Educational equipment rental firm ABK has launched a deal to let teachers and students rent notebook PCs for £5 per week. According to Mike Fitton, the company's CEO, notebooks are a better choice than desktop PCs as they provide online learning...
Steve Farnsworth, deputy director of Sheffield Local Education Authority supported the announcements, but pointed out that educationalists should look to technology from various vendors to help pupils in the classroom.
In companies, web-based desktop learning is being touted as a cost-effective alternative to classroom instruction. Schools recognise the educational value of the internet, for example, but then get bogged down in how to protect children from adult...
In the past we've spent over £1,000 on a computer that was simply a glorified hat stand in the corner of the classroom, but the kids find [Espresso] easy and fun to use, and it forces teachers to learn skills as well," he said.
In truth that might be the one inescapable fact of life which undermines all other arguments and starts getting bums on seats in the classroom. Then there is the fact that even if schools could guarantee facilities and decent teachers, could they...
PCs and PDAs are becoming a common sight in the classroom as teachers switch on to the power of technology as a tool for education. And nine out of 10 teachers said IT is very important to their school - compared to 68 per cent last year...