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Wireless Laptops in English Classrooms: A SWOT Analysis from Singapore
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Towndrow, Phillip A.; Vaish, Viniti – Educational Media International, 2009
This paper presents illustrative findings from a one-year pilot study undertaken in the English department of a high school in Singapore that was in the first year of implementing a one-to-one wireless laptop programme. The findings show that learning was often constrained by lecture-style presentations and overt test preparation. Despite…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Laptop Computers, Access to Computers