Sucking up to the digital dregs

College students are among the most wired of all groups. On many US campuses, 100% of students (and faculty staff) have net access - if not via their own PCs, then through campus computer labs and libraries. By Steve Outing

Over exuberant?

E-commerce had better be as big as they say because business schools are investing heavily in it, says Francis Beckett.

Healthy living

Video games will make your kids violent and more likely to fail at school, according to new research. Nothing could be further from the truth, says games junkie Steven Poole.

Let’s get clever

Greg Dyke's first major speech as the BBC's director-general designate was about education: "I see this as one of my priorities for my period as DG." Later, in an impromptu defence of his extracurricular activities on Radio 4's Today programme, he was asked by John Humphrys what he would like to be remembered for at the end of his term. His response? That the BBC had made good programmes. Strangely, education did not get a mention on this occasion.

Q+A

Involving dyslexic students and encouraging appropriate use of the internet in the classroom

Numeracy strategy Q+A

How can ICT support the learning of maths?ICT provides fast and reliable feedback, and because it's easy to make changes, children are encouraged to test and modify their ideas. Children can use computers to access real data and to represent that data in a variety of ways. Computers that obey precise instructions allow children to teach them to carry out specific actions or calculations; this helps clarify their understanding of mathematical ideas. Children can also use computers to explore shapes by manipulating them, encouraging them to visualise the geometry involved.