Talking to a PrimaryPad

Inclusion and accessibility are right up on the agenda here at Primary Technology and today we have been able to tick a really big box by including Speech to Text support on Pads in PrimaryPad. Real time collaboration without a keyboard in this world with a penetration of mobile and tablet factor devices is a really nice feature and we’re really proud of our contributions to Etherpad Lite which have …

PrimaryPaint issues from PrimaryPad

We’re currently experiencing an issue with PrimaryPaint. If you click the paintbrush from a PrimaryPad you may have a problem. If you do find you have this problem please visit PrimaryPaint – create a paint wall then copy the URL to your pad and ask your pupils to click that. We will get the issue resolved as soon as possible. Thanks for understanding

Our Employment Tribunal story

Roughly a year ago a former employee resigned from Primary Technology without giving any notice. The next day, two schools confirmed that they would no longer be requiring our services, and had changed to a new provider. It became evident in the hand-over process that our former employee was now working for the new provider at the same two schools. The employee had decided that he could not work his …

Primary Schools – Single or Dual Server Environment.

One of the biggest single I.T. purchases a school will make is the replacement of its servers. With typical costs of £2000 – £2500 per server, possibly with installation and migration costs on top of that, it’s no wonder that support providers, keen to ensure their customers are making the best use of their budget are questioning whether schools need the traditional two server approach. Why do we have two …

MAJOR UPDATE (v1.1): My School Holidays (inc lots of freebies)

Today we are pleased to announce the launch version 1.1 of our popular School Holiday Dates website, My School Holidays. With over 1 million people every month using My School Holidays it is crucial your school holiday dates are up to date. Mobile Phone App We’ve just released a FREE Android school holiday countdown widget for My School Holidays users which can be found on the Android Market here. Or from …