Terena Schools Workshop, Paris 10/11 February 2007

I am impressed and heartened that the technical side of the networking issues across communities and countries is in the hands of such thoughtful people.

I am aware that there is a sense of educational purpose behind the thoughts and deliberations and can feel the passion for developing sustainable systems to support teaching and learning across a wide variety of circumstances.

I am also aware that, for me, these are 'givens'.

It is what I would expect ... away from the world of educational ICT I have high expectations of services and I, and all of us, pay for these heavily ... think about 'food miles' and 'global warming' etc.

Teacher expectation is that the systems should be in place to allow for the concentration on the key things ... using the technology for purpose.

The technology in this regard should be transparent.It should never get in the way of and must facilitate learning.

We have to consider how children/students/schools/institutions can provide a functional specification of needs in a constantly changing situation.

Projects which take years to ramp up are not acceptable. All the while time is ticking away. Children's lives are passing by ...

On the matter of filtering ... this is not a blocking issue it is one of education.