It has long been thought that technology in the classroom can help a child’s education aiding them with learning. A school in San Diego however is taking a new approach by teaching its students how to build the technology. Students at High-Tech school are learning how to build robots. One of the projects was Daisy [...]
Nearly all classrooms in the UK are now installed with interactive white boards, but for children in poorer countries, this kind of technology in schools is still a long way off. A campaign was launched back in 2005 which aimed to provide one laptop per child for students living in some of the world’s poorest [...]
Earlier this year at the BETT Conference Professor Stephen Heppell suggested that schools must break away from the current learning modules and instead embrace technology such as games, social networking and podcasts. He also argued that there were big gaps between schools in the county, ie, those embracing technology and those falling behind, continuing to [...]
One school in Maidstone, Kent, prides itself on being very forward thinking, embracing new technologies to help teach its’ students. The New Line Academy, was rebuilt during 2009 into what it calls the classroom of the future. This almost futuristic school now comes supplied with touch screens, mood lighting and even facial recognition technology. One [...]
Go to any school in Britain and students will be told to either leave their mobile phone at home or at the very least to put them away when they are in the classroom. A school in Bangladesh however has taken a different approach. They actively encourage those pupils who have mobile phones to utilise [...]
