School Orewa College decided against an official student laptop programme. Instead, it’s encouraging students to bring in any laptop and connect wirelessly to the school’s network, explains Tony Zaloum. At Orewa College we firmly believe that if students have easy access to computers then the shape of teaching […]
Why are computer games popular and is there something here for teachers and schools to learn from and exploit? David Kinane investigates. In the enlightened 70s, comics (especially those American ones with superheroes) were sniffed at by those in the know as a poor substitute for reading; yet […]
If you don’t think robotics is quite your thing, think again. It has a wide range of uses and the impact of fitting robots into your teaching can be huge. There are many good reasons for using robotics in class, as those teachers successfully using the technology will […]
One in five classrooms in New Zealand now have an interactive whiteboard. What’s in it for the teacher? And where to next for IWBs? Lee Suckling investigates. An interactive whiteboard – commonly known as an IWB – is “a tool that connects to a computer that can perform […]
