ICT in my school so far

well, since the invention of wireless, it has made it possible for small schools like the one I am currently placed with to be able to have a mobile ICT unit. They last year bought 16 laptops, which are locked away safely and kept charged until they have a lesson. The children share the laptops, one between two. I am told before this they squeezed the computers in the library which was too small. Ideally, maybe every school should have a separate ICT suite, but this was not possible. Although, this raises the question as to whether a school really does need a separate room. The laptop idea seems to work very well. I personally, always liked the idea of a separate ICT room as it meant you could be in a different environment. The ICT lessons went well though and the children did seem very engaged. I have so far observed two ICT lessons, one in class 1 ( reception, year 1 and 2) and another in class two (year 3 and 4). In class 2, they had to read the information about monsters and find the relevant information e.g height, favourite food etc. then they will put the information into a database. In class 1 the children were learning about signs, e.g danger signs, and then dragging the relevant picture to the right word. Then they could practise typing ideas to each other. I was amazed at how advanced even the youngest children were. They were all very quick learners. The first few lessons were apparently a bit of a struggle, but once they learnt the basics of switching on and off etc. they have progressed very quickly. I guess that is the same with anything, the younger you learn, the quicker you take it in. They are probably used to computers at home too, taking away the fear factor. Whereas most people of my parents generation did not have a computer when I was younger, therefore the idea of the computer was alien. Luckily my parents had a Commodore 64! However, that was not like any computer I know today!