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Wired Fernie students

Schools have come a long way from chalkboards and the abacus, and now, thanks to a unique technology club, students at Isabella Dicken Elementary School are learning how to make their own podcasts and digital comic strips.

Schools have come a long way from chalkboards and the abacus, and now, thanks to a unique technology club, students at Isabella Dicken Elementary School are learning how to make their own podcasts and digital comic strips.

“You can show an adult how to use a program like Bitstrips and it could take them a week to learn it, but these kids have it within 30 seconds,” said Aerin Guy, the creator of the IDES technology club.

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