IT firm hails success of education tech event

IT company L.E.A.D. IT has hailed the success of its biggest ever education technology event.

The firm, which works with educational trusts around the UK, saw more people than ever flock to its free M.E.E.T event in Derby, where they learned all about the latest advances in technology in schools.

Delegates from a wide area met suppliers offering cutting-edge technology including interactive tables for pre-schoolers, 3D printing, VR headsets, and free computing curriculum teaching resources.

Visitors also heard talks investigating what the classroom of the future may look like, ideas on how to make computing teaching fun for children, and how best to use the advance of AI to support pupils’ learning.

Sophie Jepson, resource and project manager at L.E.A.D. IT, said: “We were very happy with the M.E.E.T event and hope that delegates from schools and trusts who attended found it useful.

“It’s vitally important that children in primary and secondary education are given the best computing education and tech support. They will be going out into a fast-changing world, and we need to give them the agility of thinking they will need to be able to thrive out there.”