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Sony's PSP may not have the best reputation in the classroom due to certain events involving the so-called "Playstation Pornable", but despite the reservations of some teachers, Sony today held a "PSP in Education National Launch" day at its 3Rooms brand space in London. Sony is trying to propel the PSP into mainstream education and promote its uses as an educational tool rather than just a games console.
Sony has already tried introducing its products to the education sector starting off with the Eyetoy and PS2 back in 2003. This time, Ray Maguire, Managing Director for Sony Computer Entertainment UK (SCEU) said that the expansion of Wi-Fi and the PSP's ability to connect using wireless internet expanded the PSP's uses in education even more. This wasn't just about how good the PSP is according to a Sony exec either, as Richard Owen from Maplesden Noakes school has tested the use of PSPs in the classroom and praised the console.
According to Owen, pupils responded well to being able to work at their own pace, rewinding audio if necessary so they don't miss anything. Relentless Software also took the opportunity to show off its Key Stage 2-themed version of Buzz! quiz game which has been designed for use in education.
Classroom trials for the Buzz! quiz KS2 game have allegedly gone well too - so does this mean we'll be seeing the PSP go into use in schools? Well, if it does they'll certainly have the backing of homebrew coders. There's already loads of calculators out there to freely download!
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Cool.
KS2? Nice typo, heh.
what do you mean? KS2 is an accronym for Key Stage 2 - years 3-6 at Primary School in England. I wish we'd had buzz when i was at school!
So when is the GPS coming to europe i wonder ;o
I talk to my old computer tech friend from school (after I graduated) he say they got wifi put in due to the fact of school laptops. well he been hearing that the PSP can do internet browser as well so he made psp wi-fi spot at lunch and he turns it on every time lunch break because it will help with schools bandwidth and students can check there e-mails. but they got that access denied pop up if you try porn. I think thats tight of what he done. The tech say he might buy one to test wi-fi and I tell him that can remote my desktop pc and his mouth just drop. I told him about homebrew and this site.
all the other stuf like bibliographys and bibles catholics will love it. i still would only use mine 4 games regardless and i dont think a school district is gonna stock up on psp's 4 little kids cause theyd be stolen quick as u can say turn 2 page 69.
But it's not like they are the first. Japan has been using DS in schools for a few months now sooooo
Just LET IT DIE, Sony... let it die =(
Ah, my bad. We don't have terms like that over here, so I thought it was a typo for PS2 (can you blame me, though?).
my guess is... it was succesfull couse it lasted only a week or so. Come on every kid likes gadgets, so they'll use it if they have the oportunity. But if they have to use it every day in every class problems will arise. (They left it home, they play instead of learn etc. etc.)
Does any one else find it kinda cool , the way this closely mirrors classrooms on startrek? I see tons of potential. Every one has had That one great math teacher who if you had early in your education perhaps would have changed your life (Mr Pika). Well this paves the way to allowing that one teacher to develop pdf flash and what ever other formats we can come up with , tutorials. Giving more people access to the Genius teachings. The question isnt if the concept sticks. Its when and will the psp be at the heart of it. PimpStreamer for instance could help Sony , tons of homebrew could. But will Sony help homebrew. IMHO Sony is at a pinnacle decision making place. The psp could make this work...
they should make kids wear an ankle bracelet or something so if they try to take it it will shock them. (just an idea besides super gluing them to the desk
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