Monmouthshire pupils show First Minister Carwyn Jones how they use smart technology to help them learn, at Wales’ third Public Sector Summit.
The summit, held last week in Cardiff, saw chief executives and leaders from local authorities come together to discuss innovative ways of delivering public services, and real focus was given to education.
Pupils from King Henry VIII Comprehensive in Abergavenny and Caldicot Comprehensive took the opportunity to demonstrate some of the technology they use to help them learn, in particular an electronic whiteboard.
Harriet Williams, a pupil at Caldicot Comprehensive, explains her involvement in the day:
“We created a presentation on the new software called e-Book. It illustrated how important technology can be in education and how lacking it is in schools. We demonstrated this software at the summit, showing how easy it is to use the equipment and to input, edit and delete text, pictures, video and sound. The feedback was fantastic. The technology spoke for itself.”
Jon Downing also a pupil at Caldicot Comprehensive had a great day:
“I was thrilled to be given the opportunity to demonstrate how teaching, learning and everything in between can be enhanced through technology; and to do this with people who can actually make a difference. It’s really exciting!”
Andy Keep, Chief Officer for Children and Young People, was also thrilled with the pupils’ involvement in the day:
“It was great to see Monmouthshire pupils involved in such an important event. In focussing on the role that technology plays in learning our pupils were confirming how crucial such developments will be for our young people in the future. Monmouthshire’s 21st century schools submission will have this approach at its heart to enable such opportunities to be made to all of our pupils.”
