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Challenging and adventurous learning

With the image below, Michael Fullan shows that student motivation drops dramatically between the start of primary school (K) and the end of secondary school. Marc Prensky about student motivation: “With consistency I can say they’re bored 50-70% of the … Read More

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The average student doesn’t exist

The statement that there is no such thing as the average student, is made by Katie Novak in “The Myth of the Average”. This conclusion is important, because there are many situations, both in school and society, where average plays … Read More

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Children don’t think in subjects

At most secondary schools, students and teachers work according to a strict schedule. Students are told where to go for each subject and have different teachers for different subjects. This may work for students taking their GCSEs or A-levels, but … Read More

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Summar.io at the BETT Show 2018

London, UK – Summar.io will be presented at London’s 2018 BETT Show from 24th – 27th January 2018. The BETT Show is the world’s largest education event. Summar.io will provide information and give demonstrations of our open, personalized learning platform … Read More

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Summar.io release 2.0 is out!

Last week Summar.io 2.0 has become available. With a host of improvements and updates, this release of Summar.io is designed around 2 new features in the learning platform: In the first place, a new recommendations app has been introduced. This app allows … Read More

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Summar.io together with The Dutch School at the 2017 BETT Show

London, UK – Summar.io will be presented at London’s 2017 BETT Show from 25th – 28th January 2017. The BETT Show is the world’s largest education event. Summar.io will provide information and give demonstrations of our open, personalized learning platform … Read More

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Open learning materials: sharing leads to improvement

The ongoing digitization of Education is enabling, some fundamental changes, including the emergence of personalization, improved information and analysis of educational performance and new didactic methods. Learning materials are also changing; digitized learning material and the widespread use of the … Read More

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PulseOn is superseded by Summar.io

In 2009, when we released a number of early prototypes for supporting personalized learning, it was almost impossible to envisage the complex evolution that this development needed to undergo. The technology was subsequently released and used by schools under a … Read More

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Summar.io signed the Privacy Education Convenant

Summar.io has signed the Privacy Education Covenant to contribute to better privacy at school. The Privacy Convenant places the responsibility for processing personal information with schools. Summar.io has signed this agreement in order to help shaping privacy in education by ensuring the appropriate storage and security of … Read More

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