| Remember the early 1980s. It was the | | | | will technology take us say in twenty years time? |
| introduction in many schools of the BBC B | | | | Who knows but I what I do know is that schools |
| computer. Wow, it was certainly impressive but it | | | | can now set up their own virtual schools. I'm not |
| now seems so dated. I recall the teacher at the | | | | talking about the website 2nd Life here, I'm talking |
| time asking us to imagine what we thought the | | | | about each school having its own tv channel on |
| classroom of twenty years time from then would | | | | the web. This could be the place where lessons as |
| look like. The class came to a general conclusion | | | | videos and video podcasts could be delivered |
| that teachers would be replaced by a BBC B | | | | through one dedicated tv URL channel. You think |
| computer wheeled into teach each lesson. I | | | | that webstreaming would make a TV URL |
| certainly liked this idea as at least the computer | | | | channel too slow? Well actually no. The fact is that |
| would never give detentions. | | | | a channel is very easy to set up one and can be |
| Our idea of computers taking classes seems | | | | updated by teachers in real time. |
| wildly out but actually looking closely we were not | | | | For teachers using this new technology lessons |
| too far away. You see, classes today continue to | | | | could be recorded, either in video or audio format, |
| be taught by 'real people' but look at the effect | | | | and placed on one of these channel. It means that |
| that computers have made in helping people to | | | | those children who are not too fast at picking up |
| learn. For those non-academics twenty or more | | | | information in a traditional education way, could be |
| years ago would surely have benefited from the | | | | going back to the lesson and watching it again in |
| internet, where they could learn at their own | | | | their own time. Webstreaming and video podcasts |
| speed. | | | | are great but now it's time for educators to sit |
| Webstreaming | | | | down and seriously consider this latest internet |
| Webstreaming, video podcasts, the internet have | | | | technology with its many benefits. |
| all come into education today but exactly where | | | | |