According to a report in the SMH today, Australian kids could all be taking their literacy and numeracy tests online in the near future, killing the hopes and dreams of pencil manufacturers everywhere.
In just the first three months of 2011, nine bills have been introduced in seven US states, which allow creationism to be taught in our schools’ classrooms. Four of them have already died in committee. Four are still under review.
Move over doodling, there’s a new time-waster in town. Texting. Perhaps you’ve heard of it? If you’re a college student you’ve definitely heard of it, as 90% of all students have copped to doing it during class. Professors are mad!
Usually, if you draw all over the walls at school, you’re facing a bummer of an afternoon in the principal’s office. But the kiddos at this wonderfully designed school in Spain are lucky—their school’s exterior IS a blackboard.
Scotland’s Cedars School of Excellence is running a bold tech experiment at the moment, teaching all of its 105 pupils using nothing but Apple’s iPad for taking notes and conducting lessons.
