One of The Simpsons episodes shows us futuristic learning that can go wrong.

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Judy O’Connell gives us a more realistic idea of how technology can change teaching in her blog when she talks about  the soon-to-be-released Educate: The Ultimate iPhone and iTouch App for Teachers.

Educate is an iPhone/iTouch application designed to support teaching professionals at school, uni or college. It will allow you to:

• plan your lessons
• monitor student attendance and progress
• engage with learning by posting content to your Moodle learning space, and accessing critical tools, eg. voice recorder and camera.
• implement effective teaching strategies
• collaborate with other Educate users through Facebook to discuss pedagogical practice.

It does make the robot look rather clunky.