SGMitchell

Thanks for the responses everyone. Sorry for the delay in getting back to you - I was travelling all day Tuesday, and recovering for much of yesterday. The e-learning foundation seems to get a good response from many, but a lot of this seems to be because they facilitate rather than supply or sell kit directly to schools. Anyone had any experience of this scheme?

Redacted copy of response to elsiegee Thanks for the response. The piece is for XXXXX - the only reason I didn't quote this in the message is that the piece isn't due out until January, and I'd rather not alert every rival editor to the article in advance. I'm not being sneaky, just don't want to get gazumped by a website, for example, that can get something live much more quickly than a print publication. Hope that helps END I am happy to supply the same information to anyone else that cares to enquire, but wouild prefer not to post in searchable forum.

Dear all, I hope this is the best spot to post. Apologies for straying into edugeek territory without being a true edugeek but I am hoping to gain some insight. I am researching an article for a well-known consumer magazine looking at the merits of various schemes aimed at getting more computers in schools, and in particular those that attempt to provide a laptop for all pupils. I hope to look at both commercial schemes such as those provided by OLC and Ergo, as well as the charitable/parental contribution concepts such as the e-Learning Foundation and the now defunct Computers for Schools programme from Tesco. Does anyone have any experiences of how well these sort of schemes work in practice, either positive or negative? I'd be happy to chat by email and can be contacted on the same user name as here but all lower case at gmail. Once again, sorry for the imposition, but I feel if it's worth writing a piece like this I should be speaking to the people with the most direct knlowledge of the schemes, ie ICT practitioners. Thanks in advance for any help