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in action. They gain an entirely new perspective on computing and quickly realise that Facebook and their favourite social media sites are just a glimpse of the amazing digital world that lies before them.”
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homework habits and reveal how technology is aff ecting them. When questioned why schoolchildren
didn't hand in their homework, 11% were ‘creative’ enough to claim that their computer crashed. A further 10% opted for “my Wi-Fi was down” and 9% seemingly forgot about their school’s printing provisions and explained that their personal printer had broken. And the excuses don’t stop there.
Technology again takes the blame for students not get ing stuck into their homework straight away, as 17% cited Facebook as the main distraction, and 15% would rather watch TV on demand then enjoy an evening of long division. Chat ing to friends online is another well-referenced distraction, with 13% of students asked claiming that they would put off doing their homework in
order to socialise in this way. Its not all bad news for the Information
Age however, with many students recognising that technology actually helps them to understand and complete homework tasks. Almost half (47%) of respondents use Google to help with homework, 21% use Wikipedia, and 10% champion teamwork by emailing their friends for help. Nick White, founder of The School Planner Company, said, “Students making excuses for not doing their homework is nothing new. However, excuses such as ‘my dog ate it’ have been left behind by modern day technology. Today’s homework excuses range from ‘my computer crashed’, through to ‘my Wi-Fi was down’ and ‘my printer broke’. Technology is evolving late homework excuses as IT becomes ever more commonplace with pupils and teachers.”
iboss is a global fast growing network and internet security company with a commitment to the education sector. As members of the Internet Watch Foundation, iboss is commit ed to child internet safety and provides technology to meet regulatory compliance and to defend against advanced internet threats and malware. With solutions built from the ground up to meet the challenges of a mobile enabled education, iboss includes education grade web fi ltering, advanced application and social media controls, intelligent bandwidth shaping, mobile device management (MDM) and much more.
New for BETT To combat the increasing threat of data loss, iboss is Introducing FireSphere, it’s award winning advanced threat detection and protection technology.
FireSphere includes Continuous infection monitoring of the full Web stream to detect infections before damage is done Network base lining of activities to spot anomalies Device quarantine to contain the spread of infections. Behavioural sandboxing to isolate and dissect Advanced Persistent Threats (APT). Intrusion prevention combining data inspection, DNS scanning and SSL anomaly detection. Blended signature and heuristic antivirus using malware feeds from a variety of proprietary and best-of-breed sources
Accreditations iboss is ranked 70 on Deloit e’s Technology Fast 500™, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in North America.
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