It doesn't really matter how eager you are as a teacher to use IT in your classroom when the technique isn't working, does it? At my school we have a course management system originally designed for companies. It is often down and doesn't have the features I would like since I teach on distance as well. You are supposed to see who is online with the help of MSN Messenger but it doesn't work. And it hasn't really been upgraded since 2006.
Today I had a discussion with the IT-institution about the available space I have on the school's server, which is 150Mb. Of course you are supposed to save everything on the server in case your own computer brakes down and that back-up is great. But what is 150Mb when you get your students' written assignments via email and have to save them for at least a year + my students on distance.The answer I got was that I should save anything that I wanted to keep on CDs and if I want to have more than 150Mb I have to ask my boss, who has to order it for me and pay extra. This honestly annoyed me a bit because I don't think it is promoting the use of IT.
If I want to use computers in class I have to book the laptops (we have 20 of those) and hope that they aren't already booked by other teachers, drag them up on the second floor and then hope that they work and that the students remember their user name and password.
Don't get me wrong, I really do appreciate that I have my own laptop, a projector in my classroom, and wireless access to the Internet. But what I want to say is that it is one thing wanting to use more IT in your teaching and another to actually have the possiblity of using it.
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