Imagine a physics lesson that uses an interactive video of a David Beckham goal to illustrate Newton's Laws. I wanted to form a view of what is happening at the sharp end so I sat at the back while the teachers were receiving instruction on how to...
Suppliers have learned the lesson that they cannot sell products unless there is a critical mass of skilled people to deploy them. On the other side of the fence computer-based instruction is still regarded with some suspicion by professional...
Four out of five schools are failing to exploit the full potential of technology to improve learning and better inform parents, according to research. In a statement Crowne said: "We want to move technology from the margins to the mainstream in our...
Web company BiblioTech is offering a free digital camera to the first 500 schools to sign up to its online education community. A spokeswoman for the company said today that 35 schools have already logged on since the offer was launched yesterday...
Schools have been given an extra £125m in eLearning credits by the government to spend on educational software. The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) money is in addition to the £75m announced as part of schools' overall capital...
Schools are to combat the problem of letters home getting 'lost in the post' with a plan to switch over to emailing information to parents. Education Minister John Healey says the time is right for such an offering now, given that almost all...