iPads take center stage at Sydney school as pen and paper are pushed aside

In a yearlong trial, a Sydney school has issued 145 year 6 students with iPads, which will be used to complete most of their classwork. So what will happen to pen and paper as more and more new technologies are introduced in schools? Do they have a future? Perhaps – well, I’m rooting for the pen. Read the full article at the Ericsson Networked Society blog

Mikael Björling

Mikael is UX line manager and Senior Lead Designer at the Ericsson UX Lab heading up a team of UX designers, front end developers and user researchers at Ericsson’s UX Lab in Stockholm, Sweden. He was previously Director of the Networked Society Lab. Mikael’s specialty is in understanding how consumer behavior, emerging technologies and new industry logics are shaping the future society and at the intersection of these areas, innovate and build great user experiences. Mikael believes that with the ongoing digital transformation we have a great opportunity to shape a better world! Mikael joined Ericsson in 1998 and is based in Stockholm. You can engage with him on Twitter at: @mikaeleb or at LinkedIn.

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March 21, 2012

Networked Society

Children, classwork, Digital Natives, Education, ipads, Learning, Networked Society, Youth

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