How much ICT access do my students need?

At one extreme, you could actually teach the course with no computer access - but that would be a shame!

SNAB can be taught using a single computer with a data projector - in which case the online tutorials would be carried out as a collaborative, whole class activity. Some schools and colleges have access to a computer room where students are sat at screens individually or in small groups.

A combination of teacher-led whole class activity, work in pairs (in a computer room or with computers in the science lab)and setting tutorials for homework is ideal, and which of these dominates very much depends on the access in individual schools and colleges.

Many centres have found that certain pots of money suddenly become available when there is a specific request for more ICT in the science department to help deliver SNAB. If you can show senior management the type of activities SNAB students will using ICT for, they are likely to be keener to shell out than for a nebulous request for more computers.