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school, it's changed a lot since i went through the education mangle all those many years ago. many years ago. the school buildings may look the same but technology has been infusing education for quite a while now. we have smart whiteboards, we have increasing use of tablets and laptops. we have e—textbooks instead of textbooks, but also there are some systems which mean the way in which kids learn and are taught is changing completely. it seems many tech giants want to become part of education. after all, an early introduction

to their brands may one day add up to a greater number of users. microsoft this week launched its education offering which includes a new version of windows called windows s, a budget surface pro in various colours and some tweaks to its office applications. apple's teaching tool classroom had a face—lift last month and now offers more tools for teachers. but before both of these came google classroom. and today i'm finding more about it from mr lickfold, director of learning at tring secondary school. they've been using this online system for the past 18 months to teach and monitor the students‘ progress. today i'm learning about the galapagos islands and i have to say the lesson that chris has constructed certainly looks more engaging than my old textbooks. but tech can do a lot more than just provide media rich lesson plans. we're able to personalise what we do far more than we have ever done before and take them to different resources that are available

in the system. every student's learning journey will be different. taking teaching online also means teachers have a lot more access to children's individual learning data and even their thought processes. for example, this browser extension draftback lets the teacher watch how an essay was written and refined. if i've got a student who in preparation for their exams is not constructing their paragraphs correctly, i can say, "ok, let's look at how you constructed your particular paragraph. what did you do? where did you develop it? what can you do differently?" if it's maybe two or three paragraphs and they spent so long on the first one then i can also just say, "look, this is how long you spent on this first document, it's like half an hour. you only spent five minutes on the second and third one." the kids also seem to like the learning experience. using online tools and data is one way to enhance learning in schools,

but lara lewington has been looking at other tech that promises to change how children learn completely. vr, robots, holograms, it wasn't like this in my day. i am robot. at the bet education show earlier this year we saw some of the most cutting edge ideas heading to the classroom soon. over the past few months i've seen quite a few devices that bring together the idea of kids coding and toys aiming to make the activity more fun. but good old lego here have gone a step further. they are trying to recreate real life situations where robots would be used so that children can find problems and then find the solution and the mission we have here is for a space robot which needs to move around the space base collecting these theses all together and taking them back to one place. but obviously the coding should do that bit. using the drag and drop blocks to create sequences that carry out actions is just part of the learning process as science is being taught at the same time.

but brickso‘s vision of what could be learned through these small plastic blocks was quite different. look at this. this is a way to bring your existing lego set to life. it has got a couple of led lights, a sensor, and these blocks actually conduct electricity. from there you can create whateverspinning, moving, lighting functions take your fancy. but this use of technology isn't just about teaching ict. this adaptive learning is also about employing new methods of teaching traditional classes. the teacher guides with experience but as a student you can really roam about. this is google expedition. now, jen here is going to play the part of a teacher. she will be talking through what we are all looking at through the goggles at the same time. that actually represents all of you. the pictures are amazing. i mean, looking at the difference between the healthy lungs and the smoker‘s lungs i definitely think we should stick with the kids. the idea of an image in your mind

is certainly something that could be easier to maintain than just someonejust talking. but my issue is actually with the idea of wearing the goggles. they're fine for a couple of minutes but then i do feel the urge to take them off so i can't imagine actually wearing them for a full half—hour lesson or beyond. many of these ideas will be picked up by individual schools, but although the ideas and devices are out there, the challenge comes in making them available to the masses and that is something which one not for profit in finland, a country considered to have one of the world's best education systems, is trying to overcome. i would say that education is one of the few big industries that is still waiting to be disrupted. one of the biggest challenges in our education system is that it is based on the ideals of the industrial world, so it is kind of like teaching everyone to be the same. and in tomorrow's world it is crucial to be individual. one idea turns things on its head

though, focusing not simply on new ways of teaching, but firstly analysing how we learn. well, i'm on my way to maths class which should cause me a bit of concern because i am not sure i remember that much from school, but with this class everybody‘s having their own private lesson. the teacher doesn't stand up and project their voice to start the session. the kids take their places at computers were century ai will take you through the lesson. this artificial intelligence system aims to teach each pupil at their own pace and in a way that suits them best, constantly getting to know them better and tracking their progress. the entire purpose of this machine is to learn how your brain learns and then utilise that data, and it constantly adapts, to provide them with a top—tier education at any single moment and then takes that data and offers it to the teacher in real—time. here the students generate the data.

