ABSTRACT
In a USA-based study of a group of 'networked schools', where Information and Communications Technology (ICT) use permeated the curriculum, school administration and the professional lives of teachers, J. Wasser et al. identied the importance of a supportive, collaborative school ethos. Most teachers have had no ICT training and very little IT training, but the pace of technological development is such that the world many children face outside school demands ICT competence. The electronic mail in schools in the study allowed schools within the cluster to improve communications. Some schools may need to provide an ongoing programme of staff development. In an article for the BBC Computers Do not Bite, a magazine produced to spread ideas about the use of ICT in schools, teachers speak of ways in which they are using the web for their teaching. The quality of technical support has been found in early ICT projects to be a critical factor in aiding or hindering whole-school development.
