writing.
How do you use ICT at home?

At home I use ipad which has a game of animals. I also use a computer to play games, listen to music and do some homework.
What are the differences between how you use ICT at home and at school?
It´s different at homebecause at my house I don´t have maths games like at school, just other games –not learning games. I use the internet to look for music and watch Pink Panther.

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Picture response from a 6 year old girl about ICT use at our school and home.

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What do you enjoy at school?

Year 3 student - we would love to have ipads in our class just like the Year 2's. We only use computers in the library (Something for us to work on!)

Prep - I love the Angry Birds app and the Bee-Bot app

Asking them about what they do at home:

Year 3 - Anything I want to but I like watching YOUTUBE (concerned about this response...)

Prep - I like the links on our class page

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As I don't teach at the moment I asked my 7 yo DD, she is in 2nd grade and

the use of computer or ICT at school is very limited, but she uses it a lot at home,

for reading books, using Oxford Owl, reading eggs, turtle diary, and other educational

tools. She specially likes to read/listen to books, as it reads faster than she reads and she can

read more books.

Stephanie 7yo

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I asked one of my Primary 5 students what he though about using technologies in school. Some words from his writing: "you can consult the computer if you don't know words, you can use notebook on the IWB for problems and drawings, new technologies are essential and make your work easier".

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In the school where I work every class has a electronic board and more ITC tools. It is very helpful when planning the lesson as you can combine different kind of teaching ways and at the same time the children enjoy using the computer o learning while using different ICT tools.

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In our school we use our ipads to do some quizzes in a special parc "parcnet", we don't have connection inside the school.

At home I can do anything i want using the internet .

I think in the future, our class

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I think it is being used in a very helpful way to make tasks easier for teachers and students, although some people misuse the technology, but luckily there are consequences. Outside of schools you usually use it to play games and make things up, but in school you usually have a goal and you use ICT for research and making projects.

Technology really helps us make presentations and complete tasks. It has also been helpful for sharing things on google drive and working on stuff together. I use it home lots for entertainment mainly and at school I use it for work and education.

I think that technology in our school is a great bonus to our learning. it is a new way to learn. inside of school i use the technology for presentations and learning and at home i use the technology for homework.

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Feedback from my 7 year old son: I like computers for playing games, as well as going on the internet with an adult to learn new things

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"ICT tools and computers are cool. We learn without a lot of effort."

"In school we use new technologies for learning but in home we use them just for fun!"

"We use computers in history and science class. We create our own presentations. "

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Proposing to use iPads to create movies together to my primary school class created such a cheer of excitment that I should have done it sooner. Even the shy kids were excited to record their voices using English when they could try again and again and not worry about making mistakes.

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Salau Mustapha/ Imaad Schools Lekki, Lagos Nigeria

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ICT makes learning more fun and impactful for the children.

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Salau Mustapha/ Imaad Schools Lekki, Lagos Nigeria

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Salau Mustapha/ Imaad Schools Lekki, Lagos Nigeria

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Technolgy makes learning more impactful.

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The children are more excited about learning that ever.

They see learning as more fun since we started doing more ICT based teaching, learning and assignments.

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Nice work for the "Primary School

in Pireus", about "The long Walls".

Gongratulations

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I asked both the questions during the weekend from my son Daanial Tejani who is studying in Grade 3 at a private school here in Karachi, Pakistan. I informed him that your father is doing an online course and teacher asked the following questions.

Following were his responses.

What do you think about how technology is being used in your school?

My teachers are using multimedia in my classroom to show videos of the human body and the solar system.

I used paint for drawing.

I used a rapid typing tutor and currently at home row keys.

I used Kidspiration software to draw and write an essay on the given topic. Last week's topic as Things in my home.

My teacher also introduces my British council kids website.

How would you describe the difference in the use of ICT inside and outside school?

I used laptop, desktop computer and tablet at home.

I am using desktop computer for play game. Cricket, GTA games, Spider man etc. I like to see weather updates and inform everyone.

On my desktop computer at home there are so many icons for educational games, and Math, science and social studies. I turn on the WiFi and used the internet.

I used my parents laptop. He teaches me MS Word and other things.

I used a tablet for Android games and educational material such as Grade 3 Friendz for Math, Scienc, Social Studies and other subject. I teach my grand father and grand mother how to use Smart Phone. They both have a smart phone and I have two tablet computer at home. I download everything from Google Play Store.

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Children agree that with the use of more technology they will be more anxious to do their work.

