dubai, uae, 13 july 2008 – promethean, a global leader and innovator in interactive whiteboards and associated learning technologies, has received two prestigious industry awards from the worlddidac foundation for excellence in education.
activprimary software, promethean’s flagship product, has been recognised thrice in a row and promethean planet, www.prometheanplanet.com, the world’s fastest growing online interactive whiteboard community and networking site, also received the prestigious award more than a year after its launch.
“these latest awards place promethean as the only award winning interactive classroom solutions provider in the middle east region. this triple achievement by activprimary recognises the company’s ongoing commitment of helping to raise education standards worldwide, through its innovative solutions,” said majeed sharaf, promethean vice president for the middle east.
the activprimary software has been created for children aged 3-11 and is designed to make learning fun. it also allows teachers to easily plan inspirational lessons across the curriculum, which saves significant amounts of preparation time. first launched in 2003, activprimary is now fully compatible with all brands of interactive whiteboard.
promethean planet, established in september 2006, is a global forum for those involved in interactive education to download a range of interactive whiteboard resources and share best practice ideas. the platform allows teachers to communicate and receive support from peers, bridging cultural barriers and bringing people from different corners of the globe together. currently there are over 151,000 users worldwide with visitors from over 133 different countries.
since 2006, promethean has sold and equipped 2500 classrooms in the uae in both government and private schools. among its main customers are the higher colleges of technologies across uae, abu dhabi national oil company and gems, dubai’s main private school.
