UK Government seems to recognize that learners work differently

Although we hear more about the US education system, it seems that the UK government is building policy that recognizes that children learn using different mediums and in different ways.

Here is an interesting article about how UK proposes to teach children how to Twitter, use Wikipedia, and how to blog as a learning process. All that in primary schools.

Have a look at:

http://uk.techcrunch.com/2009/03/25/please-sir-how-do-you-re-tweet-twitter-to-be-taught-in-uk-primary-schools/

Once such collaboration is taught at primary schools it will rapidly change how an entire generation learns.