it's provided by real—time teachers and they can intervene when necessary and they can spend more time on the human interactions with the student, the pastoral care that they need to provide to that individual. now, you may remember last year we tickled your earbuds with something called binaural sound. now, this is a way of recording audio so when you listen back through headphones, the sounds actually sound like they are coming from the right place in 3—d space. well, it turns out someone was listening. notjust someone, but the doctor, and he invited kate russell to hear all about it. go and have a look. why me? you're physically bigger. maybe it'sjust the central heating. oh, sorry, didn't mean to scare you. unlike a new episode of doctor who,

that uses binaural sound to really get inside your head. i have come to south wales, where the episode knock knock was filmed. in this spooky—looking house, the doctor investigates some strange noises. err, what's going on? using binaural sound, the show‘s producers are able to ramp up the fright factor by placing sound effects all around the listener, so they feel like they are actually inside the room with the actors. so if you see a normal, digital audio workstation, everything is layered up in tracks. but actually, we can see those tracks on the computer as little objects, like you are looking down on top of a room. so you can see these dots

with a cross showing where the left and right is, and the up—and—down axis. when the sounds are then put through into the bbc renderer, which is a piece of software that the r&d team have made, then you can see where those sounds are hanging in 3—d space. to experience the binaural effect you must be using stereo headphones. even a top—of—the—range 5.1 surround sound speaker systems will not deliver the results, as the microscopic time delays in sounds arriving at your ears are vital to creating the 360—degree immersive effect. that was super, super scary and spooky and atmospheric. very subtle. if you are expecting the kind of like sideshow act ofjumping around sound that really wows you, this is not what this is about. this is about a subtle experience of placing you in a three—dimensional soundscape. the reason why this episode lent itself so brilliantly to the binaural mix is because of it being a kind of horror — playing with the horror genre, and the tropes of that, and a lot of what makes things scary is what you don't see, and building up the atmosphere to that moment of scare is really what the audience are looking for.

we were told 3—d tv was going to be the next big thing. well, that didn't happen. so why should this be any different? the reason why binaural is really taking off now is because we're in the age of the smartphone and the tablet. people are consuming their media with headphones. the headphones are hugely popular. we've got... even in my family, my kids will sit down watching their own content, that they're interested in, with a pair of headphones so as not to disturb each other. i think what will happen when people experience binaural audio with tv content, radio content, and then they go back to stereo, they'll feel a little bit... it's quite a claustrophobic feeling. and you think, "i want that other sound, please. what was that? it was binaural, let me have some more of that, please." i think that is where we will start to see binaural really take off. this spooky episode will be

broadcast with regular sound on uk tvs this weekend. i'm afraid viewers from the rest of the world will have to wait. for the binaural experience, watch it on iplayer. i recommend a darkened room, some decent stereo headphones, and a steely nerve. and remember, if you do hear knocking sounds in the night, it's probablyjust your pipes. probably. and that's it for the shortcut of click for this week. the full—length version is up on iplayer to watch right now. follow us on twitter throughout the week @bbcclick. thank you so much for watching and we'll see you soon. hello, welcome to newswatch with me, paddy o'connell standing inforsamira. coming up: diane abbott got her maths in a muddle but did bbc news get their sums wrong too and make too much of it? and madeleine mccann is a tragic case, but is the bbc obsessed with it? brexit was always going to loom large over this election campaign and this week,

it took centre stage. the war of words started on monday. theresa may describes the reports of a fractious dinner with her and urban the european union president as brussels gossip. she was reporting to use the kinds of sharp disagreements withjuncker over how quickly a deal could be done. maxine edmonds was one of the number of viewers are surprised at the prominence being given to a second—hand anonymous briefing in german. writing: rob cattle agreed: but was this just gossip? on tuesday, the bbc‘s political

editor laura kuenssberg try to nail that down with the prime minister on a campaign trip to cornwall. did juncker say brexit cannot be the success? i don't recall the account that is being given of the meeting that took place. i think a lot of this is brussels gossip. he said it to you or he did not. the account that i have seen, a lot of that is brussels gossip. later in the week, that line changed, the prime minister attacked european politicians and officials, who she said had issued threats