Portability as a catalyst for cross-curricular Information Technology permeation
Allan Martin · 1995
Genuinely portable computers have relatively recently arrived in secondary schools. The characteristics and usage possibilities enable portables to become effective vehicles for the permeation of information technology (IT) use as a tool for curricular support and enhancement into curricular areas. They may reach educational personnel previously reluctant to adopt IT into their teaching. They may also enable more effective use of IT with girls. The effectiveness is however only fully realized if the portables are used with training and support from IT-literate personnel. An important element in their effectiveness may concern the perception of the computer by teacher and pupil as a cultural object or image.