Becta is leading the Next Generation Learning campain about using technology to make learning more exiting and have a greater impact. In a recent poll of parents, they discovered: 95% of parents think technology can help their children to learn, 78% think technology can bring lessons to life, but only 63% think it can improve [...]
There is an article over on the BBC’s Click site about what it is like one year on in Microsoft’s school in West Philadelphia. There is hardly a book in sight. Every student is issued a laptop and not much else to complete their studies. Homework projects are e-mailed to all the students, and their [...]
I am pleased to announce that my new company, Tim Eaglestone Consulting Ltd, is now set up and ready for business. I aim to provide consultancy, e-learning and web services to schools and local authorities. I am looking forward to being independent and self-employed!
The UK has come in 9th in the World Economic Forum’s Network Readiness Index with Denmark and Sweden coming in front. This is an improvement on our 10th ranking in 2005-6. The US has dropped from 1st in 2005-6 to 7th in 2006-7. Looking at the last three years it seems that those in the [...]
‘Derek’s Blog‘ has a link to a good piece of research for those of you interested in pupils’ use of new web technologies. This survey of Web 2.0 was funded by JISC as part of the SPIRE project which looks at peer-to-peer technologies in education. A summary of the findings can be found here.
There is a long interview in Popular Science with Will Wright the creator of Sims. One of the interesting themes in the article is the role of failure in learning with simulations and games. Will describes how a child will begin a game and fail many times as they work out the rules and how [...]
The report ‘2020 Vision‘ was published recently. This report was the outcome of a review announced by Ruth Kelly last year and presents a vision for personalising teaching and learning for children and young people aged 5-16. It then makes some recommendations for the delivery of that vision. The report considers: Ways to improve and [...]