| Digital learning way of the future |
| Posted by: Susan Einhorn |
| It's only a matter of time before all classrooms turn digital. That's the view of east Auckland principals although they are hesitant to make laptops compulsory on stationery lists just yet. Pakuranga College has 150 students in digital-only classes where they work on their own netbooks. Parents can choose whether to enrol their child in the class and the netbooks are purchased through the school at their own cost. They are all the same make and model and cost about $1000. Principal Mike Williams says there are a number of reasons why parents opt into the digital classrooms. "Some want to be on the beginning of the next trend, and some don't want their kids to miss out on any opportunities." The digital classrooms were tried for the first time last year and staff found there was no difference to academic achievement. |
| Source: Auckland Stuff (NZ) | Published: February 24th, 2011 |
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