WEBVTT 00:00:09.147 --> 00:00:14.217 Bett is wonderful. For schools and school leaders, also students, also for teachers. 00:00:14.583 --> 00:00:17.573 Bett is brilliant, we've been attending for few years. 00:00:17.580 --> 00:00:20.920 I've had a very busy day, I've done a lot of presenting, talking 00:00:20.931 --> 00:00:26.201 but it's fantastic and often not so much the technology but actually the conversations with people 00:00:26.221 --> 00:00:30.441 and picking up tips from people is, and the network, and it is what is all about. 00:00:30.591 --> 00:00:33.461 Technology is important in pretty much everything. 00:00:33.461 --> 00:00:36.921 Education is a part that's been left behind for quite some time. 00:00:36.959 --> 00:00:41.679 It's time now to take in the technology to enable the students to actually get things done 00:00:41.679 --> 00:00:46.209 the different way and it's not just about the students but about the teachers as well. 00:00:46.209 --> 00:00:50.539 Using that technology in the best way so the students can actually get out there 00:00:50.539 --> 00:00:57.369 and get the best out for themselves rather than the traditional method where the teacher actually just provides the information. 00:00:57.369 --> 00:01:02.969 It's more about teachers enabling students through technology to get the information. 00:01:03.101 --> 00:01:08.141 So for us the iPad and technology is a tool. And like any tool it does nothing but let you use it, 00:01:08.141 --> 00:01:11.751 but if you use it properly we see it as a catalyst to deeper learning 00:01:11.753 --> 00:01:17.173 It's not a magic wand it won't solve the world's problems. It won't make students bully to everything, 00:01:17.208 --> 00:01:22.408 but we do think it's a catalyst used to speed up their acquisition of key ideas. 00:01:22.408 --> 00:01:26.688 It will improve their learning, you know, it's used to develop better teaching 00:01:27.176 --> 00:01:30.906 One of the key things with the teachers at the moment, especially in the UK 00:01:30.906 --> 00:01:34.606 is that they have very little time to do the kind of cool stuff they want to do. 00:01:34.608 --> 00:01:38.608 They've got an awful lot of work to actually do so Explain Everything allows them to kind of 00:01:38.651 --> 00:01:43.261 minimize the amount of time they spend on preparing for lessons. With it's organic nature 00:01:43.288 --> 00:01:47.478 the ability of taking photos in the lesson the ability to really quickly record 00:01:47.478 --> 00:01:52.998 and create wonderful presentations. Putting all of that inside a lesson saves them time 00:01:53.017 --> 00:01:58.317 and reduces their workload, and it means that they can focus on the cool stuff, like preparing and making 00:01:58.327 --> 00:01:59.467 interesting lessons. 00:01:59.467 --> 00:02:02.687 It allows you to do things that you weren't able to do before 00:02:02.754 --> 00:02:06.774 and I think that's powerful. It's the tool of the future, you know? 00:02:06.942 --> 00:02:10.202 It amplifies your ability to do things. 00:02:10.562 --> 00:02:13.532 We're a very large academy in the UK and Explain Everything is one of the 00:02:13.534 --> 00:02:17.534 very first apps that we bought. We don't buy many paid apps for the students. 00:02:17.549 --> 00:02:21.549 Only two or three, but that is the main one that we do buy. We also love 00:02:21.552 --> 00:02:26.812 technology, particularly things like Explain Everything as a way to develop student's independence. 00:02:26.860 --> 00:02:33.380 We use Explain Everything in my school and I believe it's a fantastic tool for learning. Both from a 00:02:33.381 --> 00:02:36.231 teacher perspective and from a student perspective as well. 00:02:36.243 --> 00:02:47.053 Of course I was familiar with Explain Everything. I love it. We use it a lot and we use it to create and to visualize knowledge. 00:02:47.894 --> 00:02:54.364 The fact that students can speak, and they can write, and draw and be able to kind of tell their story. 00:02:54.374 --> 00:03:00.644 I think that's a really powerful thing. I think it allows us to measure the cognitive development of children. 00:03:00.644 --> 00:03:06.054 Because you can't just cut and paste something from somewhere. You've really got to be able to explain. 00:03:06.054 --> 00:03:14.394 I think it's one of the few tools that allows students to focus on their academic abilities, 00:03:14.394 --> 00:03:23.564 but at the same time is developing their creativity. Of course for teachers, it's a fantastic tool of making videos in a simple and reliable way. 00:03:23.570 --> 00:03:25.770 I think it's really really powerful. 00:03:27.401 --> 00:03:33.551 Being able to get to the core of it and be able to explain others. The cool thing about teaching, me being a teacher, 00:03:33.595 --> 00:03:40.035 the one thing that drives me is passing on that knowledge. And if students can do that, that's absolutely awesome to me. 00:03:40.035 --> 00:03:44.795 And especially through an app like this that's so simple to pick up and easy to embed within schools. 00:03:44.795 --> 00:03:45.945 It's a brilliant app. 00:03:46.494 --> 00:03:53.734 Especially the last four years we are using Explain Everything in our schools. 00:03:53.734 --> 00:03:56.344 It's our fifth grade, sixth grade, seventh grade, 00:03:56.344 --> 00:04:05.024 and eight grade. And also our high schools. Explain Everything is in the center of our iPad projects. 00:04:05.575 --> 00:04:12.235 I like very much the search, to search online and then add it inside the web browser 00:04:12.235 --> 00:04:19.084 that you can put it inside. It gives you all kinds of opportunities. It's actually like, the mother of all apps. 00:04:19.375 --> 00:04:22.535 You can do almost anything with this. 00:04:22.552 --> 00:04:26.552 I'm in love with Explain Everything.