Kent College Pembury Brings Staff, Students And Parents Together Thanks To WiredRed

Published 7th July 2006

e/pop Web Conferencing Software Brings Innovation To The Classroom...

WiredRed, the leader in enterprise-scale real-time communication software, today announces that Kent College has selected its e/pop web conferencing solution to use as a teaching tool in lessons, a communication tool for students to contact their parents and a training tool for teachers.

One of the leading independents schools in the country, Kent College strongly believes that there is more to childhood and learning than examinations. With this in mind Director of ICT Bill Burles is continually on the look out for innovative ways to not only improve learning, but the students overall experience at Kent College Preparatory School. "We wanted a solution that could improve the current ways of communicating, both during lessons and during the student's social time," he explains.

Kent College Preparatory School discovered WiredRed's e/pop web-conferencing software. e/pop is designed to enhance relations in both education and business to easily communicate complex topics and eliminate unnecessary travel. So, whether just down the corridor or halfway around the world from each other, e/pop enables disparate parties to enhance communications and collaboration. Using both voice and video IP, its users can partake in real-time collaboration, sharing information whether it be in the form of a document, application or presentation.
"As well as improving the learning experience for the students by enabling offsite teachers and speakers to be able to lead a lesson without being physically in the classroom we can synchronise classrooms with other schools and colleges both in the UK and the rest of the
world," said Burles.

The students were very excited to be using technology in this manner. "I think that web conferencing was so amazing the way you can talk to people, but also look at them at the same and the fact that they could be miles away or even in another country," enthused Charlotte Owen, Year 5 Student at the college.

"The potential advantages of installing e/pop are almost limitless," added Burles. "The inclusion of desktop sharing and PC remote control in e/pop means that we could even use it to fix any problems that our teachers or parents are having with other applications wherever they may be."

"How Kent College Preparatory School is utilising e/pop is truly fascinating," says WiredRed UK MD Tom Sloan. "Everyone from the head mistress to the first year students are gaining something through the e/pop implementation, whether it be improved learning or better communication to their families, colleagues and peers."





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