Twinkl is best known for its database of over a million downloadable teaching resources. The company operates in over 190 countries to date and its teacher-curated content grows year on year. Such a wide customer base gives us an insight into educators' concerns.
Twinkl has been busy building an ecosystem of digital solutions. These include the Twinkl Phonics App which provides a digital accompaniment to the DfE-accredited Twinkl Phonics programme. This resource is used to boost literacy skills across England alongside the associated series of Rhino Readers phonics books.
Twinkl partners with various education start-ups through the Twinkl Hive accelerator programme, and recently welcomed online safety platform, Natterhub, into the wider Twinkl Group. Natterhub is an interactive, gated platform that gives schools and parents all they need to teach learners how to stay safe online and be responsible digital citizens.
Highs and lows of Edtech
The most recent Department for Education (DfE) ‘Technology in Schools’ survey showed a significant majority of teachers (87%) use some form of tech during their lessons. This figure has never been so high and represents the gradual blurring of lines between what is traditional ‘education’ and what is ‘edtech’. Increasingly, you can’t have one without the other.