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Video conference, UK-Nigeria (Frank Noon) The medium of communication is often at the heart of a school partnership project. ICT comes into its own: internationalism can truly galvanise a school's ICT department.
 
In this section we look at the different ICT tools, from email links to a virtual conference centre!
 
If your partner school is only sporradically online, or has no computers on the premises, we have a lot of tips and further support to best use what they do have (eg email account, SMS phone) More>>>
 
  • For an overview of the different products you can use for collaboration (some free, some costed): Teachers ICT Toolkit.
ICT is the medium not the message! To be inspired, have a look at this short presentation on a link between Brighton and Hove schools and Ghana's village of Fiankoma.