Over 120 speakers from Serbia, the region and the UK shared their experience and ideas with the audience at the 'New Technologies in Education 2016' conference. Find out who were the speakers and what were the topics they covered in their presentations.
Have a look at the list of the speakers that spoke at the event last year.
One Click Solutions has extensive experience in the field of telecommunications, particularly concerning the development of Voice and SMS services. The company will present the SMS Diary software solution, which aims to improve communication between the school and parents. The software provides parents with insight into grades, absences and all other information related to their child during their school career.
The Oracle Academy helps more than 1.9 million students gain industry-relevant skills. Few subjects will open as many doors for students today as computer science (CS) and engineering. To help educators awaken and deepen students’ interest in these fields of study, the Oracle Academy makes available CS education resources that are up-to-date, industry-relevant, and engaging.
OTrack is a customisable solution to monitor the progress and attainment of pupils in early years. Teachers can assess pupils formatively and view reports that enable them to highlight knowledge gaps and tailor lessons accordingly. Senior management also has access to a wide range of reports from not only the formative data, but also from summative assessments that are made each half term. There are a range of different options available to schools in terms of their curriculum content and reporting needs.
The audience heared more about the latest developments of IBM's natural language system 'Watson'. Watson is a cognitive technology that processes information more like a human than a computer—by understanding natural language, generating hypotheses based on evidence and learning as it goes.
Paul Fryer is an experienced professional with more than 30 years of experience in the IT industry out of which more than 15 on different positions within IBM. Currently, he holds a position of Academic Initiative Leader, Europe and is based in the UK. He encourages his audiences to use the latest thinking and technologies to ensure that students leaving colleges and universities have the right skills for employment in the rapidly evolving work environment.
Pearson
Pearson has a simple mission: to help people make more of their lives through learning. They are the world's leading learning company, with 40,000 employees in more than 80 countries helping people of all ages to make measurable progress in their lives. They provide a range of education products and services to institutions, governments and directly to individual learners that help people everywhere aim higher and fulfil their true potential.
Pearson has a simple mission: to help people make more of their lives through learning. We are the world's largest education company which is helping people of all ages to make measurable progress in their lives.
Pearson has a simple mission: to help people make more of their lives through learning. They are the world's leading learning company, with 40,000 employees in more than 80 countries helping people of all ages to make measurable progress in their lives. They provide a range of education products and services to institutions, governments and directly to individual learners that help people everywhere aim higher and fulfil their true potential.
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