15 Dec
London School Distributes iPhones To Test Applications For Education
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Loading ...Students of a Secondary School in Hounslow, London, have been given iPhones to test applications for education. Reported by ZDNet UK, around 30 students in years 7 to 11 have been given the iPhone to be used for next 7 months. Brentford City Learning Centre (CLC) is to run the trial along with technology company Academia, following a two-year independent research project on the use of technology in learning carried out by Professor Michael Gibson, formerly head of education at Kingston University.
The pupils were selected based on their submission of essays outlining how they felt the iPhone would aid their education. They cited the use of applications such as Periodic, allowing access to the periodic table and the use of the calendar and tasks for personal planning.
Simon Elledge, manager at Brentford CLC, commented: “In most schools mobile phones are viewed as distractions and banned from the classroom. But, as technology becomes more integrated into our daily lives, we wanted to understand how it could be used positively in the learning environment.
Isnt this cool? How many school in your town would have this kind of money to give free iPhones to students.
[via - ZDNet UK]
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