We have amazing news for all the fans of Mozaik 3Ds:
Many of our most beloved 3Ds have gotten a makeover! They are now more colourful, more detailed and basically just much, much harder to take your eyes off them. I know it is hard to believe that Mozaik 3Ds can get even better than they already are, but our 3D developers really exceeded all possible expectations this time around.
By now, about 30 3Ds have been transformed, and our team is working hard to bring new, amazing graphics to even more of them.
Dinosaur fans should check out the new and improved, even more amazing T-Rex. T-Rex is one of the most beloved Mozaik 3Ds, and I am sure this upgrade will make it even more popular.
For Biology geeks, we have the fresh, freakishly realistic human hearing 3D. Make sure you click on the sound icon at the upper left corner of the 3D window to see how our ear processes sounds of different frequencies.
The above-and-beyond (pun intended) Gagarin 3D is ready for all the space lovers.
The brand-new version of the Red Deer is so cute that absolutely everyone should go check it out. I promise you will love it.
I could go on describing how awesome our new 3Ds are forever, but really, what’s the point, if you are just one click away from enjoying them yourself. If you are a registered mozaWeb user, you simply need to login to access the 3Ds; if you are not registered yet, what are you waiting for? It is free of charge, and you will have immediate access to some very exciting 3D models.
Now excuse me while I explore the life-cycle of the Solar System 3D.
Mozaik Education would like to do our part to raise awareness of the global blood shortages and the urgent need to donate blood worldwide. Please donate today! #MissingType
Many people are well intentioned and want to donate blood, but often say they “don’t have enough time.” Others may be uninformed in regards to the safety of the process. However, what is more important is to consider how precious time is for those awaiting a critical transfusion when their very safety is at stake. Blood is short… time is short… please search “give blood” in your web browser to find the nearest opportunity to donate today!
There is a lot of good and relevant information for students contained in this video, including the requirements to donate, process, safety precautions and much more. Watch our friend Milan give blood like a champ! He doesn’t even flinch! And neither should you at the opportunity to save a life.
Mozaik believes that education is the key to overcoming ignorance and misunderstanding. Just 5 minutes could change your student’s perspective on the safety of the process, inform them of the importance of this lifesaving human service, and alleviate any fears they might have along the way. Information is power and 5 minutes is all it takes to plant the seed for informed, future blood donors.
Or better yet, turn it into an entire lesson with our human blood 3D!
If you happen to follow our Facebook page, you may have noticed that our team has been on the move recently! Here's a little bit about the shows we've attended and what our International Business Development team has been up to.
It all started out at the very beginning of the year. In January we attended the BETT Show in London and met a lot of teachers and business owners from around the world. BETT is the largest show we attend annually, and visitors come from every continent to visit the show. Well, except maybe Antarctica! 
We also attended the Didacta Education fair in Cologne, Germany this February. The five-day exhibition was followed by the GESS Education show (Gulf Educational Supplies and Solutions) in Dubai in March. Besides attending the exhibitons we always do, we are visiting new ones as well. This year we added ISE Amsterdam to our list which is one of the world's largest AV equipment exhibition, and for the first time we exhibited at the Children's Book Fair in Bologna.
In the future we are planning to stay as busy as always! You can definitely meet us at the Frankfurt Book Fair in October 2016 and at the BETT Show in London in January 2017. We will surely have our own stand at the Didacta Show in Stuttgart, Germany in February 2017 but if the Middle East is closer to you see us at GESS Dubai in March next year.
To schedule a meeting and speak with our team about publishing and edtech solutions, email us at office@mozaweb.com or just pass by our stand and see our latest development in interactive education.
See you around (the world)!
Last week two of our partners met up in Nigeria!
Gimpex Learning Technologies has made an appearance in our blog before, so you may already know that our trusted partners in Egypt are experts at holding trainings and making presentations in English, German and Arabic to teachers and customers. But it might surprise you to learn that they’re world travelers, too...
Recently they attended the GESS show with us in Dubai, in order to make presentations to local businesspeople and educators in Arabic, and now they’ve just returned from a trip to Lagos to meet our partner in Nigeria, Crystal Learning. Gimpex held a training session for several Crystal Learning employees, as well as many teachers from Straitgate School who are preparing to use mozaBook for their classes for the rest of this year and next. Take a look at this table of teachers... looks like a productive session!
The training covered mozaBook, mozaWeb, and the tools, games and content accessible from both platforms, including an introduction of the mozaBook application for portable Android devices. The teachers are already using the program in preparations for their classes and today we received word that the students are really excited about the upcoming interactive lessons!
