Information and Communication Technology
Information Communication Technology (ICT) plays a major role in the lives of our young people. E-learning, facilitated through ICT, has considerable potential to enhance learning when used safely and securely. Safe computer and Internet use is a priority at Carncot. All staff and students, or their parents where they are younger, sign an Internet and computer safety agreement each year.
Our girls are encouraged to see computers and the Internet as tools available to the information literate person, along with books and human resources. Traditional methods of communication, (pen and paper) are still the principal methods for examinations at secondary schools and tertiary institutions for reasons of authenticity.
E-learning can supplement these traditional ways of teaching and communicating, and open up new and different ways to learn by overcoming distance and time, joining or creating communities of learners beyond the classroom, sharing learning with family and friends, and engaging in virtual experiences.
We constantly explore new ways to learn and to share our learning through smart, safe and realistic use of ICT. Carncot believes that the emphasis should remain on the basic principles of good teaching and learning, and has no intention of pursuing a ‘total immersion’ e-education approach. Computers will continue to be viewed as one of the tools available to the information literate student and will supplement the quality education delivered by our teaching staff.
