Controlling the hi-tech helpers |
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Sunday, 21 December 2008 |
Instead of banning phones and giving detention to any student foolish enough to take out their mobile in class, the school has been part of a nine-month research project into whether they can be used effectively in teaching.
The results are interesting to those of us who have seen how our children embrace new technologies.
During 2007 and 2008 Dr Elizabeth Hartnell-Young from the Learning Sciences Research Institute at Nottingham University and her colleagues explored ways in which students in five secondary schools could use smartphones in class.
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