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The only time technology is used is in our Information Technology class. It is way better outside of school because I can use it in any subject area.

(High School student)

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My students from First Grade / six- seven years old/ love to go Computers room to read in English at Raz-Kids.com, to find information about their class project in different web pages or to learn Hebrew in a special program for them. For some of them, it is the only opportunity to be in contact with technology.

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My 4 year old niece told me that she learns a lot from the ICT activities at school.

Once a week, she has classes in the computer lab, where she plays

three different games. In one of them, she learned how to make a robot.

When I asked about the differences between the school and home, she said that at school she uses

the computer and at home she uses the tablet. And that she preferred the games from the school.

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- I wish we had more time at school on the computer... we are learning to write stories right now; but it's only on Friday :(

- I like youtube because I learn new things; I like Minecraft because I play with my cousins; I like your phone because it has cool games, and I like to try new things on my friends i-pads; ohhh and I like listening to music on my i-pod

Questions answered by my 7 year-old son in grade 2.

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'I liked the idea of incorporating Minecraft into the school curriculum. I spend hours constructing and never get bored. It's highly creative.'

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Mexico / 9 years old (contributed by Enzo Hdz. )

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Mexico / 9 years old (contributed by Enzo Hdz. )

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Emiliano is a 4th grade student at a public primary school in Cuautla, Morelos (Mexico). Everything said is in Spanish, but you can activate English captions in the Youtube player if needed. The video is free to distribute under a creative commons license (by-nc-sa). GCompris, the free educational software Emiliano refers to, can be found at this link http://gcompris.net/index-en.html

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What do you think about how technology is being used in your school?

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ICT in Primary Education: Transforming children's learning across the curriculum (MOOC) Activity 2.4.3 (Optional) Let's listen to the children! Ask one primary school child or group of children (eg your students, your children) What do you think about how technology is being used in your school?

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This is the response of an 8 years old child.

Question 1

My teacher uses her laptop, computer and sometimes her tablet to show the class videos about a topic. We play games and do other activities base on the lesson. We sometimes given the opportunity to go on Google and bing to research information. But I wish we could use the internet more often at school.

Question 2

At home

I use the internet for a longer time.I use it to play different games and watch videos.I use it to do home assignments and projects. I get to Skype with my friends for hours.

At school

We watch videos about lesson. Do activities and play games about lesson.

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I have been working with a special need student who is 9 years old for four years.  The first two years she was typing everything on the keyboard which took us long time to finish a simple exercise, with practice and using different technology tools now she is able to work faster and even write on her copybook. In order to come up with her own stories she used Prezi, and power point So, when I asked her how technology changed your life she answered : I love to work on the computer it's easier for me and faster than using a pencil. I am sure that this has changed her life and progress in many ways. On her birthday joined with her sister in a way, she also used technology as a cake.

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I like reading on my tablet, you can see how many pages / how much of the book you have read, it's at the bottom of the screen.

This comment is from a boy who struggles with reading. He was reading a classic (much to my surprise based on the books he had chosen previously), I'm sure the fact that he could not see the thickness of the book helped also clocking up pages was a bit like a game.

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This is 12 year old Sofia's response .

Sofia goes to a private school but at school

use of OCT is restricted. Here is what she said:

...."I like Mathletics when I do it at home because

I get to compete on line with other kids in the world and

this is fun. It also rewards me with a prize when I do a

series of exercises right!"....

... " At school I liked it best when me and my friends were

assigned a project on Geography lesson. We had a lot of fun

in computer lab , each one was checking information sources,

we expressed ideas and directly checked them in power point

and had so much fun putting it all together afterwards"......

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In the library i encourage children to use all available technologies to explore library skills and to add their contributions in our library weebly site by adding book reviews and add their comments on the library padlet page using IPads. They feel interested and they say the library is no more a boring place. My library is full of chn all day long.

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At school learners use the Internet and the Interactive Whiteboard. Learners have also access to the VLE where teachers upload educational content. At home learners have access to tablets, laptops and the Internet.

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Last term we made minmapping on the topic "The Internet". It seems to be relevant to our thread.

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When I asked my students why they liked ICT classes they said "Miss its so fun. We could learn some complicated parts of Math in so simple ways using interactive websites. They also said that they could improve their vocabulary". When I asked students whether they practiced at home what they learnt in the class,  majority of them said "Yes". They were very happy to do experiments in Science through websites. I could see a wonderful combination of text and graphics in smaller students.

