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LEARNING APP NAMED AMONG
WORLD’S MOST INSPIRING
EDUCATION INNOVATIONS
The learning app which helps Early Learners at Pocklington
School speak more fluently was today named as one of the
most inspiring education innovations in the world.
The Chatta app, which is being developed with the School’s
support, was announced as one of the 100 projects which are
changing the face of education, at the HundrED Innovation
summit in Helsinki.
HundrED is a non-profit global education organisation which
shares best practice ideas and innovations to help improve
the future of education globally. Its 100 top education
innovations, gathered from 36 countries, were selected for
their innovativeness, impact and scalability.
The Chatta app works by encouraging children to upload
and talk about their own pictures and photos. It is used at
Pocklington School to help Pre-Prep and Early Years children
improve their command of language and vocabulary, as well
as to support overseas boarders as they master the English
language. The app has also proved useful in helping children
with special needs speak fluently.
stakeholders as possible including schools, educators, administrators,
students and organisations to get involved so that we can work towards
a positive future.”
Chatta is already used in schools across the UK and in Spain,
Malaysia and Canada. Mr Williams is in Helsinki to attend
the HundrED innovation summit, and earlier this week he
demonstrated the app to international education experts at
Helsinki Education Week, a festival of collaboration between
international learning experts and Helsinki’s teachers, pupils
and parents.
For more information see: www.chattalearning.com and
www.hundred.org.
Chris Williams, Chatta Co-Founder, said: “It’s an immense
honour to join this list of education innovators and to have the
opportunity to extend our reach further through HundrED’s
network of global educators and innovators. HundrED is
driven by achieving improved outcomes in education for
children and young people, which is exactly what we aim to
achieve with Chatta.”
He added: “Pocklington School was quick to spot the value of the app
in helping learners become strong communicators at any level and in
any language. The School has embraced our journey by supporting and
endorsing it, which we appreciate very much.”
Mark Ronan, Headmaster, Pocklington School, said: “We were
immediately impressed by the impact of Chatta in helping both overseas
boarders learning English as a second language and Early Years pupils
think, speak and write in English at a higher level.”
“We are delighted that HundrED shares our enthusiasm for Chatta’s
digital learning business, which is already making great strides
in furthering the education of young people far beyond our School.
Congratulations to Chris and we look forward to supporting Chatta in
its continued development.”
Saku Tuominen, CEO of HundrED, said: “Spreading
innovations such as the Chatta app across borders can be a gamechanger
for education, worldwide. We will continue to encourage as many
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