Acer @BETT 2013: interactive experiences, seminars, live contest and more...

Acer will be present at BETT Show in London, January 30-February 2, 2013 on stand E100 to reconfirm its strong commitment to the education sector.

Creating technology for the classroom, Acer helps students and teachers explore beyond limits providing access to new paths of communication and interaction. Enabling educators to keep pace with today’s high-tech world, Acer’s trusted solutions are easy to use for teachers and students alike. If teachers are confident in the technology they use, they can concentrate on their pupils’ learning, transforming every lesson into a journey of exploration towards knowledge. This new approach to education will make today's students, grown up in an era in which young people live and breathe technology, feel closer to their everyday life.

Acer will showcase a fully functioning digital classroom, which includes tablets, notebooks, ultrabooks, desktops, monitors, projectors and the Acer Classroom Manager software. Acer’s digital classroom is engineered specifically for students’ exploration beyond the classroom boundaries, and for providing teachers with the ability to instruct, monitor and interact with their students. A live experience of the digital classroom will be offered during the day to all visitors interesting in explore more.

 In order to offer high quality support in terms of services and solutions, Acer is creating an eco-system with the main players in the market. For this reason, Acer will be also present as privileged partner at Net Support (stand  n. C212), Fourier  (stand n. B54) and Promethean  (stand n. B80) with its Education solutions, in addition to Microsoft and Intel stands.

What’s more, Acer will attend a number of workshops on education prevailing topics such as interactive learning, innovative teaching solutions, and special projects and initiatives in partnership with big players of the Education market. Within the speeches:

Building the Acer Education Eco system in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths), by Guido Terni, Acer EMEA Education Business Manager
at INTEL booth  Hall/Stand B70 - January 31st at 3.30pm and February 1st at 1.30pm

Acer approach on One-to-One learning, by Colin MacFarlane, Acer UK Education Manager
at MICROSOFT  booth  Hall/Stand E270 – every day  at 11am and 2.30pm (10 minutes)

Throughout the show, Acer will host at its own booth a wide range of seminars by key educational speakers who will be running 20 minute sessions on “the positive role for social media in schools” and “e-safety – teachers online, the positives and the pitfalls”.

The full Agenda will be available at the Acer booth E100.

Last but not least, at BETT Show visitors can challenge Jonny Marray - the first British player to win the Wimbledon men’s doubles title since 1936 - to a game of virtual tennis. Visitors will be able to enter in a prize draw to win a coaching day with Jonny Marray for their school. There will be the opportunity to win each day 2x Iconia B1, the new Acer 7" tablet.
Jonny Marray will be at the Acer booth E100 on Wednesday, January 30 from 11am onwards.

"Education must play a vital role in the digital era. This requires a massive effort amounting to modern educational tools like tablets and PCs, interactive whiteboards and projectors. It also requires a focus on digital learning materials and methods," says Guido Terni, Acer EMEA Educational Business Manager. "We want to engage directly with young people through the education system. It is important that the potential of young people be nurtured to ensure that we have strong generations of employable, skilled and engaged youngsters in Europe."