Languages, ICT, education

Teachers nationwide are experimenting with new educational technologies. From iPads in schools to e-textbooks, technology is making it possible for teachers to to reinvent their profession. 

One of the most intriguing ways in which technology is entering the classroom is called “flipping.” The idea is simple: Using technology, teachers make students watch lecture videos and read course materials at home online and then class time is spent working on actual problems with other students and with the teacher, who, instead of lecturing from the front of the room can float between groups and actually spend one-on-one time with pupils.

Julie DeNeen: When I was a kid, I dreamt about our school desks as computer screens.
How cool would it have been to be able to draw, write, and learn directly onto my own computer? As the years went on, people theorized that laptops would take over the classroom, but the price of these devices was too high for a 1 to 1 ratio. It never quite caught on in lower grade schools.

Now, it is the age of the tablet. We have affordable high-powered computers that can provide all sorts of enrichment through an intuitive touch screen interface and the education world is taking notice ...