Introduction

The 2005 UNESCO study, ‘Information and Communication Technologies in Schools: A Handbook for Teachers on How ICT Can Create New, Open Learning Environments’, describes how ICT  is said to enable teachers to save time and to increase productivity in such activities as: (Ref: Balanskat et al 2006)

• preparing and updating daily lessons;
• planning, making hard copy visualisations and handouts for classes, as well as individualised educational plans for slower students and students with disabilities or with special problems;
• presenting visual/oral content materials, tasks and questions to the audience;
• maintaining grade books;
• compiling a data bank of exam questions;
• online inspection and correction of students’ work on their computers;
• keeping records, chronicles and archives of all the above-mentioned events and proceedings with fast retrieval and easy access to any entry.