insideKENT Magazine Issue 48 - March 2016 | Page 124

EDUCATION

IN ASSOCIATION WITH

ICT at Russell House
It is sometimes said that the only constant in life is change. So it has been
at Russell House, where development in recent years has included a major
regeneration of their teaching of ICT.
These
improvements
have sparked
something of an
ICT revolution at
Russell House.
The upgrade of
hardware included
over 70 new
machines, a newlook learning zone
incorporating
clustered centres
for collaborative
learning, a library and a story-telling zone called The Hub. New interactive
whiteboards, new video recording equipment and a mobile laptop trolley
to house the bank of travelling computers have transformed how the school
delivers computing.

lots of both. The spirit of adventure
in a Russell House classroom has
certainly arrived; a reflection of the
changing times around the world
and the wealth of digital resources
at the teachers’ fingertips.
Before the upgrade, lessons typically
focused on ICT skills which, while
important, were often isolated and
perhaps unrelated to other topics
or experiences. The lesson itself
was taken by a specialist, so
learning rarely carried over to other
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