The article says that Wii music has great potential for music education. Are there any other potential pedagogical uses.

An interesting article about early adopters, including products such as Boxee.

“Move over, Facebook. There’s a new networking site in town. But it’s not a place to post your birthday party photos or keep your friends updated on your every move. In fact, the only thing that the Intrepid Innovations Networking Club and Facebook have in common is the “social network” tag.”

“Educational games are too obviously educational. The best way to learn is to do it when you’re having fun. Indeed, that’s the very idea behind educating through gaming. However most, if not all, educational games have a very direct and obvious educational slant which kids will pick up on immediately, and then they’ll switch off. Games have to be fun first, educational second.”

A UA-led team of researchers has just earned a grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to create a tutoring system that can tailor teachings based on individual progress.

There is, however, some evidence that e-books are not helping learning.

Mobiles in schools are not necessarily bad, says columnist Bill Thompson, but they need careful management.

Reading a book on a Nintendo DS?

A tax on itunes downloads and ipods…..is this a disconcerting trend?

What do you all think of this? This could be great for cash-strapped school districts.