Visit the Mozaik Education LinkedIn page to hear about our upcoming B2B partner training sessions in Hungary. Contact us if you’re interested in scheduling a teacher training event for mozaBook near you.
Mozaik Education has always aimed to create software and content that makes current hardware in schools more beneficial for education. Consider the following situation: if teachers have interactive boards, but don’t have any education-specific tools to use on that board, that interactive board is nothing more than very expensive wall decoration which teachers use to write notes on - exactly in the same way they used their traditional whiteboard. Plus maybe they will open one or two photographs from the Internet, helping them skip some trips to the printer. There’s no mistaking that the hardware has a lot of potential, but it’s our development team’s job to think about what we can create to enable that technology to make teachers’ jobs easier, make learning more exciting for students, and actually increase the effectiveness of the digital classroom.
First there were interactive whiteboards. Many schools worldwide received funding to purchase the boards, but there was really no effect on education, in fact it was confusing for many teachers to have the hardware with no clear use or benefit. Now interactive panels are being seen more and more in schools, which is a more versatile technology. Now we are experiencing the rise of the tablet. Back in 2014, it was already reported that nearly 70% of schools in the UK had tablets for students to use, some schools even went as far as starting programs that would ensure one tablet per student. Besides tablet use in schools, one BBC article stated that 70% of students also had access to tablets at home.
As tablet use in education started increasing, we began to hear more questions about what our mozaBook software and mozaWeb platform could do for students with tablets. Our team immediately responded to this feedback by beginning to develop tablet applications for mozaBook. Tablets running the Windows operating system can actually run the fully-functional mozaBook software, in the very same way that it works on a PC. In fact, in Austria there is already a great education hardware/software package on the market called eduTab, an impressive combination the Microsoft tablet, Lemberger publications and the mozaBook platform.
Our latest release of the mozaBook application for tablets is for Android. mozaBook is already available on Google Play and this application allows students to use their teachers' presentations and digital textbooks right on their tablet, as well as run all of the interactive educational tools and game applications, interactive 3D scenes and videos within.
Along with this rise in tablet use for education comes a larger need for good classroom management functionality. mozaBook CLASSROOM includes a classroom management menu which allows teachers to start a virtual classroom. Once teachers start their classroom connection, they receive a code. The students simply open mozaBook and enter that code on their tablet to join the virtual classroom environment. Teachers can always see who is connected and who isn’t, as well as get screenshots any time, to make sure everyone is on track. Teachers can also share pages of a textbook or Exercise books (presentations) directly to students’ devices. In addition, teachers can send tools, games, tests, assignments, videos or images to students. Students can use that digital content and make basic notations.
mozaBook is a unique software that brings content together for teachers. Why is it unique, you ask? The edtech industry has created a lot of useful programs for digital classrooms over the last decade, but this has resulted in many tools made by many different developers, made for use on various platforms. This makes it rather difficult to navigate for teachers who already have very little time for lesson planning. mozaBook brings a large range of tools, games and content into one presentation software, allowing teachers to use our huge library of content, their own files, elements from the Internet and textbooks all into one program. It's a great way of tying all the elements of digital learning together.
One final note for all edtech and Android fans: several individual 3D models are available for download on the Google Play Store, so feel free to try our interactive content for free!
We’re pleased to announce that mozaBook has been selected as a winner as Cool Tool in the Presentation Solution category of the 2016 EdTech Awards. mozaBook was also chosen as a finalist for two other categories of the competition: e-Learning, Blended Learning or Flipped Solution and Content Provider Solution.
The EdTech Awards are put on annually by edtech digest, an online publication with a U.S.-based team who has been writing stories and publishing information about the latest in education technology since 2010. Their mission is to “tell the story of 21st-century education transformation.” Among their work, they share interesting edtech products, interviews with influencers in education, compile special reports and resources all in the name of working to “reshape the education culture and to create a new and better future for students.”
The EdTech Awards highlights interesting edtech products, leaders in education technology, as well as products and companies setting trends in the industry.
Victor Rivero, Editor-in-Chief of EdTech Digest and the man who oversees the EdTech Awards, has the following to say about this year’s competition: "This year's program had some very stiff competition, hard decisions were made in selecting winners. The honorees here are among the best and brightest in the edtech space. Finalists and winners both represent an achievement. We're proud to honor these cool tools, leaders and trendsetters in education technology.”
To follow those kind words we’d just like to say that, here at Mozaik Education, we’re proud to be a part of the movement to help improve what edtech can do for learning, changing both how edtech is being used in schools and helping students learn more effectively...and of course while having some fun with technology at the same time!