Oakdale Junior School DS report

A great artilce on the Future Lab site featuring teacher Dawn Hallybone. “It’s the only time we are quiet,” quips Kianna, aged 11. And there is no dissent from Dawn Hallybone, her teacher at Oakdale Junior School. In fact the silence in the Year 6 maths lesson is remarkable as the pupils immerse themselves in [...]

The Nintendo DS and Wii in the Classroom by Ben Ryan

Another great report I found on Computer Education Society of Ireland by Ben Ryan. My use of the Nintendo DS in the classroom came about as a result of an off-the-cuff remark from a restless child in one of my group math sessions with some SEN children. The children in question, although well behaved, found [...]