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I think it is good. Why? Because Teacher Nathalee does show us

videos from Youtube to help us with our school work and Miss Rizzo

let us dance to music from her computer and she show us movies sometimes, Teacher Nathalee too.

At home I spend more time on my Tablet than I would in school to play games like dress-up, learn my numbers , phonics and to read and I like to watch cartoons from YouTube. I like when you video me

running, reading and doing other things and then you show it to me. Teacher Rose I have to say more.....No Marisela  Thank you

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This is a picture from a 5 year old student.

When I asked her how do you think technology is being used in the school, she said" We use them nicely."

She also said that she play special games at home on the computer, that she doesn't do at school.

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Stephanie Thomas/ Turks and Caicos Islands

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Stephanie Thomas/ Turks and Caicos Islands

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Kindergarten students loves using the computer with games and learning sites that provide animation and allow them to play at their own pace.

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My kids enjoy the periods when we use the netbooks. They feel comfortable, with no one around to tell them if what they do is wrong or right. They learn through trial and error. "When I work on IXL, I do not worry about making mistakes. It teaches me why my answer is not correct and gives me other chances. I learn without worrying about being embarrassed." (Jad, Grade 1)

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Stacee ... I "guess" it was done with "iMovie"

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Students are videoed,captured on pictures,do research,play and learn ALL WITH this same tool.

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I asked my students the question about school, but I really liked

the answer they gave me about how they use ICT for homework.

In my class for reading, I have asked the students to do fluency checks

on their reading, to increase their speed. Some of my students are using

FACETIME to time their learning partner during the fluency check, from home because in the classroom, you need to work with a partner. I thought this was a clever idea of using technology to work from home, doing school work.

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Judy Brown, Turks and Caicos Islands                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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Judy Brown, Turks and Caicos Islands                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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Well, I asked my two granddaughters ages 4 and 6 what they like about their Ipad and tablet, they said that they like playing games on them, like Baby Hazel games ,Watch movies like the Mermaid Girls and watch Bible stories, do art and draw pictures. They said that they could also talk to their daddy on them when he is away from home. So I think ICT is very good for all ages and it helps them to explore a lot of good things with supervision.

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I asked reception class why they liked ICT and Alexa said, " Miss, it's fun and I love coming to the ICT suite because I want to do work. What are we doing today Mrs Humphry?"

I find that children love computers and technology. When I did a survey of what all my pupils did at home. I found that children as young as 4 had their own iPads at home and a mobile phone. I realise not all children have those resources because the children in my school mostly come from privilege backgrounds as this is a private school. But, parents are pressured (from all backgrounds) to give their children the latest gadgets, and those who succumb give in to this pressure. So even in less affluent households, there are some of the latest technology.

Children as young as 4 have Facebook accounts which their older siblings or parents open for them. They keep in contact with their friends using text or what's app sending a realm of constant pictures to each other. They even have their own codings to talk to each other.

My nieces school in South Africa firstly insisted that every child had to have a black berry as that's how they gave out homework and if they didn't they were put to a clear disadvantage as they had to rely on others to find out about their homework. Now they all have to have an iPad and this has been made as part of their school policy. Personally I think they have gone too far but who am I?

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This a photo of one of my students as they had a project about natural disasters and they used PowerPoint to create presentation about it.

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This one of my year 4 work. In class they were studying different artists so in ICT I had the children produce their version of Mondrian's painting.

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<----Would love to know what program you used to put that together.

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" I like the computer but I also like pens and paper... as I don't get those at home.. my brothers steal them.."

reply of 10 year old ss working on her Chrome book during a writing activity in class.

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This the way that my 8 years old student describes the importance of technology. He loves the power of technology and says that 'If I don't know something, I can use my computer and search for the information that I need.'

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Great drawing from Hungary!

Arany, what a true statement!

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Such a great photo of your child with the iphone.

Wow is this picture worth 1000 words

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I have been surprised by the possibilities of teaching and learning that can occur when the appropriate technology and directed form is used.

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1. I think we are making good use of it.  Our teachers are trying to teach us as much as they can about it and how to use it.  I´m sure that everything I am learning now will help me later in life because technology is and will be from now on, something very important and essential for life in this world.
2. The difference is that in school, the ICTs we use are for educational purposes exclusively. While the ones we use at home or at any place other than school can be for any purpose we want, such as social or entertainment.

Contributed by 6th grade student, 13 years old.

