National Teachers’ Day is all about honouring the people shaping the minds of future generations. In the UK alone, according to TES, there are over half a million teachers employed by over 29,000 schools.
As tech becomes more central to everything we do, it’s no surprise that it has started infiltrating classrooms too. These apps and devices have completely changed the way people learn, teach and absorb information. Here, we look at the tech and startups helping teachers level up their classrooms.
How Has Tech Helped Teachers
Technology has become a helpful ally for teachers in the classroom, helping them improve the learning experience and provide more one to one support. Some ways this has happened includes:
Digital Whiteboards
The introduction of digital whiteboards has changed how teachers are able to inspire learning in students. Elements like interactive videos, gamified lessons and VR headsets have helped capture students’ attention and make difficult topics more interesting.
These digital tools have helped teachers bring their subjects to life, encouraging students develop excitement around education.
Personalised Learning
The ability to capture and monitor student data has made it easier than ever for teachers to provide personalised learning opportunities. These data points can help them track progress, identify any areas students are struggling with and more easily create bespoke content.
This means that each student can get the support they need, helping them succeed at school.
Community and Connection
As well as benefitting students, technology has also helped foster a community of teachers. Platforms that encourage them to share learnings, lesson plans and provide webinars are connecting a global network of educators.
These have helped people stay up to date with the latest trends in education and improve their teaching strategies.
But the community building hasn’t only happened between teachers, but within schools too. Platforms designed to make parent-teacher communication easier has helped schools develop closer relationships with the families that attend them.
Here, we take a look at a number of startups that have helped teachers improve their practice:
BYJU’s
BYJU’s is helping teachers harness the power of AI to help create more personalised learning experiences. With its set of programmes designed to cover subjects like math, coding, reading and more, the startup adjusts to every learner’s needs.
With a community of teachers and interactive learning, the startups is helping students excel in a more personalised way.
Amplify
Amplify provides teachers with curriculum resources and assessments that are rooted in research and designed to help their students excel.
The startups gives teachers content to develop and support their students on a personal level, acting as their personal tech teaching assistant.
PlayPosit
PlayPosit has a library of over 400,000 interactive videos, designed to make learning more engaging.
These video lessons allow them to add integrative questions, polls and videos – making the traditional video lecture experience more interesting.
This helps students participate more easily in lessons, even if they are being delivered remotely.
Shmoop
Shmoop gives teachers a whole library of educational content, ranging from courses to study guides and more.
Their resources are designed to make learning easier, creating easily retained, funny and relatable content. The platform is a supportive partner to teachers, helping them deliver more impactful lessons.
Knowledgehook
Knowledgehook is helping children develop a love of math with their free and fun math software.
The platform creates games that allow students to understand the practice applications of maths, bringing it to life in a more engaging way. This not only helps students, but gives teachers a tool to bring maths to life.
Phonics Hero
Phonics Hero is a platform designed to help children learn to read. It’s a great tool for early years teachers, giving them a tool to inspire and teach basic reading skills.
The platform makes it easier for teachers to deliver impactful lessons, nurturing a generation of confident readers.
