Issues arising with young children

Ownership & Responsibility

• parent v. child device ownership
• school (or ELearning Foundation) owns – Responsibility?
• lack of clarity re: content (whose ownership/responsibility)

Skills

• increased

Inclusion & Cultural

• cultural
• usually portray different groups in books - any in software?
• equality of opportunity

Parents & Home

• middle-class snobbery – “real” toys
• communication with home.  2-way
• should it be an issue what is on the device from home?
• preparation of children for future

Multiple source of information in the classroom

1. content created by child

• who sees it
• access controls
• what does child/parent see
• time stored for
• back-up
• assessment

2. shifts relationship

3. new curriculum

• Diploma?
• digital literacy in primary framework
• text, not handwriting

E-Safety & Personal Safety

• on Internet
• “duty of care”
• legal duties & responsibilities
• use of Impero/Synchroneyes
• inappropriate content – How to deal with it?
• acceptable use policy – Include child giving consent

Funding?

• ELF
•  vested interests

Other issues

• polarisation – Policy v. Practice
• global transfer of data
• ethical codes – BPS, BERA
• ICT as a subject vs as a pervasive technology