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brokencross
14-Mar-08, 07:10
Just heard on BBC 5Live about a trial in Dundee where school pupils were given the Nintendo DS with the "Braintraining" software for 20 minutes at the beginning of the day to see if it improved their performance. There were encouraging results so the pilot is being extended to more schools in Scotland later in the year. It has the backing of HMI Schools.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7064196.stm

Just tell me what is wrong with a good old fashioned quick fire mental arithmetic test and a spelling test at the start of each school day.
TBH
14-Mar-08, 09:27
Just heard on BBC 5Live about a trial in Dundee where school pupils were given the Nintendo DS with the "Braintraining" software for 20 minutes at the beginning of the day to see if it improved their performance. There were encouraging results so the pilot is being extended to more schools in Scotland later in the year. It has the backing of HMI Schools.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7064196.stm (http://forum.caithness.org/go.php?url=http://forum.caithness.org/go.php?url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7064196.stm)

Just tell me what is wrong with a good old fashioned quick fire mental arithmetic test and a spelling test at the start of each school day.A few years back they got good results by having water available whenever a kid wanted it. Cheaper to.
mccaugm
14-Mar-08, 14:57
If modern technology can help the kids with their education then why not. Although I reckon that dishing out some vitamin tablets and cartons of milk would be good too. At least that way if they cannot get the brain food they need through their usual diet then they can get it through the vitamin supplements.:roll:
balto
14-Mar-08, 15:37
Dont really know what to make of this, next they will be allowed to play the wii in class to make sure they get the excersise they need, nah leave games consoles for outside school, millions of us never had them in or outside school and have managed well without them.
Dadie
14-Mar-08, 17:38
didnt they get good results before by giving the kids breakfast then giving them water to drink throughout the day then vitamin supplements now nintendo ds what are they gonna do next?
rfr10
14-Mar-08, 19:08
Not sure it will improve the pupils ability to understand things. Will more or less just improve their alertness but it's been proven that chewing gum does that, should chewing gum be allowed in schools?
gollach
15-Mar-08, 02:28
Not sure it will improve the pupils ability to understand things. Will more or less just improve their alertness but it's been proven that chewing gum does that, should chewing gum be allowed in schools?

No it should not.

Regarding the theme of the thread, Derek Robertson is a respected educationalist from Dundee University. His work in computer-based learning has been going on silently in the background for several years and it is about time that he received some recognition for his work.

Society has changed so much in recent years that it has become necessary to investigate the effectiveness of new styles of learning and it is brilliant news that someone in Scotland has seized the opportunity to radically rethink how things are done at school.