iPod rules at Royal Dubai School
Magnus Nystedt | Feb 01, 2010 | Comments 2
I spent part of yesterday at GEMS Royal Dubai School. They’ve been running a project using iPod touches and MacBooks in various ways in their activities. Seeing how a class in year 6 used iPod touches to learn math was eye-opening. As soon as the teacher brought out the iPods, they started up their math app and then it was like nothing from the outside world would disturb them. They were so engaged by the iPod and the app that the teacher even said that he could leave the room and they wouldn’t even notice. When they displayed their math skills in a friendly competition it was really impressive. These kids clearly know math way better than I ever did. All of that shouldn’t be attributed to using iPods, of course, but I would venture a guess that using them has been more influential than we think.
Look out for some of the kids and staff talking about this project on an upcoming podcast episode, this week or next.
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In a perfect world this sounds great, but it is not. Perhaps GEMS would of done better in trying to keep the senior school open, than spend money on ipods and macbooks.
I am not surprised, it's actually a good step that the teachers are thinking of creative ways of incorporating technology into something as boring – for a kid – as homework and school work. By delivering material in a more interesting manner it will surely stick on