In a survey conducted by the e-Learning Foundation charity and the Times Educational Supplement, findings showed that teachers value having technology in the classroom. The survey was conducted in response to the Department of Education's moves to cut support for IT in schools. Almost seven in 10 teachers say that having state-of-the-art IT equipment in classrooms is more important than having traditional textbooks. More than half of teachers considered students to be "seriously disadvantaged" if they do not have the Internet in their home. Another finding indicated that 30 percent of respondents believe textbooks will become obsolete in the future because of the rise of technology. Read the full article by Murray Wardrop at The Telegraph online.
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