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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 use traditional teaching techniques.

There were some children at the conference who were demonstrating how games consoles such as the Wii can be used in the classroom, as an interactive teaching method. Some other schools even utilise Skype in order to allow their students to work with pupils from other schools on projects. Professor Heppell states “Turned off devices equals turned off children”.