Promethean Sponsors First Irish Teaching and Learning Festival

BLACKBURN, England, August 20, 2010 - Promethean has announced that it will be the lead sponsor of the first
Irish Teaching and Learning Festival in October, which will have a keynote
speech by Oscar winning producer, David Puttnam.

Promethean, a world leader in the rapidly growing global market for
interactive learning technology, has announced that it is to be the lead
sponsor of the inaugural Irish Teaching and Learning Festival, held in
Citywest Conference Centre, Dublin on 15th and 16th October, 2010.

The conference will feature education thought leader, and Oscar winning
producer, Lord David Puttnam, presenting his vision of how Ireland can better
meet the educational needs of its new generation of learners. As a former
president of UNICEF UK, and non executive director of Promethean, the Cork
resident will bring some very thought provoking ideas to his keynote.

Graham Byrne, head of Ireland and Scotland at Promethean, said: "There
has been very strong demand for an Irish event to highlight the very latest
resources, technologies and trends in teaching. As a global leading
educational technology company and creator of the ActivClassroom suite of
classroom solutions, we are delighted to support Ireland's first ever
interactive conference and exhibition."

Promethean will be demonstrating how its ActivClassroom solutions,
comprising of interactive whiteboards (
www.prometheanworld.com/server.php?show=nav.15), learner response
systems (www.prometheanworld.com/server.php?show=nav.16) and
specialist teaching software (
www.prometheanworld.com/server.php?show=nav.17), are bringing to life
the promise of ICT in education, improving engagement and results for
learners and teachers. There will also be a host of practical teaching
workshops, live demonstrations and an exhibition of the latest education
tools for visitors.

Graham continued: "The Irish Teaching and Learning Festival will provide
an exciting new forum for debate and best practice sharing among all who are
passionate about the future of Irish education. This new event demonstrates
Ireland's readiness to explore how new technology and teaching methods can
make a very positive contribution to our shared economic future. We are fully
committed to supporting Irish teachers in making lessons more relevant,
inspiring and engaging, and we hope that our investment helps secure this
event as an annual fixture on the school calendar."

Event organiser, Maria McMenamin, said, "We are expecting 1,500 teachers,
principals, parents and government policy makers to attend the conference and
exhibition nearly 500 have registered to attend to date. This event shall be
a one stop shop for every educational establishment investing in equipment,
consultancy or materials for their school or college."

Attendance at this event is free for principals, teachers, education
policy makers, boards of management and parents who register through the
Irish Teaching and Learning Festival website.

Notes to editors:

About 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.18) 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
(www.prometheanplanet.com/en-gb/) is the world's largest online
community for users of interactive display system technology, providing
user-generated and premium content, and is a forum for teachers to exchange
ideas and experience.

    Press enquiries:

    Julia Landon
    European Marketing Executive
    Promethean Press Office
    TDS House
    Lower Phillips Road
    Whitebirk Industrial Estate
    Blackburn
    Lancashire
    BB1 5TH
    +44(0)1254-290733

    www.prometheanworld.com

Press enquiries: Julia Landon, European Marketing Executive, Promethean Press Office, TDS House, Lower Phillips Road, Whitebirk Industrial Estate, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 5TH, +44(0)1254-290733.