OPENHIVE – What you think!

January 18, 2010

WOW what an event! Celebrating its 26th birthday, BETT attracted over 30,000 delegates and 700 exhibitors to Olympia last week.  Promoted as THE show to attend, to stay at the forefront of educational technology, BETT2010 was the perfect place for us to launch OPENHIVE (Picture Gallery).

Prior to the show, we worked hard to develop our website, brochures and event freebies, hoping that each of them did OPENHIVE justice; but nothing is better than hearing the opinions of those whom we created it for.

The BETT polling station showed that 22% of visitors were interested in learning platforms and this was our chance to show something truly different.  In four days we must have demonstrated OPENHIVE to hundreds of people and the feedback has been tremendous.  Reactions to our demonstrations ranged from “oh WOW” and “ah ha” to “now that’s impressive”.

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BETT 2010 in review

Bee Balloon

I travelled back from London on Saturday after a great couple of days at the BETT show. Last year was the first time we’d really shown off any of our applications, demonstrating our Silverlight and SharePoint based VLE, but this year we were launching OPENHIVE and releasing our full suite of products to the world.

there were a number of other stands I wanted to visit during my time there having heard a lot of chat on twitter (#BETT2010) in the days before and at the start of the event. So here are a few of my personal highlights…

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OPENHIVE Prize Draw at BETT

January 12, 2010

With just one day to go until BETT2010, the OPENHIVE team are busy making final preparations for our official launch tomorrow.   Showcasing OPENHIVE for the first time, we’re all pretty excited about demonstrating our next generation learning platform to you. 

We want every visit to our stand (K10, National Hall) to be exciting, fun and memorable as you become part of our celebrations.  To mark this special occasion we are hosting a series of events on our exhibition stand for you to enjoy.

The official unveiling of OPENHIVE  (Wednesday 13th January (11:30 am)   
With just a few short words from Microsoft’s Steve Beswick, Senior Director, Education and Jay Neale from i2Q/Synetrix, join us to enjoy some canapés and champagne as we unwrap our stand, cut the ribbon and create a hive of activity.

Our daily Prize Draw  (Wednesday, Thursday & Friday, 5 pm)
Enter our daily prize draw to win a Tuff-Cam Digital Camera for your school.  Great for the classroom or out on field trips, the Tuff-Cam Digital Camera is purposely designed for children to use for digital movies or still pictures.  The lucky winners will be selected at 5 p.m Wednesday-Friday. 

Refreshing Drinks for all (Wednesday, Thursday & Friday, 4 pm)
As you begin to unwind from a busy day at BETT, join our team and other delegates on Stand K10- to enjoy some refreshing wine or champagne.  We’d love to hear your tales of the day.   

Everyone is welcome.  Have a great show!

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OPENHIVE Launch @ BETT

December 24, 2009

At i2Q and Synetrix we are delighted to announce the launch of OPENHIVE, our brand new learning platform, at BETT2010. Join us on Wednesday 13th January at 11:30 as we unveil our stand (K10, National Hall) and showcase OPENHIVE for the first time.

OPENHIVE is the first truly integrated learning platform that uniquely places personalised learning at the heart of every school’s ICT provision. A fully managed service, OPENHIVE brings all of your ICT services together, from your MIS through to email, portal, VLE, filtered IM and online reporting.

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