E-volution of schools

According to The Sydney Morning Herald, a 24-hour school with no traditional classrooms and where students use mobile phones and laptops to learn is being built in Sydney.

... "The traditional classroom concept will disappear, replaced by "learning spaces". The school will be referred to as a "learning community" and teachers will be known as "learning advisers", said Greg Whitby, executive director of schools in the Parramatta diocese. "The walls of a classroom become redundant because students are able to access real-time, any-time learning."

Technology would be a major focus of the school that will boast a "meshed wireless environment", he said. "It will be an e-learning environment using m-learning [mobile technology] tools."

emily | 2:02 PM | SMS and Students |
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