Notes to Facilitator

Participants should be divided into groups consisting of no more than 10 members. Each group will require a copy of the National ICT Policy/Strategy document as well a mechanism for capturing notes and ideas (computer or pen and paper). One member of the team should be appointed as the scribe and should take responsibility for documenting the outcome of the discussion (i.e. the group’s response to the queries listed below.)

Task 2: Example Answers
The following goals/objectives could be listed from the ICT Framework for Education in New Zealand:

• A more learner-centred education system transcending organisational boundaries.
• More informed decision making within the education sector by learners, teachers, parents, communities, public, businesses, researchers, policy makers, and administrators.
• Increased ease and opportunity of access and reduced compliance costs for all participants.
• Increased confidence, capability and capacity from the use of ICT by all participants in the education sector.
• Greater opportunities for the generation, application and sharing of new ideas and technologies.
• More effective and efficient investment in ICT by education sector government agencies.