A brand-new app built by four former teachers and self-taught coders will launch in schools from September 2021, providing teachers with the tools they need to engage pupils in an active curriculum. Following a decrease in activity levels among children during the Covid-19 pandemic and the government’s announcement that £320 million will be invested…
NetSupport today announced that its newest solution for classroom management and online safety, classroom.cloud, will now further enhance students’ online safety at all times – and, critically, in any location – by including integration with the widely-used communication and collaboration solution, Microsoft Teams. With many students equipped with their own school learning devices to enable…
Alamy, PA Media Group’s stock image business has partnered with Pond5 to provide over 6 million premium videos for education and creative customers around the world. In 2016, the Universal Journal of Educational Research found that using videos or multimedia materials in education increases learning [1]. Five years later, the technology used to create…
14% of students were encouraged to pursue a tech career by their parents, 11% were motivated by an industry role model With many students now approaching their graduation at the end of the school term, recent research has found that the most significant motivator for career direction among 18-24-year-olds is being encouraged by their…
Estonian EdTech Respiray’s wearable air purifier enables teachers and educators to remain protected from viruses and bacteria in school classrooms. This level of UV-C protection means schools can remain open during potential rises in COVID-19 infections. Countries worldwide responded to teaching during the pandemic via remote learning. Still, despite the herculean and heroic efforts performed…
Monday 21st July 2021 – Digital signage software company TrilbyTV has announced an exciting new partnership with the Worldwide Fund for Nature! The new partnership will bring facts from the globally recognised organisation to school digital signage nationwide. Schools can now access ‘WWF Facts’ via TrilbyTV, which shows one of over 40 stunning images each…
CRB Cunninghams, provider of cashless catering, online payment, and identity management solutions to education establishments in the UK, is the first education technology company to launch Facial Recognition software for UK secondary schools. The first of its kind software offers pupils the ability to collect and pay for school lunches without the need for…
Acer UK is launching a new promotion to deliver the best value and service to schools, colleges and universities, offering a free extended warranty on two of the most popular products available for the education sector. From 1st June 2021 up until 30th September when schools or universities purchase the Chromebook 311 (C733U…
Whizz Education, provider of the leading virtual tutor Maths-Whizz, has quantified the lockdown learning loss in maths experienced by 5–13-year-olds in the UK. Whizz Education’s research shows that 46% of the 1,721 children assessed experienced a learning loss, exhibiting an average of knowledge decline of eight months during the first lockdown. Dr Junaid Mubeen, Director…
25 May 2021: Whizz Education, provider of the leading virtual tutor Maths-Whizz, is calling on the Government to use catch-up funding for virtual tutors as a cost effective, scalable option to help lost learning due to the Pandemic. The Institute for Fiscal Studies states: “By the time the Pandemic is over, most children across…
For the safe flow of people in schools The company behind some of the UK’s most exciting and dynamic interactive exhibition displays in visitor attractions and museums has brought to market QCounter – a fully automated, but low-cost, access control/people-counter system. Businesses emerging from lockdown restrictions must limit the number of people accessing…
This book charts the journey of EdTech pre- and post-Covid, with unique tips and insights from an author with experience in the domains of education and software development. UK: 10th May 2021 – Looking at educational technology through a wider lens is the subject of a new book by Al Kingsley, CEO of education software…
How much are local governments spending on education around the country? Education spending (of which EdTech such as Promethean interactive displays and teaching software is just one area) is one of the most important things that taxpayer money goes towards, from early years nurseries to post-16 education. But with funding for schools being controlled by individual local authorities, which…
The Amazon Longitude Explorer Prize, delivered by Nesta Challenges, calls on young people to develop tech-for-good solutions to help solve society’s biggest issues and turn great ideas into reality. The 40 shortlisted teams of 11-16 year-olds will receive expert mentoring from Amazon and other industry experts to create prototypes of their concepts this school…
Following two successful pilots at schools in Cambridgeshire and Hampshire, Synoptic, a UK based tech company, is making its Covid management software, ‘Reactivate’, available free of charge to schools in England. Reactivate software helps manage Covid risk in workplaces through an app which allows users to report daily symptom screening and test, vaccine and…
Sony has released information on a new immersive event, Spark 2021. This interactive, virtual-reality-style event will allow customers to discover and experience Sony’s innovative Pro AV and IT products and solutions for business and higher education in a new and interactive way, from wherever they are. “It is a really exciting new step for us…
Inspiring technology adoption breathes life into future classroom What happens when imagination and collaboration are brought together by a creative vision? The answer is Shaftesbury School’s future classroom. Curated by Alex More, Lead Teacher of Innovation in Teaching & Learning, following his frustration with the rigidity of the classroom environment and the linear process of…
Pre-order school meals on-the-go International provider of cashless education software, ami Education, has launched Infinity+ Order, a pre-order app for schools globally. As part of their Infinity+ range of cashless retail and payment, ID management and registration software for schools and colleges around the world, the Infinity+ Order app enables pupils to pre-order their school…
British tech start-up Wonde is launching a new platform to help schools automatically record and report COVID-19 test results TestRegister will help save valuable school hours every day so teachers can concentrate on catching up pupils New platform will support Public Health England to manage the spread of the disease, by improving the speed and…
Kramer has launched two new hybrid education solutions designed to help teachers get back to the classroom to educate in a professional quality and in real-time, while at the same time ensuring those in-class and remote students have the same great experience. Kramer EDU-Hybrid-ZR is a Zoom Rooms solution that starts lessons at the…
Prowise’s newest product brings digital schooling to another level. Today, they have launched their best touchscreen yet. With outstanding writing experience, high privacy and security standards, and other smart solutions, it’s offering top performance in the classroom and during remote learning. This new product is already nominated for a coveted BETT Award and a iF Design Award….
With mental health concerns for young people increasing and normal full-time schooling for every child unlikely to return for some time, some schools have turned to a new phone app in an effort to support their students’ wellbeing. The EduKit app, created by a social enterprise of the same name, enables students to send an alert to their school if they…
The technology awards for education, The BETT Awards, finalists were announced on Friday, with Kaligo being shortlisted in two categories for their AI digital handwriting app, Early Years and Digital Apps. The BETT Awards are usually hosted at the BETT Show in London on in January each year but delayed due to the pandemic…
25 January 2020: Even before the global pandemic, the UK was considered as Europe’s EdTech hub. As the new demands of home learning have accelerated the industry’s product offerings and processes, the full breadth and scope of the UK’s Edtech portfolio have made us pause to celebrate their quality and success. It has also made…
Carly Daff, Canva for Education’s Director of Product, explained it’s important to equip teachers with free, easy-to-use and intuitive tools to ensure they can keep students engaged in their learnings and looking forward to every class. “Even before schools moved to an online environment, one of the biggest challenges facing educators was maintaining…
