Apr
15
In the largest ever exclusive BEACONING event in Turkey, some 80 headmasters and headteachers from top private schools in Turkey gathered in Istanbul to study game-based learning with BEACONING experts. As presentations proceeded, the enthusiasm increased. During the overview of pilots across Europe, the most debated question was the amount of time and effort for a teacher to prepare a GLP. For sure it takes some time for a teacher to prepare his/her first GLP, but the ones that follow take substantially less amount of time. The event ended with a hands-on demo of BEACONING as access from VCloud. Most of the attendees were already VCloud users, so they were ready to give it a try. The event was a success as revealed by the surveys that followed.
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Apr
15
The largest target groups for BEACONING are in public education. During the 2017 and 2018 educational technology summits, which were organized by the ministry BEACONING was showcased at the SEBIT stand. Visiting officers had the chance to experience the BEACONING GLPs and authoring tools, using the laptops available at the stand. Our aim is to integrate BEACONING to the national educational management platform (EBA), during the exploitation phase of the project. These events were good opportunities to establish a shared consent among the ministry officers about the educational value of game-based learning.
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Apr
15
VCloud is the largest collaborative education management platform in Turkey. More than 100 thousand students use the platform regularly. SEBIT Vitamin content and lesson plans populate the platform with educational material and a strong base of assessment tests let the teacher prepare homework assignments and formative assessment activities. Educational games are planned to be a strong suit of the platform and BEACONING was good opportunity to prove the concept. BEACONING is flexible enough to be an extension to any established LMS, even proprietary ones like VCloud. The integration of BEACONING to VCloud was completed in January. Yet, as a forthcoming feature it was presented during the annual VCloud show in December. The event must have caught a lot of attention, because all the participating schools let their students to use BEACONING via VCloud during the following piloting months.
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Apr
15
Doğa is the largest private school network in Turkey. Onboarding Doğa schools for BEACONING pilots was a great achievement for the project dissemination goals. It all started with an introductory event in Ankara. Some 100 school representatives from various Doğa schools attended the event, where VCloud and BEACONING game-based learning experience was presented. The following months some Doğa schools participated geolocation games pilots with BEACONING and many others accessed BEACONING GLPs via VCloud.
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Mar
25
PlayVisit, the startup created to exploit BEACONING Project location-based technology, was presented at the B-Travel.Font Startup Competition organised by Conector.
The competition looks for startups both in the seed phase (incorporated company, formed team and clear leader, having a minimum viable product and metrics) and in later phases that have innovative digital products or services in the sector of travel and tourism, both B2C and B2B. The five best startups selected among the candidates received had the opportunity to present their project at the end of the competition at B-Travel.font, the digital transformation and innovation space of the B-Travel tourism fair.
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