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Anyone who is interested in study will welcome the latest development in classroom technology．School pupils equipped with hand-held keypads(键盘)connected wirelessly to electronic whiteboards(白色书写板)can now answer teachers questions－without their classmates knowing．The electronic“student response system”is aimed at 4-to-11-year-olds
Stephen Jury, the company’s chief manager, says the system helps teachers with the continuous assessment of pupils, and encourages shy children to voice opinions and become more active in class．
According to the Department of Education and Skills, ICT(information and communications technology)spending for schools has more than doubled since 1998．
“If anything, it will probably increase,”says David Todman, Dell’s UK schools manager．“To achieve what the government wants in education, there is nothing it can do but increase expenditure on IT．”
The education white paper Higher Standards, Better Schools for All, looks to IT to help the government achieve two aims－lessons tailored to(适应)different pupils’ needs and connecting parents more closely with choosing and running schools．It notes that more than 80％ of secondary schools now have websites．“Parents and pupils will be able to see exactly what’s on offer, how well the school is doing, and the future direction it plans to take．”Parents can log on(登录)to the school’s IT system to look at their child’s reports, attendance records and information about homework．
Nearly everyone agrees that more needs to be done to make sure that computers are used properly in schools．Stephen Jury says that Britain needs to follow the US in developing the rules of“educational technology”rather than leaving e-learning in the hands of IT departments．
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