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Rebecca Paddick visits the Education Show 2014, where teachers get their hands on the latest edtech
This year’s three-day event saw more than 10,000 people visit the NEC in Birmingham, a 5% increase on last year. To help educators get to grips with
how to harness technology’s potential, this year’s Education Show presented its innovative new ‘Technology in Education’ feature. Housing a seminar theatre and Demonstration Island, teachers were able to get ‘hands-on’ with the latest edtech. School leaders were also able to discuss
key issues such as using technology to enhance learning at The School Leaders Summit. The first panel discussion of this year’s show looked at the potential benefits of using tablets and other mobile technology in the classroom. Chaired by Rob Campbell, Principal of
Impington Village College, three school leaders shared ideas about how mobile devices can be used effectively to raise student atainment. The panel members were a great
example of primary and secondary schools implementing tablets across all lessons. “When you are one of the first through
the door you often get a bloody nose, and we experienced that when we started,” said Derek Trimmer, headteacher at Hove Park School. Trimmer introduced a one-to-one
iPad programme a year ago, with the idea that a personal iPad for school or at home would empower students by encouraging creativity, problem solving, and independent learning. Trimmer said that it would give teachers a wide range of tools and applications to enhance every lesson. He added: “We tried BYOD at the
beginning but we soon realised that we didn’t want to be in the position where some apps were working on certain devices and not on others, so we decided to go with Apple because it would give us that seamless integration.” Lisa Cowell, director of learning and
teaching at Penwortham Priory Academy rolled out mobile technology to years 7–10 in September 2012, with the help of the E-learning Foundation. Speaking at the panel discussion, she said: “All our staff and learning support assistants now
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