The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust

Using Computers
in American Primary Schools

Electronic Communications

• Explanatory Notes

• Domestic Aspects
  of the Fellowship

  • Purpose of the Fellowship

  • Success of the Fellowship

  • The Fellowship Grant

  • Suggestions for Future Fellows

  • Dissemination of the Report

• Professional Aspects
  of the Fellowship

  • Overview

  • Information & Communications Technology (ICT)

  • Delivering the ICT Curriculum

  • Other Curriculum Areas

  • Assisting with Teaching Tasks

  • School Administration
    and Management

  • Electronic Communication

• Conclusion

• Appendices

  • Acknowledgements

  • Itinerary

  • Technical Details

  • Internet Links

  • TELDEC Grant Project

  • Gates Foundation Grants

  • US Dept of Education
    Executive Summary

  • WebQuests

• Picture Gallery

There is considerable use of e-mail within the education system. Individual teachers, schools, school districts and service districts use it as their principal form of communication with each other. However, apart from a few individual exceptions, there was very little e-mail contact with parents and others outside the system.

Although most students had e-mail addresses, children rarely used e-mail. The main use was to request information from a range of sources usually deriving from use of the Internet.

School Districts and Service Districts made excellent use of the Internet to provide information, presentations, tutorials and template files on a wide range of subjects.

Video-conferencing was used very effectively in ESD112 for direct communication between the Service District and its associated School Districts.

Schools planned to increase their use of their communications capability via school websites, e-mail bulletins and newsletters for parents and e-mail communication among staff.

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