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Technology in Schools: Learning Legacy

Monday 1 March 2021 · 2 questions

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Answered 0 Partly answered 2 Not answered 0

Key points

  • Technology has been essential for remote teaching, and the government is investing in devices, training, and digital services for long-term benefits.
  • The Department is exploring the use of virtual platforms to enhance foreign language skills and cultural knowledge among children.
  • An investment of 4.3 million has been made to support schools in adopting new digital platforms.

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Questions & Answers

Q1 Sheryll Murray Con
Education
Context

Discussion on the impact of new technology uses and additional computer provision by the government for future educational legacies.

Question

What steps his Department is taking to ensure that new uses of technology and the Government's provision of additional computers to schools leave a legacy for future learning.

Answer from Gavin Williamson

Technology has been essential to teaching remotely, and I pay credit to the entire education workforce for doing this. In the longer term, it has the potential to improve pupil outcomes and operational efficiency. We are building on our significant investment in devices, training and digital services to create a lasting digital legacy.

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Q2 Sheryll Murray Con
Education Culture, Media & Sport
Context

The use of technology to facilitate international meetings and improve foreign language skills among students.

Question

What work has my right hon. Friend's Department undertaken to look at using virtual platforms, with which children are now familiar, to set up international meetings to help improve foreign language skills and knowledge of different cultures?

Answer from Gavin Williamson

My hon. Friend raises an important opportunity with this new access to technology—access to technology that so many children have benefited from —and making sure that it lasts for a long time. We have invested £4.3 million in supporting schools to get on to new digital platforms, and we very much hope that they really take the opportunity to use these platforms to get the very best for their students.

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