A recent position paper by UNESCO, UNICEF, WHO and WFP was published focusing on the importance of investing in the wellbeing of children in order to safeguard education from the impact of COVID-19. While each NGO is clear about the issues and challenges caused by the pandemic there is also a need to take measures…
It is fair to conclude that without technology the last six months´ worth of school would have been very difficult, if not impossible. Some schools that had already started to use online tools, like Microsoft Teams and Google Classroom, were ready for the moment which for others with no experience, started as a major panic.…
While Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been gaining ground in our vocabulary and understanding – it is in everything from our recommendations on Amazon, to what is best viewing on Netflix, as yet it is at the doors of education. An article in Forbes magazine claims that “A few decades from now we may look back…
Según el informe digital 2020 de ‘Hootsuite’ y ‘We are digital’, pasamos una media de 6 horas y 43 minutos al día conectados a internet. Lo que preocupa más es que para los niños, según la revista Educación 3.0, “esto ha generado mucho estrés, nerviosismo y frustración en casa…no sólo están las clases online, sino…
There is a very interesting ongoing debate (propounded by @Dr Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic in his book) about competence vs confidence. In a business context competence is clearly the most valued attribute, though users who do not have this frequently mask it with confidence. But in school, and dealing with sometimes fragile egos, confidence can make a…
The losses in terms of education equivalence vary depending on whether countries are poor or rich. According to a new report published today by UNESCO, UNICEF and the World Bank in the case of the former this is “nearly four months of schooling since the start of the pandemic, compared to six weeks of loss…
As a keen supporter of organisations who have the same goal as us – safeguarding children in all aspects – we are very pleased to be featured in the latest newsletter of The Safeguarding Alliance. Led by the very passionate @Emily Konstantas, Legal and Human Rights Campaigner, The Safeguarding Alliance is a premier centre of…
New concerns arise every day in our continually changing new normal that we have to learn to live with. One of these in the education sphere is concerning whether it is good or not to keep schools open. In the UK, in an article in the Guardian, following the announced National Lockdown the National Education…
As each day passes and the pandemic situation gets worse, schools have, in many countries, been given a reprieve from closing down. However, one change, already used in a lot of countries, in particular France, is the wearing of face masks in class by children from age 6. One basic requirement is that with the…
Escudo Web Software has again been recognised as a winning company, this time for the SME (PYME) of the year for the region of Toledo. The jury’s decision took into account the ability to create new jobs, the level of digitalisation – a major requirement for surviving this period of the pandemic – its level…