Jenny Benjamin finds out how Parents Information Network has updated its advice and training services
In 1994, a small group of ex-teachers had a vision of the future. With an eye on developments in the USA, they predicted that the personal computer was going to make it big in Britain. Almost every home would have one, and children would be among the main users.
Instead of recoiling in horror at the idea of children spending yet more hours mesmerised by a flickering screen, they believed that parents and educators should accept the new medium as inevitable, learn more about it, and help children use it in a way that would enhance, rather than impede, their learning. To promote this message, and to support parents in their efforts, they set up Parents Information Network (PIN).
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