ICT Development Plan

• Teaching and learning of ICT as a subject and as a cross-curricula tool. • Resources, including hardware and software and peripheral devices. • The current level of staff awareness and competence. • Procedures for monitoring and assessment. • How ICT is viewed in the school, by teachers, children and everyone else? • How ICT is funded?

The ICT audit is just one part of what constitute the ICT development plan for your school. You should also include information such the aims and objectives, the implementation plan and the evaluation. The ICT development should be collated information you collected which you can now compare with what you have in place now for your vision for the future.

Typically, senior management are the people who are involved in development plans for the school. In terms of ICT, it should address how the school will:

• Maintain and develop the infrastructure of hardware and connectivity in a way that is sustainable without distracting teachers from their teaching. • Ensure that the infrastructure enables staff to access valuable content (in terms of resources and tools). • Develop and sustain practice, including ongoing training and curriculum development. (Fox, 2003, p. 35)

Other areas which the plan should address include:

• Philosophy and aims. • Curriculum aspects. • Management of ICT. • Professional development of teachers and other staff. • Hardware and deployment.