Reading that hundreds of iPods are being supplied to primary school students in Perth to help them learn, I'm jealous that such tools weren't available in my time. And look at university lecture theatres this year and you'll see most students taking notes on their laptop or tablet or fiddling with their smartphone. How wonderful is this use of technology in education. Or is it? This is in fact an unmitigated disaster. Rather than focusing on their lecturer and condensing their wise words into study notes, most people are on Facebook, instant messaging, checking the weather online or gaming. A short attention span and an addiction to the instant feedback of networked technology easily trumps a dreary professor mumbling away. And primary students are even more easily distracted from their focus on learning. How will these people be when they mature?
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