ABSTRACT
In this chapter we start to examine in detail the factors that influence the development of ICT capability. We suggest that, for it to use ICT effectively, a school must possess a culture that incorporates a strong belief that using ICT can help pupils to learn, increase the efficiency of the day-to-day activities within the school and generally improve the quality of the school’s performance. Some schools already have such a culture, but they are in the minority. Most schools are still considering how they can come to terms with a rapidly changing, and expensive, technology. For these schools, there needs to be a major culture shift, and that, we believe, can be brought about only by clear leadership from the senior management.
