Schools around the world have been implementing new digital methods of teaching, and a Dubai based school has been no exception. At GEMS Royal Dubai School, a regular classroom features an electronic whiteboard, and various other digital devices used to implement a new digital method of teaching, including iPads, iPods and iPhones.

“It is our duty to introduce the children to the world of technology, because that is the world they will eventually be living in,” says Philip Redhead, Headmaster of the UK-curriculum based primary school. This method of teaching is supported by the Ministry of Education, which stated that the ministry “takes great interest in e-learning, which is in line with the directive of the UAE, and with what the UAE has accomplished in the field of information and communication technology”.

This non-traditional method of teaching has faced some criticism, but has been well received by the student body.

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