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Digital at school: teachers are innovating, and word is getting round

Digital at school: teachers are innovating, and word is getting round

16 Nov 2016 | , | 0 |

Using a smartphone, tablet, blog, social network, 3D printing or VR in school: a number of teachers have tested it. Their experiments are now more and more visible in France and the Ministry of Education would like to extend these exemplary practices to the whole school system. The “Twictation” is almost an international star. It promotes the learning of spelling through a collaborative approach. The experiment was conducted for two years in the Freyming-Merlebach elementary school in the Nancy-Metz area. In terms of results, it has highlighted “visible improvements in the pupils’ spelling skills”. For the teachers, Twitter was...

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Digital classrooms, where robots help children

Digital classrooms, where robots help children

10 Nov 2016 | , | 0 |

New technologies are increasingly being used to fight against school dropout rates. After tablets, robots are now being introduced to help children with learning difficulties and disabilities. This new type of support has the advantage of quickly engaging pupils and getting them to focus. Once the robots enter the classroom, the effect is immediate: the children are captivated and attentive, the robots get pupils working together on projects. That’s what happened at the Willy-Brandt school in Élancourt (on the outskirts of Paris) for example. From pre-school onwards, young pupils are introduced to digital culture through new robotic companions, as...

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How big data can boost students’ employability: a solution in the USA

How big data can boost students’ employability: a solution in the USA

7 Sep 2016 | , | 1 |

Exploiting data and learning analytics, collaborative and mobility are some of the main IT trends used for post-graduate studies in the US. A French delegation who attended the last Educause congress reported back on the various digital strategies deployed and presented some of the solutions implemented by some of the top American universities... Educause is a community of digital technology and IT experts, committed to bringing higher education in the States into the twenty-first century. This non-profit organisation implements a number of initiatives including its annual conference, which this year will take place at the end of October and...

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#EdTech: “There is no ‘Uber for Education”

#EdTech: “There is no ‘Uber for Education”

1 Sep 2016 | , | 0 |

“New technologies will revolutionise education, but it won’t uberise it.” This observation was made by Audrey Jarre and Svenia Busson, two HEC Paris students who launched a research project called Edtech World Tour. By studying methods in 5 continents and 8 countries, they gained valuable insights into the impact and adoption of digital in the education sector, the role of startups and their ecosystems. After completing their trip in the spring of 2016, they drew up a report, which we outlined below.    “Education is still a major issue and an area that has resisted globalisation: it’s a local...

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How the #flippedclassroom can help pupils with learning difficulties

How the #flippedclassroom can help pupils with learning difficulties

8 Sep 2015 | , | 0 |

The concept of the flipped classroom is attracting growing interest from education professionals, and recent research showed the positive impact it can have for children who are struggling with the traditional teaching methods. The concept in itself is hardly new: it was introduced in the early nineties by a Harvard professor and since then a number of teachers looking to innovate have been experimenting with it. “The flipped classroom isn’t just some passing fad from the States but the extension of a time-honoured movement of active teaching,” said Catherine Becchetti Bizot, head of digital education for the French Ministry...

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