RM Education opens Learning Spaces
Like looking through a window into tomorrow’s world, leading supplier of education
resources, RM Education, is opening its innovative REAL (Rethinking Education And
Learning) Centre in Melbourne on the 26th October 2010.
The REAL Centre is a permanent space designed to provoke discussion and debate
about how an integrated approach to school design, furniture and technology can
extend the range of learning opportunities for young people.
There will be five different learning spaces; each has been designed around a
specific educational context. Each zone will feature purpose-designed furniture and
state of the art technology. These learning areas will fall under the following
categories:
Mobile presentation and discussion – a flexible learning area for informal
presentations, designed to promote discussion
Collaboration – where students can work together in different ways
Creativity and Media – an example of how a typical classroom space can
be easily re-organised to create space for media rich activities
Individual – a quiet reflective space for students to a arrange to suit their
own study requirements
Explore – a project area with integrated ICT to support light practical
activities
The REAL centre will be open to all, including schools, educators, RM Education
partners and customers. Visitors will enjoy a hands-on experience to better
understand the diverse range of services RM Education offers, as well as what they
might potentially require in the future.
Terry Sweeney, CEO of RM said, “The REAL Centre provides a platform designed to
promote discussion and debate about how technology and furniture can support
learning. As well as encouraging experimentation by teachers, students and product
development teams, the centre allows an opportunity to showcase excellent
educational practices and innovative resources in use. This is a very exciting new
development for us which will help provide invaluable insight into the way the next
generation will be guided through the curriculum.”
Featured in the RM REAL Centre:
A horizontal interactive and collaborative surface that improves the group
dynamic and can be rotated through 90 degrees for presentations
Stepped seating that creates an area for forum style presentation, debate
and discussion
Furniture that has been designed to incorporate data and power management
and can easily be reconfigured to accommodate different learning activities
and green screen technology to bring creativity into the curriculum
iteboards Rechargeable hubs that provide power to devices without access to
the mains
Room divider that creates an instant wall in seconds
Idea wall that performs like a dry wipe whiteboard
Project tables that can instantly turn into ICT stations
The RM REAL Centre is located in Melbourne at Suite 603, 198 Harbour Esplanade,
Docklands VIC 3008
Notes to editors:
RM is the leading supplier of ICT to UK education, providing industry-standard,
educational software, services and systems to schools, colleges and universities.
RM has operated in Australia for 10 years, and supplies software and services to
state schools in Victoria, Western Australia, the ACT and Northern Territory, and
one third of Catholic and Private Schools across the country.
Founded in 1973, RM rapidly became a pioneer in the application of technology
to education and the company’s range of products and services has continued to
expand to meet the needs of educational establishments since that time
For further information please contact:
Nathan Turner
Managing Director
nturner@rmeducation.com.au
1800 816 454
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