What to tackle first?

At last, I was given a prized possession - a meeting with our headteacher to discuss ICT issues! This may not sound revolutionary to most, but in our school it's like being granted an audience with the queen. She's allergic to most technology, so I had quite a task on my hands to bring her round to my way of thinking and I'm still not quite there. Plus I need alot more money! However, I'm not letting that get me down.

I'm acutely aware of the need for the school to become more technologically advanced and this year I've managed to wangle money out for a new wireless system that previous ICT co-ordinators had been sitting on for at least 2 years. This means that the laptops are much more flexible in their use. Oh and we've got a new trolley with 16 laptops. Personally I'd have preferred netbooks, but hey, it's a major step forward for us.

Now I'm tasked with finding out about the possibility of a text messaging service to increase communications to and from parents. There's a high level of unauthorised absence in the school (infants), so I would hope that this might work a little. It would also ensure that those parents whose English isn't good could send a message as opposed to just not phoning, as happens at the moment. It would also free up our receptionist no end.

There's also the issue of Esafety. I held a staff meeting talking about what people thought was acceptable use of the school computers and memory sticks. It's eye-opening what some people think of as acceptable - having a Year 3 child as a friend on Facebook who you taught last year? No, I don't think so. On the back of this, I've been told that there is money in the budget (not that the finance manager agrees, mind) for 10 brand new digital cameras! Cheers!

Now all I need is a never ending pot of money! I'm still working on the Wii and relevant software for the system and not just what is cheap!!