This time around the digest features a thought-provoking lead article on the different learning styles displayed by adults and youngsters, contributed by French teacher Isabel Montes, who works in Spain.

We also share news of an innovative project, Project Blog!, set up by teachers in Singapore to help students improve their written English language skills and general knowledge by contributing regular blogs on different subjects.

Paul Redhead     of SANAKO UK explains to teachers that they should not be afraid of their students' vast kowledge of technology, and shares a simple routine to use the SANAKO Study platform to help engage tech-savvy learners.

Finally in this issue, we invite you to share your opinion in our online poll. Cast your vote and see the cumulative results right away - but remember, you're only allowed to vote once! Simply click here to browse the newsletter.

SANAKO FastForward Educational Digest is our latest newsletter available for download from our public websites, user community and partner websites.

The digest will ensure that our customers and potential collaborators are engaged in the ongoing discussion on trends and concepts affecting the learning sector.

The digest replaces the previous FastForward Learning publication and will in future include the Customer Development Series as a special segment providing end users with valuable usage pointers.

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This kind of scenario seems like science fiction, but it isn't really. SANAKO's association with the Romanian learning content provider SIVECO can help make this dream a reality. In announcing the collaboration, SANAKO mentioned the power of combining the use of its advanced classroom management solutions with interactive multimedia content from SIVECO.

Now, back to our classroom. This is no ordinary PC classroom. Teacher and student positions (workstations, laptops or mobile devices for students) have SANAKO Study 500 and/or SANAKO Study 1200 software installed. This means that the room can be used as a language lab. Now, introduce SIVECO interactive digital content for Math, Physics, Chemistry and Biology, and your classroom can potentially be used, not only for supervised teacher-led language training, but also as a science lab that allows students to reinforce theory by conducting experiments themselves.

When launched to student stations at the appropriate point in the lesson, SIVECO content lets each student hold the scalpel to dissect a frog (no blood and gor involved),  manoeuvre a pipette to experiment with different liquids (with no danger of explosions), or to pull on a weight to observe the principles of a pulley at work (no accidents waiting to happen).

All this can be done without changing rooms and without investment in separate specialist labs and related equipment. Most importantly, and what perhaps is difficult to define in dollars, is the empowerment benefit each student gets from participating in the experiment, noting the outcomes, and repeating as needed. And with the teacher using Study software to monitor and mentor students, the benefits are multiplied.

Now one educator, Ray Schroeder of the University of Illnois, has launched an entire blog space to consider how fuel prices are affecting education. As Director of Technology-Enhanced Learning at the university, he feels that high prices are causing people to look for cheaper learning alternatives - and that most often means online programs.

Find out more about that discussion by visiting his blog at: http://fuelingonline.blogspot.com/ and tell us how you see things developing in your area.