Tag: school
VIDEO: Teenage inventor becomes real-life Spiderman!
As far as school projects go, I cant think of anything cooler than building a gadget that turns you into a real-life Spiderman. But that's exactly what UK schoolboy Hibiki Kono has done, as he has amazed the world…
Half of teachers think the internet's useful, half don't, and 20% don't understand it at all
That long-winded headline is the summary of a survery carried out by LM Research, which interviewed 1,500 teachers, parents and students about how the internet is changing the classroom.
Half of teachers think that internet tools like Wikipedia are good, but half think they’re of no educational use and simply distract the youth of today…
School uses text messaging as part of strategy to cut truancy
A Canvey Island school is using SMS text messaging as part of its strategy to cut truancy rates.
Castle View School has implemented several measures, including a dedicated Attendance Officer working in the school, computerised lesson registration, and the sending of text messages to parents where pupils are in non-attendance.
UK Government opposition MPs rally against IT in schools policy
Around 1 in 5 backbenchers from various parties in the UK Government have questioned the exclusion of open source software from UK schools in their response to an early day motion tabled by John Pugh MP. The motion addresses concern…
School computers are environmentally unfriendly and too powerful
In the increasingly environmentally conscious world of technology, or those who use it, a new report suggests that computers in schools are incredibly wasteful and that the systems are too powerful for what they're required to do anyway. Sirius Corporation…
