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　　We moved to a new area when our son was in Grade Five．Before we moved, we took him to spend half a day at his new school．There he saw his new classmates and teachers．He enjoyed the visit．During the almost 150-kilometre drive home, he told us that he had told some of the students the dace when we would move there．And he had also invited them to visit us．

　　The moving day, a Saturday, was a busy day．We arrived at our new house at noon．About an hour later, kids began to come and soon one of them invited our son to his house to play for the afternoon．

　　By the time he returned, he knew where most of the kids lived and the histories of their families．

　　On Monday morning, the doorbell rang just before the time he would leave for school．Then it rang again and again．

　　By the time he was ready, we had eight young boys waiting to walk to school with him on his first day．They all live near us．

　　I asked them if their parents had sent them．The answers surprised and pleased me, "No, we just came so that he would have someone to walk with．" and "It is the right thing to do．"

　　The friendships were formed(形成)from that day．We have lived here for nearly six years and the same group of kids still play together, go to parties on weekends together, and surfing the Internet together．

　　I am still thinking how welcoming and kind those kids are．And how lucky my son is to have them as friends．

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　　Anyone who is interested in study will welcome the latest development in classroom technology．School pupils equipped with hand-held keypads(键盘)connected wirelessly to electronic whiteboards(白色书写板)can now answer teachers questions－without their classmates knowing．The electronic“student response system”is aimed at 4-to-11-year-olds

　　Stephen Jury, the company’s chief manager, says the system helps teachers with the continuous assessment of pupils, and encourages shy children to voice opinions and become more active in class．

　　According to the Department of Education and Skills, ICT(information and communications technology)spending for schools has more than doubled since 1998．

　　“If anything, it will probably increase,”says David Todman, Dell’s UK schools manager．“To achieve what the government wants in education, there is nothing it can do but increase expenditure on IT．”

　　The education white paper Higher Standards, Better Schools for All, looks to IT to help the government achieve two aims－lessons tailored to(适应)different pupils’ needs and connecting parents more closely with choosing and running schools．It notes that more than 80％ of secondary schools now have websites．“Parents and pupils will be able to see exactly what’s on offer, how well the school is doing, and the future direction it plans to take．”Parents can log on(登录)to the school’s IT system to look at their child’s reports, attendance records and information about homework．

　　Nearly everyone agrees that more needs to be done to make sure that computers are used properly in schools．Stephen Jury says that Britain needs to follow the US in developing the rules of“educational technology”rather than leaving e-learning in the hands of IT departments．

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