TEACHING under-11s about using podcasts and the internet might be more in keeping with today’s jobs market, but at what expense to their general education?

Government plans are targeting more ICT skills in primary schools in a move likely to take them away from traditional subjects like history, geography and art.

Technology is a wonderful thing and can certainly enhance the basic skills of literacy and numeracy, but it definitely cannot replace them.

There is a real danger of moving away from such vital learning simply because it is “traditional”.

No-one is allowed to criticise the god Technology these days but it is more important than ever to keep a sense of proportion about its use. Children are already writing and speaking in text, communicating via mobile phones and computers rather than socialising.

Without a sensible approach here, they’ll become reclusive individuals without an all-round education to properly equip them for life.