French President promises school kids: no more homework

 French President François Hollande pledged to ditch homework on Tuesday as part of wide-ranging reforms aimed at improving standards for over-worked French school children, especially those in disadvantaged areas. No more homework is a phrase that every school child worldwide wants to hear. French President François Hollande potentially won the hearts of millions of future […]

France’s President promises pupils ‘no more homework’

 French President François Hollande pledged to ditch homework on Tuesday as part of wide-ranging reforms aimed at improving standards for over-worked French pupils, especially those in disadvantaged areas. French President François Hollande potentially won the hearts of millions of future voters on Tuesday when he announced plans to abolish homework and reduce the number of […]

Eben Moglen discusses Freedom Box on CBS News

 Eben Moglen discussing the freedom box on CBS news. This small device provides a form of point-to-point secure encryption of your communications. You can support or track the progress via the Freedom Box Foundation after watching this news clip from CBS News below: This is an important project for people who support user privacy. In […]

Mxit education takes off

 Mxit has signed up 5-million subscribers to its educational content, and 600 000 to its eight exam revision applications. Mxit believes this provides ample evidence that the average mobile phone can become a transformative education tool for learners. Andrew Rudge, Chief of Insight and Reach at Mxit says, “mLearning is powerful because it breaks through […]

The Future of Learning, Networked Society

 This video on The Future of Learning features three heroes of education: Seth Godin, Prof Sugata Mitra and Daphne Koller, among other schooling and education experts. After watching this video, there is hope for your children, for South Africa and for parents who are tired of delegating the learning to forced compulsory schools run by […]