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Too often we see schools looking for a single solution when it comes to technology, and not thinking about the bigger picture and how that product will integrate into their classrooms’ ecosystem to make life easier. But what exactly is an education ecosystem? According to the Oxford English Dictionary, an ecosystem is defined as “a complex network or interconnecting system”. Others define it as a “system or network of interacting parts” – or in other words, things or objects in one single environment that have to interact and connect with one another.

Thousands of children returning to school last autumn walked through…

Just before Christmas, we ran a competition to win a portable CarryOn™ Charging Station, which charges and secures five iPads or tablets and includes a wall mounting kit so schools can transform any wall into a space for storing devices. The winning school was Hythe House, an independent special school based on the Isle of Sheppey, in an attractive location just opposite the beach. The school provides a safe, nurturing and structured environment for secondary level students; helping them to thrive and preparing them if appropriate for entry to mainstream schools. 

A century ago, local communities in the UK and Europe…