W:
edtechnology.co.uk | T: @Educ_Technology
Nesta invests in edtech
Nesta Impact Investments is backing education technology that will help transform the classroom experience for many young people with learning diffi culties and enable teachers to give bet er feedback to students. Nesta’s investment in Ai-Media UK will
see high-quality live captioning (Ai-Live) being used to engage young people in schools and universities, helping them to improve their learning and development.
Originally developed in Australia
to support people with deafness in mainstream schools and workplaces, the success of Ai-Live has led to it being developed for children and young people with many diff erent needs. Eileen Hopkins, Executive Director at
Ai-Media UK, says: "Ai-Live has the power to transform lives. Children with autism or for whom English is an additional language face considerable barriers to accessing
education. For students with an ASD, the technology helps by removing metaphor and fi gurative language, breaking down a teacher’s instruction into simple steps. It also allows teachers to analyse and improve their classroom performance. We've seen what a powerful tool this
technology is for deaf people, and now with Nesta's support we have the potential to reach many more young people and raise their educational outcomes.”
Siemens launch STEM project
More than fi ve million young people will benefi t from a greater knowledge of the opportunities created by STEM subjects and the exciting career prospects engineering delivers, thanks to a new project launched by Siemens. The Curiosity Project is a three-year
engagement programme by Siemens, broadening their existing investment to bring science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) to life in the UK. For the next three years Siemens will
support fi ve major science and related festivals throughout the UK, each with a clear ambition to reach out to parents, teachers and students to make the world of
science available in a fun and engaging way. The project also supports The Prince’s
Teaching Institute Residential for Mathematics and Science, enabling Heads of Departments from state secondary schools across the country to also benefi t from up- to-date knowledge, resources and ideas. The project will incorporate a sponsorship
of ‘International Images for Science’ photography competition and touring exhibition run by the Royal Photographic Society, showcasing the detail and scale of science and engineering in application. Siemens will also conduct a research
programme throughout the term of the project, to quantify the impact upon a young
person’s understanding of engineering that a business engaging with parents, students and teachers can have. The investment is in response to
engineering companies needing 1.86 million people with engineering skills from 2010–2020. Siemens will also increase its free online
engineering education resources launched in 2013 as part of this project
www.siemens.
co.uk/education. Aimed at the UK’s 21,000 primary and 5,000 secondary schools, the resources have already been rolled out to 5,000 schools across the country in its fi rst year with the aim of reaching 4.5 million pupils by 2016.
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72