Acorn Helps Integrate Multimedia Into The National Curriculum
Announces RSPB 'Birds' Promotion
Acorn Computers, the leading provider of computers to UK schools, has teamed up with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) in a new educational promotion to help teachers integrate multimedia materials into curriculum activity. The joint promotion is designed to stimulate the use of CD ROM in schools to support national curriculum attainment targets by tying in classroom activity and a field trip to a local RSPB centre.
Peter Talbot, General Manager UK Education at Acorn Computers, comments:
"Promotions like 'Birds' provide teachers with practical and exciting ways of integrating multimedia with day to day classroom activity to bring the curriculum to life. The RSPB scheme is proof of Acorn's long term commitment to bring greater multimedia capability and enhanced literacy systems to our classrooms to underpin the demands of the curriculum."Acorn's 'Birds' promotion extends the Department for Education's recent CD ROM initiative. Schools buying an Acorn Archimedes computer with CD ROM drive, the RSPB 'Birds' CD ROM (with resources for Key Stages Two, Three and Four) receive a free £50 RSPB voucher, redeemable against a class visit to an RSPB reserve. The 'Birds' promotion will be available from Acorn Education Dealers throughout June and July. Schools should contact their local Acorn Education Dealer for price and discount details.
Founded in 1978, with 1992 revenues of £48.2m, Acorn Computers is the premier supplier of IT solutions to UK education and has been the leading provider of 32-bit RISC based personal computers since 1987. In 1990, Acorn established an associate company, Advanced RISC Machines (ARM) in a joint venture with Apple Computer and VLSI Technology Inc to develop and exploit further Acorn's RISC processor technology. Acorn works closely with a strong community of other industry partners, users and software developers to provide innovative technology solutions for the education, consumer, publishing and international markets. Acorn Computers Limited is part of the Acorn Computer Group plc, which went public on the USM in 1983.