Croesyceiliog pupils’ stories win laptops (From South Wales Argus)

Croesyceiliog pupils’ stories win laptops

8:10am Saturday 23rd January 2010

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THREE Torfaen teenagers won laptops for using an online tool to aid their revision.

Croesyceiliog Comprehensive School pupils Michael Delahorne, 16, Alex Perry, 16, and Daniel Jenkins, 16, won the National Education Network’s competition to write or record a news story on how technology is changing the way people learn today.

They wrote a report on how they had been using Google Wave, an online networking tool launched in May last year, to help with their Physics AS Level revision.

They have been using the tool over the past three months to share revision notes and links to web pages with their classmates and have also created a brainstorm all pupils can add to.

Their entry was picked out from entries submitted from all over the UK by a panel of judges and their prize also included visiting and reporting on technology and education show, the 2010 BETT Show, which was held in London last week (JAN 13-16).

The pupils' physics teacher, Alessio Bernardelli, said: "Google Wave is very helpful not just for their class work but also to enhance their computer skills.

"We are so proud of our students because they have done a great job and thoroughly deserved to win."

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