Reasons ICT in your classroom may not be efficient and effective

Time wasted in class

The amount of time, I’ve seen a line of students with iPads with a teacher frantically trying to fix the same problem on every device. Far too often teachers are trying to fix avoidable situations that could have been avoided with a little preparation.

Unmonitored content

Students will naturally take the easy option if they can. We might have a great activity in mind students to do and it’s fantastic because it has a range of different levels, and we think “YES! All the kids can use this app at a challenging level”. This NEEDS to be monitored.  If it’s not monitored, this fantastic app is suddenly not challenging our students and therefore no longer an effective teaching tool.

Your own time 
Yes, learning to use the ICT in your classroom can be time consuming and teachers are not rolling in spare time. My opinion of this, It is important make time to do your research, make time to research new and exciting ways to use ICT (this is your first step)

Funding 
ICT can be expensive and typically have a few years of good function and then need to be replaced. Considering that ICT needs to be taught, PD’s need to occur to educate teachers, ICT can be easily broken and typically full time staff members that focus on the maintenance of ICT it can be a costly process.