Techno Youth

Katie Linendoll of ESPN.com reports that across the NFL teams “are trading in their 500-page printed playbooks for iPad.” Linendoll notes that iPad and an app called PlayerLync have revolutionized how the Denver Broncos, Green Bay Packers, Chicago Bears, Cincinnati Bengals, and San Diego Chargers share plays and distribute practice and game film among coaches and players. “It changes the way you prepare,” says Broncos tight end Jacob Tamme. “You can come off the practice field, get in the cold tub and watch film in the cold tub on your iPad.”

In a country where education has emphasized test taking and memorization, RDFZ XISHAN, an experimental middle school in Beijing, is the first school in China to participate in a Mac one-to-one program, which provides each student with a MacBook Pro. The program has transformed learning at the school into a collaborative and engaging experience — without sacrificing test scores. Says school principal Shu Dajun: “It’s no longer simply the teacher teaching and students studying. Everyone is equal in the creating and sharing of knowledge.”

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