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I understand and can read better from a screen. It is difficult to copy and understand from a chalkboard.

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"I like using ICT because it's so much fun. I liked when we used Kodable to make the character move. I like using the laptop at home. We use lots of ICT like the whiteboard and the iPad at school. There are lots of cool apps. "

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Technology is used daily and is included in

all subject areas.

Students stated that they enjoyed the use

of technology in their lesson and make reference

mainly to Science.

Students stated that they use technology at home

complete assignment and do research.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb195lp64dg

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Technology is used daily in all aspects of the lesson.

Students stated that technology is fun and they get to watch videos and play educational games. Most students made reference to Science classes.

Students state that technology use at home is mainly for educational purposes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb195lp64dg

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I have also gathered all my students' opinions about etwinning on a padlet wall in the twinspace.

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Here's an acrostic poem created by a pair of students who wanted to express their opinion on their participation in an etwinning project which required ICT.

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- I don't like English, but I like playing "Beat the teacher" (on bbc website)

-I looooove playing the Deep Sea Phonics, itś fun when it goes (noises)

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I asked two two year 3 pupils (aged 8) their view of how learning has become because of ICT. One of them said- she has enjoyed the use of interactive whiteboards because there are lot of fun things to do (for starter tasks) at the beginning of the lesson and that she loves sourcing for information on the web than having to read up the topic in books. She has access to her mums ipad and gets to do a lot of fun things on it. The other pupil said he has gained a lot from learning through watching a video than having tl read the story book alone. Hour also has access to an ipad at home and he feels it will be cool to have ipads in school.

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As I don't have a class I asked these questions to two children of my colleagues  aged 9.

Question 1

We have slow internet at school and sometimes we have problems to log in. Through the VLE our teacher informs us what homework we have. She also gives us links to internet games and information for social studies.We use ICT in school for learning

Question 2

Outside school we have mobiles and tablets connected to the internet which are very convenient. The technology outside the school is much better to the one at school. Tablets are good for children as they have apps and games on them. At home I use ICT for entertainment and play. At school we use technology for information and for games.

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I use the computer when i am home. I mostly use it for facebook, skype, youtube and twitter. Maybe once for the week i might get homework that requires some research activity.

In school, we don't ever use the computers, a few years ago there was a teacher who taught us to play games on the computer, but since she left we don't use it anymore.

Standard Five

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I spent yesterday afternoon talking to our 8&9year olds about their perspectives, they were very interesting.

A majority said they felt safer using technology at school because when something happened (either a problem with the technology or finding inappropriate content, or not being sure how to do something in a program or app ) they felt they got more support at school and felt reassured that there was an adult present who they could turn to, alternatively a few children said that is why they proffered using technology at home because they could look at sites and games they knew they shouldn't look at!

Some of the less confident children said they preferred to be at home because they could use sites and programs for younger children without anyone knowing or could go on girl specific or boy specific apps (mostly this was the girls who liked dressing up and make up sites or apps but some of the boys liked survival or army activities or car games that they said the girls wouldn't like. interestingly some of the children asked others of the opposite sex where to find these games and sites for their little brothers or sisters. Much of the time at school they felt was spent on research, educational games like Maths or spelling and book creation whereas at home the games were more for entertainment "but sometimes there's some learning that the game maker sneaks in" and they spent time communicating with friends on Skype, FaceTime etc. many children admitted accessing sites they were not old enough to be on at home and a number had downloaded games that were too old for them. A surprising , and concerning, number downloaded items that were not suitable having first asked for permission to download something else to get the parents to type in the password. An advantage of using technology at home was that they could work or play for longer whereas at school they only have a limited time because of sharing equipment or just because class finishes and they move onto another subject. Many of the children had an iPad or tablet of their own and /or a laptop and often played with them in their bedrooms rather than in a family room.

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Nuestra escuela ha trabajado en usar las

TIC para mejorar las condiciones del

contexto rural.

http://notiarrayanes.jimdo.com

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Boy’s response

Computers are used to learn by using sites like Fast Math, Myon and I Station. Outside of school you can still use these sites to learn more but you can also play games.

Girl’s response

ICT is used in appropriate ways for kids to learn.  Computers are used to access wed pages like Myon, to “look up things” research, and to print home/school work.  You can access Myon at home to print homework and to perform personal research.  You can also watch movies and listen to music.  This student wants to be a teacher when she grows up and is researching colleges.

