The old traditional method of learning to read is to take a book and learn the individual words before being able to form a sentence. Many children like to learn through interactive methods and simply holding, and reading from a book is not enough to aid with this. Instead some schools, have utilised digital tools [...]
As classroom sizes become bigger and pupils fight for places in good schools, could distance learning be the solution. Online distance learning is not a new concept but the idea of a whole online distance school is. The technology is there but whether children will benefit from the experience is another. Online schools would mean [...]
Facebook just keeps on expanding and today most children have their own account and spend a lot of their time on it. It’s true that it’s a big influence on young people lives, but studies have suggested that Facebook has a much bigger influence on girls than boys. This is because 40% of girls aged [...]
Technology in schools can help the staff just as much as it can help the children with their learning. One of the ways in which it is doing this is through an automatic attendance system. Once the attendance of the pupils has been entered into the system it is set up so that it will [...]
The government has spent a lot over the past few years on improving technology in schools as they feel it will help children to learn much better than the traditional chalk and blackboard. It seems now that the government were right in their efforts as a study in technology and academic achievement has proven that [...]
