Impacts of informatics on the organization of school boards and provincial projects in Canada. A case study: the province of Québec

Abstract

This paper will first draw a general overview of the implementation of microcomputers in the classroom in Canada provinces: ratios, funding, hardware and software, teachers' training, results. Then, the presentation will focus on one province: Québec. It will recall the main events that have occurred over the last six or seven years in the main aspects of the implementation of new technologies.

The paper will mainly focus on the organisation of 35 regional “enrichment centres” scattered in all eleven regions of Québec and it will describe the mission of these centres towards other school districts. Finally, the paper will draw some conclusions on the impacts of the new technologies on school organizations and on management of the classroom.