Professor Andrew Manches

Chair in Children and Technology

Professor Andrew Manches is Chair in Children and Technology and Director of the Children and Technology group. He is a past ESRC Future Research Leader and now leads the UK side of a $2.4million Science Learning+ project with the US. He leads/has led various funded projects centred around the role of interaction in how we think and learn, and the implications for early learning technologies. He marries his academic world with industry as CEO of an early learning technology company, Pling Ltd. Email: a.manches@ed.ac.uk. Call on: 0131 651 6242

Or write/visit here:
Room 4.16, St John's Land
The Moray House School of Education and Sport
Holyrood Road
Edinburgh EH8 8AQ

Move2Learn launch new project website

Follow Move2Learn project news, announcements and events through the recently launched Move2Learn website: www.move2learn.net

Funding awarded: Developing Children's Understanding of Personal Data

Developing Children's Understanding of Personal Data

Dr Andrew Manches and Lydia Plowman have secured funding of £5000 from The Edinburgh Futures Institute in order to explore young children's understaning of personal data through the new project 'Developing Children's Understanding of Personal Data'.

Seminar recording available: Professor Shaaron Ainsworth

'What (And Why) Can We Learn by Drawing?'

Professor Shaaron Ainsworth, University of Nottingham

This seminar took place on 25th January at Moray House School of Education

Watch Shaaron's seminar via Media Hopper

Abstract

Find out about Numbuko

Understanding how children interact with maths technologies

Numbuko is a creative research-based app for exploring numbers by joining and breaking blocks to make colour rods.

Move2Learn at Toddler Fest

By Zayba Ghazali Mohammed & Alexia Revueltas Roux

Opportunity: Internet of Toys Technical Intern

Job Purpose:

This post focuses on partner building and market research for a novel early learning technology design: The Magic Cloud. The Magic Cloud is an Internet of Things platform linking soft toys to digital animations. Key to this project is building partnerships with local education focused organisations, such as Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh Zoo, or Glasgow Science Centre.