Education Today 11/12/2008

We're all in the Connected Generation

Almost every economically active individual today is “connected”, so the fact that it is only youth that are connected, is a myth.

Is the paperless school in sight?

Direct your students either towards using Photoshop Elements, which has most of the features they use in school or to an open-source alternative called The Gimp. For free software, Artrage is one of our favourites, along with Blender for 3D enthusiasts, Open Office and Audacity for audio.

New Classroom 2.0

Do the new classroom technologies represent an educational breakthrough, a threat to teaching itself, or something in between?