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Boy’s response

Computers are used to learn by using sites like Fast Math, Myon and I Station. Outside of school you can still use these sites to learn more but you can also play games.

Girl’s response

ICT is used in appropriate ways for kids to learn.  Computers are used to access wed pages like Myon, to “look up things” research, and to print home/school work.  You can access Myon at home to print homework and to perform personal research.  You can also what movies and listen to music.  This student wants to be a teacher when she grows up and is researching colleges.

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"Plays games at home and draws pictures at school"

When 4.5 year old asked about how it is different the way she uses computers at school and at home.

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Eleni Argyriou (Greece) My students' words

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Eleni Argyriou (Greece) My students' words

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1. We have used computers in geography and science. The teacher has shown us places and in science we have seen experiments.

2. At home we can watch whatever we want online, songs, videos but at school we need permission from our teacher to watch the videos we want.

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Contributed by the primary school, ESL students.

The British School, Delhi

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Домашняя работа по окружающему миру

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Альфира Мусина

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Uploaded by Альфира Мусина on 2013-11-04.

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I am not teaching at the moment, so I asked my own children.

girl (8):" I love searching for animals' videos and going to google.maps to see the Tour Eiffel, or Japan, or Africa! When I learnt about archeologists at school it was nice to play the archeological games at home with you and also the video of the neolitic men. They really looked like us. Why in England I had the computers at school and here I don't???"

boy(5): "I like playing on the I-pad and watching the videos E. and I take when we go on trips, or when we sing together and re-watch it. I like taking the funny faces pictures.

My boy really enjoys the colourful spelling games I downloaded for him. It was the only way he enjoyed when he approached letters and reading. He was not a big fun of "sitting down and looking at books" -unlike his sister who could read basic words at the age of 3 and half. I saw the motivation rocketing up when he played with letters onthe I-pad! They both love interactive games: looking after a character etc. and love using the tool watching themselves performing!

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1. At school I like the computer lesson as I use the computer throughout the whole lesson.  We do great things during our lessons such as we go into the internet to search for information, we use educational software which are cool and we also use software like Microsoft Word and Microsoft Office. I really enjoy it especially when we do something new that I don’t know.
2. At home sometimes I revise the work we did at school but I also play games.  I like to go into the internet and watch some YouTube videos.  I love to create PowerPoint presentations.

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"The use of technology is a lot of fun and learning,a little boring in the beginning because we had to learn a lot of theory to understand the different uses, but then it was great!"

"We know that the time given is limited for access at a computer, but that's ok."

6th grade,12 years old, Greece.

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My students like use of new technology rather than traditional way of teaching, though we have limited access to computer lab, we bring laptop, tablet and mobile phones in classroom.Whatever resources and stuff I get from Workshops, they read it enthusiastically. We participate in online web designing contests and win prizes in both Primary and Secondary categories. My students love digital art so much that we have our own wide collection of original digital images.

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"I don't like reading books. But reading e-books is interesting. Also I like to fulfill e-interactive games after that" (a child of 10 from Almaty, KZ)

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Hi ... I found interesting what the child wrote with each drawing:

At home:

"I use the Internet to search for things I do not understand and sometimes to play"

At school:

"I use the page the Mister tells me"

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Elizabeth Dunleavy/ K-3 Students (Canada)

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Elizabeth Dunleavy/ K-3 Students (Canada)

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The general consensus in my class is that ICT is used for "looking up stuff" and that outside the classroom is for playing games. Due to a lack of hardware there time is very limited and rigidly monitored. However when they are using the technology they certainly enjoy it and are thoroughly engaged.

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In our school students have once a week computer class where they learn basic computer skills and programming.
When asked, the group of 2nd graders told me that " Computer class is so much fun as we are able to explore the world through browsing. We can research a topic, use clip art, write stories and do lots of activities."
When asked, about use of computer at home. The answer was, "we can play games, do assignments about school projects and talk to family outside the town or country. We can also email our friends, teachers about school stuff. We can also face time, google chat and skype about any school related stuff or simply socializing." Some also mentioned about listening to the music and watching movies during weekends or breaks.
During this interview, I realized that my second graders know more technical stuff than me. Ipads, ipods tablet, iphone 4-5, galaxy , android, notepad, just to name a few.

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I used computer more at home then at school. We have just one period of computers where we play games that we want to. But i like education video on youtube.

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Contribution of an elementary student. (Colombia

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Contribution of an elementary student. (Colombia

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THis is the asnwer of an elementary Colombian child.