Schools' Expectations of Projects to integrate ICT in the Classroom

This contribution presents the results of a research project entitled Study of the Impact of the la Project from the Viewpoint of Teachers and Students in the Early Years of its Implantation in Andalusian State Schools (Andalusia Regional Government Funded Project SEJ-462). The project's main objective is to analyse the impact of plans to integrate ICT in schools, from the experience of its key players. This article presents the results obtained relating to the expectations raised by these educational plans, promoted by the education authorities, in the schools and verification of their achievement in both primary and secondary levels within a line of research with many points of ethnographic analysis (collaborative work, good practices, impacts, etc.). The results show that the expectations of teachers and pupils and their degree of achievement differ as what is expected by the one or the other does not always coincide with the reality of everyday life in the schools that have implemented these la integration processes in their teaching. Of the expectations that have not been met, teachers' fears regarding the incorrect use students would make of the equipment installed in the classrooms and that learning would not be made easier, one of the aims of the Project's implementation, particularly amongst primary pupils, must be emphasized. Students' motivation is one of the expectations that has most been met, together with the commitment of all the schools to the Project's success. It is to be hoped that the results obtained in this investigation will allow the old beliefs held in some schools to be swept away, facilitating the integration of ICT in teaching in a satisfactory and effective manner.