Click on this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytc0U2WAz4s

What you’ll hopefully have found is Michael Rosen, possibly the UK’s most celebrated children’s poet, performing ‘We’re going on a bear hunt’, at your finger tips. A brilliant opportunity to engage with a crafted performance of a poem, directed at the viewer, with sub-titles to read along with. A valuable resource, right there in your living room, office, or wherever else you access the internet. But not in your classroom.

It seems text books are heading the way as scrolls,quills and cave drawings?
I wonder if vernon Coaker,the new schools minister will be as brave as Arnie?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8090450.stm

Some recent research commissioned by Channel 4 provides an interesting insight into young people and their attitudes towards and use of technology.
Some top-line stats may surprise you about the average 12-24 year old (or not, if you are one):
They personally own 8 devices (including MP3 player, PC, TV, DVD player, mobile phone, stereo, games console, [...]

Twenty-first century developments in technology, education and design, make it possible for learners to decide how, where and with whom they learn. However current technology rich learning development models need further work if they are to result in applications that enable learners to take full advantage of this situation.