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Instashare benq app5/15/2023 ![]() ![]() “It is amazing how well the children respond to the different programs we download onto the display,” Ms Watts shared. Large selection of literacy and numeracy apps for not just learning but soft skills tooĪnother key highlight for the Play and Learn team, particularly the educational leaders, is its large library of apps and access to fun learning platforms like Kahoot! and Kevin Bradford’s Rosi Mosi Education Games, BenQ’s education solution partners, which are all available at the press of a button. “They are so useful, and easy to use, and our teams certainly breathed a sigh of relief when we made the decision to transition to them full time.” They act almost like digital canvases enabling our children to engage through the super smooth EZWrite 6 (whiteboard software) and educators to quickly extend on children’s interests in an exciting and engaging format,” Ms Watts continued. ![]() “The display panels are incredibly important parts of our programs now. Instead, Ms Watts and her team opted for BenQ’s interactive display panels, instead of a suite of iPads, preferring to utilise their well understood strengths of promoting collaboration and engagement for the whole class at the same time. They are quite solitary teaching tools and to be honest we found it difficult to adequately supervise and engage with a room of four year olds using their iPads.” iPads don’t lend themselves very well to that dynamic. “Our aim is to get children to collaborate and be involved. “We understand why some services elect to have iPads in their rooms and that’s fine but for having looked closely at the pros and cons of each type of product we concluded that they just didn’t fit with our philosophy, pedagogy and practice,” Ms Watts explained. The team at Play and Learn’s commitment to interactive display panels came after a careful evaluation of the relative benefits of equipping each student with tablets, such as iPads, versus the installation of an interactive display panel.” ![]() Integrated display panel versatility and safety far outstrip anything iPads have to offer “Since our first delivery we have never looked back and now we are all so used to using our panels that it is kind of second nature.” Choosing the right partner is important as there are definitely ongoing support needs well after the delivery date.” “Our tech partners at BenQ have been amazing at providing what is pretty breathtaking technology, at a reasonable price, and with a tremendous amount of support. “We have always been keen to embrace technology into our programs, after all it is a clear and visible part of the National Quality Standard (NQS) so why wouldn’t we work to incorporate its benefits for the good of our children, families and also educators,” Ms Watts said. The question of whether to add interactive display panels across the Play and Learn network of fourteen centres and integrate them fully into its school readiness program was never a difficult one for Play and Learn’s CEO Julie Watts to answer. ![]()
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