Promethean Introduces ActivEngage to its Range of Learner Response Systems

BLACKBURN, England, October 5, 2010 - Promethean, a global leader in interactive learning technology, has
launched ActivEngage, a new software version of its market leading Learner
Response System*. This new application enables laptops or desktop computers
to act as personal response devices, meaning schools can provide voting
capability in classrooms via individual student computers instead of specific
handsets.

Computer-per-pupil initiatives are increasingly being promoted by
governments as a means of underpinning schools' ICT strategies. That, along
with schools focus on developing problem-solving and technology skills makes
these a valuable classroom resource. The introduction of this software only
version of Promethean's Learner Response System has been designed to
complement these initiatives and widen access to their assessment and
engagement capabilities.

Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland has welcomed the development of the new
software application, becoming the first local authority in the UK to adopt
ActivEngage. It plans to introduce the software to primary and secondary
schools across the region, following an initiative to ensure all pupils in
its 122 schools have access to their own laptop, netbook or PC.

John Tait, Education Officer for Dumfries and Galloway local authority,
explained: "It is vital that ICT is embedded into the teaching and learning
process. Having enjoyed previous success with Promethean's handheld voting
systems, we wanted to maximise our ICT investment by providing all schools in
Dumfries and Galloway with access to this assessment and opinion-gathering
capability, without having to purchase additional hardware devices.
ActivEngage was the perfect solution."

Schools using ActivEngage can use the technology in a single classroom or
across an entire campus. The voting interface floats over other software
applications, enabling it to be deployed at any point in a lesson.

Promethean's Head of European Education Strategy, Margaret Allen,
commented: "Learner Response Systems have proved invaluable for providing
teachers with flexible and exciting opportunities to engage, motivate and
assess learners. Teachers gain instant insight into students' understanding
and can use the self-paced learning mode, whereby students work through
different levels of question sets, to personalise learning to the
capabilities of different individuals."

Students are able to respond to a wide range of questioning formats using
numbers, free text, symbols, or likert scales. Responses can be instantly
displayed on an Interactive Whiteboard (
www.prometheanworld.com/server.php?show=nav.15) laptop or desktop
computer and saved by the teacher for later analysis.

Promethean is also offering schools the chance to 'try before you buy',
by enabling trial copies of ActivEngage to be downloaded and used free of
charge from www.PrometheanPlanet.com, the world's largest online
interactive whiteboard community. This will give schools the opportunity to
explore the benefits of ActivEngage and Learner Response Systems before
purchasing the programme.

Notes to Editors:

* FutureSource Consulting, Q2 2010, based on global education sales.

About Promethean

Promethean - Lighting the flame of learning

Promethean's aim is to unlock the potential of human achievement in
education and training at all ages around the world. It does so by creating,
developing, supplying and supporting leading edge, interactive learning
technology (www.prometheanworld.com/server.php?show=nav.15) and by
encouraging the growth of the world's largest online teacher community in
this field. In these ways, Promethean is helping bring to life the promise of
21st century learning, improving engagement and results for learners and
teachers alike.

Beyond the classroom, Promethean provides comprehensive training and
support and, with over 650,000 members, the rapidly growing Promethean Planet
is the world's largest online teacher community (
www.prometheanplanet.com/en-gb/) for users of interactive display
system technology, providing user-generated and premium content, and is a
forum for teachers to exchange ideas and experience.

    PR contact:

    Julia Landon
    European Marketing Executive
    Promethean Press Office
    TDS House
    Lower Phillips Road
    Whitebirk Industrial Estate
    Blackburn
    Lancashire
    BB1 5TH
    +44(0)1254-290752

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Julia Landon, European Marketing Executive, Promethean Press Office, TDS House, Lower Phillips Road, Whitebirk Industrial Estate, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 5TH, +44(0)1254-290752