How much does ICT Cost? the tip of the iceberg Thanks to Nia Sutton at Becta for many of the slides Penny Patterson

Funding for ICT in schools £102 million – earmarked funding – in little bits! £741 million – capital investment to suport 3 year budget planning

From the Becta Review 2006… Approximately half of primary and secondary schools do not have a policy in place for replacement of ICT equipment In those that do, the rate of replacement is not at the level to maintain the longer-term currency of the technology Key issues and challenges include achieving sustainability

Cost on the box? before looking at our ideas… What have you come up with? Costberg

Initial Price Staff training Costberg Electrical work Physical Environment Heating, Lighting, Ventilation Software Cost of buyingDesign Disposal / replacement Peripherals Printer, scanner Sleepless nights! Maintenance and Support Telecommunications Call charges, Internet Staffing Network Components Consumables

desktops and laptops whiteboards and projectors cameras cabling servers broadband connections network software The kit and wires staff salaries training service levels what users do for themselves Technical support services training and experience usage Users = Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)

Total annual expenditure on ICT 24% 5% 4% 34% 24% 22% 7% 5% 1% 3% 35% 27% User self support Formal support Consumables Training Internet / LAN Software Hardware Primary Secondary Data from Becta’s Total Cost of Ownership research On average 60% allocated to technical support Less than a quarter on hardware

Institutional Infrastructure and Learning Platform Functionality review tools

ICT Investment planning tool (TCO) What is the planner designed to do? Can show full cost of ownership of ICT over several years Allows you to model different investment strategies Simple tool - easy/quick to use and maintain Can be tailored to suit local needs What doesn’t it do? It is not a rigorous financial model – the costs are intended to be indicative It doesn’t allow for reductions in ICT provision -it assumes provision will remain the same or increase

The tool will give you… Current financial year  Total replacement costs  Annual operating/support costs Next financial year and the year after  Stand still costs How much will it cost us to keep at the current level of ICT? (includes budgeting for ongoing equipment replacement)  Development costs How much do we actually need to spend to extend the current ICT provision?

What do you need to do? Gather basic information on services and count up equipment Becta website  Open the tool Download guidance materials

Summary The tool can help you look at…  Where are you now?  What have you got?  What is it costing you?  What else do you need?  When do you need it?  What will help?  Who will help? This will help inform the development an implementation of a vision… an ICT provision that’s reliable, well- managed, well-planned and appropriate for your learners, teachers and managers

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