Usability Views Article Details  home | timeline | recent | popular | e-reports | userati | books | about  Revolution time: why it's all change for the 14-19s (04 Jul 2005) E-learning also has vast implications for both students and teachers. "People say it's the thin end of the wedge, that you need a teacher in the classroom all the time," says Curnock Cook. "But the flip side is that the internet provides a virtually unlimited resource for teachers and students - far more than the biggest library you could conceive of. Technology can be used to make subjects come to life - for example, it is difficult to physically go on a field trip to see unusual rock strata on the other side of the world, but a video clip of the layers developing through history will do a lot more for students than a diagram in a text book." As well as providing more varied and interesting resources, Mary makes the crucial point that teenagers are very digitally aware. "Technology is key to their environment, even to their sense of self and, when they come to school, it's as if they are being powered down," she says. "No wonder they lose interest." Article URL: http://www.nestafuturelab.org/viewpoint/vision/vision_01_02.htm Read 134 more articles from NESTA Futurelab sorted by date, popularity, or title. Next Article: The future of mobile technology: learning 'on the run'?     This site is a labour of love built by Chris McEvoy