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For several years Primary school
teachers have sought the benefits of Visual Analysis,
but until now, products have not addressed the unique
demands of this stage of learning.
Visual analysis has a key role in
developing students’ physical motor skills, critical, in
the Primary school years. Prior to PrimaryVision, all
systems have been geared to A level students, providing
a multitude of complex features making them unusable and
too time consuming for Primary Schools.
Ken Caudrelier, MotionCoach UK
Marketing Director states: “For some time we have been
studying the issues faced by Primary School teachers. We
have been working with our developers to repackage
complex technology and make it simple and
intuitive.”
Several unique problems faced by
Primary schools and their teachers make it difficult to
effectively introduce visual analysis in to Primary
schools:
- Attention span of young students
Teacher covering full spectrum of curriculum
Ease of use
Class size
Funding
Technical support
Clearly the complex visual analysis
previously available would not solve the problems listed
above. MotionCoach PrimaryVision adopts a three-step
simple process to overcome these problems:
- Capture
- Show
- Teach
James Alexander MotionCoach
Technical Director states: “PrimaryVision looks and
feels the same as other software that teachers already
use every day like MS-Word and MS-Outlook. Designing the
software this way eliminates the learning curve normally
required with other Visual Analysis
products”.
MotionCoach is classroom-tested
technology: evolved to provide a solution for an
identified need in schools. PrimaryVision is a
specialized version of MotionCoach, friendly to use,
non-threatening, and effective.
Key to the PrimaryVision
design is its technical help system. Short informative
videos are used to guide the teacher through the
features of the software along with actual screen
examples. These videos can be used at anytime to assist
a teacher in using PrimaryVision.
PrimaryVision also includes
important features like easy to use drawing tools,
ActionReplay, and the ability to send and receive videos
to aid learning.
The screen works like a virtual
whiteboard, Lines and shapes can easily be drawn onto
the video. Videos can be placed in any configuration,
and mixed with all the drawing tools giving totally
flexibility to the teacher.
The Action Replay feature
provides instant feedback to students. Simply configure
the system at the start of class, and let it run. The
movement will be shown on the screen a few seconds after
the capture. For example: Capture:
capture motor skill in action; Show:
show how well the child moved; Teach:
add value and progress movement. This can work in a
great many scenarios including throwing, jumping,
dancing, etc.
Martin Radmore County PE and Sports
Advisor for the Norfolk LEA says: “This platform simply
is the most exciting innovation in ICT in PE. It
represents a significant ability to ensure pupils
progress and achieve their full potential.”
PrimaryVision is priced so
that schools can easily budget multiple licenses for
there schools. Schools buy a site license for
£185 which includes a single copy of
the software and MotionCam video camera. Additional
licenses can be added for
£95.
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