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One of the services we provide is training and certifications for our international partners in the mozaLearn system to independently hold training sessions for clients in their local market. This is an important part of our business and our partners' business, because we believe that training teachers to use technology is an integral part to the success of digital education and we encourage our partners to hold training sessions for the teachers in their market. One great example of this is a recent training session held by our partners in Egypt, GIMPEX at their office in Cairo.
The training participants came from Exzellenz Zentrum, an institute for language education which hosts a joint post-graduate program between Ain Shams University in Egypt and Leipzig University in Germany. Students who participate in this program of study have already completed a college degree and would like to continue their studies in the German language, with the goal of earning a master's degree in teaching German or Arabic as a foreign language.
GIMPEX held a 2-day training on the effective use of mozaBook in teacher training for the lecturers who conduct the joint degree program. The trainees will eventually use mozaBook as a part of their pedagogy in training Exzellenz Zentrum students who are working towards their teaching degrees. During the training session certified mozaLearn ICT expert trainers from GIMPEX gave the trainees overview of many of the features in mozaBook, focusing on the basic features of the software and many of the tools available in the system.
The group will meet again for a third day of training during which the course participants will make their own presentations using mozaBook. The trainees will also continue to learn about and practice using more features in mozaBook. We bet the training participants will create some great presentations!
GIMPEX is planning additional training programs for later this year. If you'd like to follow the latest developments and news about mozaBook in Egypt, please visit the Mozaik Egypt page on Facebook. If your company is ready to offer a comprehensive digital presentation and content solution for K-12 education and provide training in your region, please contact us for more information.
Another BETT Show is nearing! We’ve been traveling to London annually for this huge education technology event since 2013 and our team is already making preparations for the January 2016 show. BETT always gives us the opportunity to meet with publishers, distributors, school administrators. Once the show kicks off, we hold frequent meetings and presentations of the mozaBook software, mozaWeb online at-home learning portal, and other technology, like our augmented reality application and 3D model apps for smartphones and tablets.
Many teachers and students from all over Europe attend the BETT show, so it's a great way for us to share our offering with educators, watch students use and play with our interactive learning content, and hear what everyone has to say about current developments in digital education.
So what’s new this year? First of all, our list of international publishing and distribution partners has grown. Along with that growth, we are continuing to translate more and more of our content into over 20 languages. We’ve ve also developed the classroom management and sharing capabilities in mozaBook. See our recent post, What's new at Mozaik for the 2015/16 school year, to learn more about these new features. Finally, as always our library of content on mozaWeb continues to grow, including new 3D models on mozaWeb.
In addition, mozaBook has made it as a finalist in this year’s BETT Awards for the International Digital Resource category. You can check out the listing of finalists at the BETT Awards website, bettawards.com. We’re in good company this year and the final results will be announced during January’s show.
Will you be in London from January 20-23rd? If so, our team hopes to meet you at BETT. This year we will be exhibiting our line of digital education solutions at stand B130. See you there!
Dear Readers,
We have an early holiday surprise in store for you this year. A Christmasaurus! Find this new species of dino in the "Apatosaurus" 3D on mozaBook or mozaWeb.
The Apatosaurus is believed to have lived over 150 million years ago, in the late Jurassic period. The massive herbivore fed on plants to get its energy. Today, in the Christmasaurus view of the 3D model, we can see what it would be like if the Apatosaurus and his friends lived in a snowy winter wonderland.
Go ahead, find him and share him with your friends. Oh, and one last note from all of us: have a very happy holiday season this year!
Warm wishes,
The Mozaik Team
Often teachers may find themselves in one of two particular camps. One one side, there are the digital and tech enthusiasts - sometimes fully paperless educators. And on the other side there are teachers who are all about hands-on learning.
There are undeniable benefits on both sides, but I have a question for teachers out there: why not put one foot in each camp?
We haven’t seen anyone outright deny that technology is an important aspect of education for students, in its many different forms. Why? Graduates are increasingly expected to be familiar with various types of tech in their new workplaces. And as more and more countries are adding coding to their curriculum, the building blocks behind the tech is also playing an increased role in school and with employers.
Hands-on activities build motor skills from a young age and work a different part of the brain. Not to mention it’s so much fun to build and create things for yourself, creating a great sense of accomplishment while helping students observe and understand new things.
So what are some common benefits?
When used well in classrooms, both technology and hands-on can encourage independence and exploration. They can both encourage critical thinking skills, too.
The new school year is already well under way and we hope all the teachers and students out there are learning a lot and having a good time! We'd like to give you an update on several new things here at Mozaik Education in recent months.
First of all, our new blog has a fresh design to match our updated website, mozaweb.com. We also have a few new contributors who will be bringing you exciting new content throughout the year. We will focus on tips and tricks for using technology in the classroom, including lesson planning hints and resources, as well as edtech news, and information about products and features that our team is working on.
Our blog isn’t the only thing that’s gotten a makeover - mozaBook 4.5 released a new update back in September. There are a lot of new features that come with the update, including new tools and content available in more languages, but we would like to highlight a few key improvements that we’ve made in order to really streamline teachers’ digital work and interaction with students: classroom management, homework and sharing.
Looking for ways to use today's great technology to make a greater impact on your students? We have four hints for using technology successfully in your classroom - no matter which subject you teach.
1. Vary your videos
Think back...way back... to when you were a student. Ah, those were the days! Although as I recall, many of my teachers chose one particular series of videos to show every week. Spanish class, biology, physics: VHS was a popular way to teach. A series can be great in terms of structure, but we humans like variety. If kids are rolling their eyes every time your favorite scientist comes onto the screen, why not mix it up and show some supplementary videos from a new source?
Mix animation and live action videos. Try videos from light-hearted amateur chemists online combined with the more serious, professionally filmed experiments. Better yet, combine videos with an entirely different type of digital resource.