PSP to help educate British kids?
- Posted December 11th, 2007 at 05:45 EDT by
- 14 Comments
The British have started to consider implementing Sony's PSP in trying to have a new medium for teaching their students as well as luring them to keep their attention in school. This combination of technology and play has been a topic of discussion for the upcoming BETT technology fair at Olympia in London starting January 9, 2008.
The goal of this event is to bring together the global teaching and learning community for four days of innovations and inspirations. Some of those inspirations stem from current gadgets children may already own, which is why Sony is getting involved in this technology fair with a few ideas of its own.
Released on September 1, 2005, the PSP was originally just a new way for children to play their games on the go. Now with the recent changes and updates that the system has undergone, Sony has made a push to reveal it's features to British educators and how those features can be implemented in the classroom. One way would be that teachers could create video lessons that their students can download and review wherever and whenever they like by simply downloading them to their PSP and watching it later.
“Why not give children something they already know how to use?” says Mark Stimpfig, one of the directors of ConnectED, the UK educational distributors of the Sony PSP. “It’s very video-based, which contrasts greatly with virtual learning environments, which are very static. If there are two and a half million children out there using their PSPs to play games, then there’s no reason why teachers shouldn’t use them for teaching purposes.”
It will be interesting to see the reception it will receive at the BETT Technology Fair and whether it is feasible or not to promote this kind of technological integration in the classroom.
Source: Gamertell
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humanputting
- 6:13am GMT - December 11th, 2007
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i wish i had this growing up dang all you brits get the cool stuff, us yanks are a buncha backwater hill billies
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Paranoimia |
Paranoimia- 8:00am GMT - December 11th, 2007
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This is nothing to do with 'getting in on Nintendo's act' - it's a completely different idea. Actual lessons on the PSP, not games masquerading as intellectual tools.
Anyway, it's worth a try as far as I'm concerned. Anything that educates British kids is a plus, as we seem to be breeding a nation of beer-swilling, knife-carrying, happy-slapping retards at the moment.
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Lozt_again |
Lozt_again- 10:57am GMT - December 11th, 2007
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"It will be interesting to see the reception it will receive at the BETT Technology Fair and whether it is feasible or not to promote this kind of technological integration in the classroom."
Sure it is. They let'em watch videos already, God forbid DVDs. Scared of change anyone?
P.s. Wireless causes ADHD ;)
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lordchris915 |
LordChris915- 2:24pm GMT - December 11th, 2007
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I didnt think that teachers would be able to find a way to make games boring....
well thats my life ruined, time to move....
and I did so like this country :(
God Save The Queen
Seriously ... who will look after her when im gone?
Am i the only person who likes her?
I keep telling my friends to have some respect for her because she is the most powerful person in the world, the persident may be king of America but the Queen is head of state for over 25 countries including Australia, Canada and here in the UK.
Rezpect 2 Da Queen innit man
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