VideoCentric
to supply new Senteo classroom technology
which will help scrap school exams.
Wokingham,
Berkshire, UK - August 28th 2007
- VideoCentric has
been selected as one of the UK Technology
Partners authorised to supply and install
the new SMART Senteo system which allows continuous
assessment in the classroom.
The
classroom technology comes just weeks after
The Daily Mail reported The General Teaching
Council as saying “SATs tests are poisoning
children’s education” and called
for “exams to be abolished before the
age of 16”.
Senteo,
now ready to be supplied and installed in
classrooms across England, Scotland and Wales
by VideoCentric is a simple-to-use voting
system whereby pupils answer a set of questions
during or at the end of each piece of subject
matter, similar top the ones used for audience
participation in quiz shows. Each student
handset is uniquely identified by the Senteo
PC software, which immediately shows the teacher
which students have not grasped the taught
material. Adjustments can thereby be made
as the lesson progresses, and relevant homework
set at the end for those that really need
it. The package is so easy to use that teacher-training
requirements are minimal, and offered by VideoCentric
as part of the installation package or as
a refresher package.
David
Shimell, Sales Director for VideoCentric said
“The row between Education Secretary
Alan Johnson and GTC chief Keith Bartley reported
in the Daily Mail on June 11th 2007, mentioned
scrapping of exams, abolishing league tables,
and driving up standards, yet failed to identify
any real alternative other than the short
term trial of shorter, more frequent tests.”
He went on to add, “I believe Senteo
offers such a big opportunity for teachers
to improve their own standards through instant
and continuous assessment of their students,
it would be wrong of Head Teachers not authorise
a trial of it at their school to assess its
benefits. At just over £2 (two pounds)
per day the purchase of a whole 32-student
package, under VideoCentric’s 3-year
lease-purchase scheme, is much less expensive
than other IT tools being deployed in many
schools, yet will yield immediate and visible
results and benefit students and teachers
alike”.
5-pack
trail packages are now available from VideoCentric
for on-site demonstration or 1-week hire,
and 10-pack, 24-pack and 32-pack sets are
shipping with immediate effect. For more details
of Senteo go to http://www.videocentric.co.uk/interactive-whiteboards/smart-interactive-whiteboards/smart-senteo.shtml
About VideoCentric Ltd
VideoCentric is a supplier of world-class
videoconferencing and streaming products complimented
by a wide range of plasmas, LCDs, and projectors
and SMART Interactive Whiteboards. Its experienced
installation and training team is SMART accredited
and spans the whole of England, Scotland and
Wales with offices in the Thames Valley and
Edinburgh. For more details about VideoCentric
go to www.videocentric.co.uk For more details,
please contact sales@videocentric.co.uk
or telephone (Thames Valley) 0118 974 0125,
(Edinburgh) 0131 4732351.
