It is delightful to see children's reactions when they read and become so actively involved in their own work. Publishing the newsletter on the Internet has been a boost to their interest in the use of technology. Already mentioned are the ways in which teachers can produce more professional looking materials for their students and how software can help them organise their time. In the component, ' Ongoing Professional Development ', the potential for professional development is discussed. The technologies provide a valuable resource for teachers to update their own skills and knowledge, and pass many of the advantages onto their students.
Computers can also relieve some of the burdens of administration.
Databases make record keeping easier, spreadsheets or mark books take much of the drudgery out of compiling end of term grades and email can enable curriculum development across schools, thus reducing workload and physical meetings. The children can provide further evidence of the benefits of new learning technologies Self-direction and personal mastery are being taken up by the learner to a significant degree and both the content and process of learning in the school context are certainly no longer solely determined by the teacher. It is not suggested that all problems will be solved by the advent of information and communication technologies. However, the inescapable facts are that these technologies are evolving and that a shift to a more learner-centred approach is not only desirable, but inevitable. Some enthusiasts for information and communication technologies paint quite unrealistic pictures of how things will be when advanced learning technologies are developed further.