Easiteach

{{Short description|Software for interactive whiteboards}}

Easiteach is a suite of software programs mainly used in conjunction with interactive whiteboards in schools.[https://www.theguardian.com/education/2004/mar/09/elearning.technology12 The Guardian, eLearning Technology, March 9, 2004] The software is made by Research Machines Ltd, who provide ICT software and services to schools worldwide. An advantage of Easiteach is that it works with most popular brands of whiteboard, whereas many other popular packages work only with the whiteboard they are designed for.[http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-7477573/FETC-showcase-the-annual-conference.html FETC showcase ... the newest product innovations in educational technology] Technological Horizons In Education. January 2008[http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=2047431 Content is King] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610131608/http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=2047431 |date=2011-06-10 }} C.Drage, Times Educational Supplement, 5 November 2004

Easiteach and related products, which include interactive whiteboards and such peripherals as a dance mat[http://www.teem.org.uk/2259/content3282.html Easiteach Dance Mat Review] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100214200104/http://www.teem.org.uk/2259/content3282.html |date=2010-02-14 }} teem.org.uk, October 2008 are seen as pivotal to RM, with the Investors' Chronicle commenting that its "near-term growth prospects hinge upon Easiteach, the interactive whiteboards, now installed in over 8,000 UK schools".[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-125624326.html RM Results Analysis]{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Investors Chronicle 26 November 2004 Easiteach is also widely used outside the UK, with a 2006 estimate of 40,000 installations worldwide.[http://www2.smarttech.com/st/en-US/About+Us/News+Room/SMART+in+the+Media/2006.htm?guid=%7BA9FD9D08-DE95-4C36-8A50-57893787E901%7D The Wonders of Interactive Whiteboards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080929153543/http://www2.smarttech.com/st/en-US/About+Us/News+Room/SMART+in+the+Media/2006.htm?guid=%7BA9FD9D08-DE95-4C36-8A50-57893787E901%7D |date=2008-09-29 }} Neal Starkman, Technological Horizons In Education, May 2006

RM won four awards at the British Education and Training and Technology 2005 show, including two for Easyteach Literacy and Easyteach Maths.[http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/business/2005/October/business_October151.xml§ion=business&col= Khaleej Times, A nation of smart schools is becoming a reality in GCC, October 6, 2005][http://www.rm.com/investors/NewsDetail.asp?cref=IN347274 RM Website, RM's learning software takes four awards.]