17 octobre 2007 – The Economist
Spending on computers is finally paying off—with young children
A SIX-YEAR-OLD takes a coin from her teacher and, without looking, tries to work out what it is. Big or small? Thick or thin? Round or edged? A 50p piece identified, she sits down, glowing, and a little boy has a go. Then other children take turns to identify pictures of coins on a large screen on the wall, dragging a hand-held wand across its touch-sensitive surface. After a video and pretend shopping in groups, the lesson finishes with a quiz. No hands are raised; each child answers using his own “voting pod”, a hand-held half-egg-shaped wireless gizmo.