Culture and ICT
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) represents a significant strand of the BSF programme. The relationship between ICT and culture is increasingly important, with new media playing a key role in both teaching and the curriculum.
Schools and local authorities must invest in the right ICT infrastructure for cultural learning. They should explore subject specific requirements such as computer programmes for music composition, but they should also think about ways in which ICT can facilitate joint working with cultural partners. Virtual classrooms can be set up in cultural organisations, with systems set up to facilitate shared learning across a number of institutions and dissolving the walls between cultural learning providers and schools.
The school and local authority should ensure that all learning professionals are supported and trained in using ICT to deliver cultural learning.
ICT can be used to celebrate and share learners' cultural and creative work with the community, parents and other learners. ICT can also create a useful infrastructure to support public art and film provision within a school.
