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Developments in Seychelles and the trends in our schools in ICT in Education

As an educator I find the use of ICT in teaching and learning fascinating.  It definitely requires that you keep up with the latest trends in technology, not only to use them in your classrooms, but also so you are at the same level as your students.  

Kids these days learn a lot faster when the learning environment matches the environment outside the classroom.  What we, as educators, can take from this and integrate into our everyday classroom activities will make learning not only fun but easily accessible and familiar. 

Our primary schools in Seychelles are lucky to have benefited from grants and projects from different organisations, companies and other countries.  Our students at the primary level of education have wider access to technology compared to the students at secondary level.  Why this is so is an important question.

We can provide as much professional development and training as is available out there to our teachers and managers, but if the attitude towards ICT in education remains unchanged; if policy makers and school managers cannot see the value of ICT in teaching and learning, then teachers will continue to use the same traditional methods they are used to.

This is an area where I wish to share my views and show what teachers are doing with the technology in their classroom, and share the experiences our students who have been exposed to learning through technology. 

This is where we are at and what we're doing as a small country to improve the knowledge and skills of our teachers in the 21st Century.  Promoting the use of ICT in Education and improving on the access to technology in schools to teachers and learners.... 

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