Una micro:bit virtual classroom is now permanently free for all schools | Provide free teacher training and limited time discount offer to new customers

2021-05-24

To thank our customers for continued support, promote teaching and learning micro:bit on the cloud, we make available to all schools to use Una micro:bit virtual classroom for free permanently from now on. Meanwhile, Una offers free online teacher training and limited time discount offer to new customers. We cordially invite primary and secondary school principals, STEM & IT teachers, and school technicians to participate.

Ten amazing benefits of using Una Platform to conduct live micro:bit lessons, whether face-to-face or remotely.

1. Single Sign-On Login – Supports login with school accounts such as Microsoft Teams, Google Classroom and other methods. Each teacher and student has their own account, which will not confuse.

2. Upload textbooks and set sample codes – Allows teachers to pre-load textbooks, block codes and tips in each task, prompts to reduce the time for students to start coding from zero. Alternatively, teachers can purchase the e-books well-designed by the Una team.

3. One-click assembly – Assembles all online students in one click to join a virtual classroom to speed up classroom setup.

4. Real-time dashboard – Allows teachers to monitor the learning progress of individual students, gives students real-time feedback, and encourage students to show their creative programs in class

5. Task-by-task learning – Allows students to learn and solve challenging problems at their own pace to achieve adaptive learning

6. Flexible grouping and collaborative learning – Enables students to engage in problem-solving challenge with their peers in a fun way

7. Lock step – Manages the progress of the whole class and encourage students to collaborate

8. Auto-save student’s learning progress on cloud – even after class, the teacher is offline, or the device temporarily fails, students can log in to the Una platform to continue learning anytime, anywhere

9. Q&A Evaluation – Allows teachers to evaluate students’ understanding and collect feedback to adjust their teaching pace and strategies.

10. Shareable link – Allows students to create private or public links to share their work with classmates, school members or the public

Topic of free online teacher training: “Using Una micro:bit virtual classroom for efficient and real-time interactive mixed-mode teaching”

Cantonese:
* Option 1: 8 June 2021 (Tuesday), 2pm-3pm HKT
* Option 2: 18 June 2021 (Friday), 3pm-4pm HKT

English:
* Option 1: 11 June 2021 (Friday), 2pm-3pm HKT
* Option 2: 15 June 2021 (Tuesday), 3pm-4pm HKT

The limited time discount offer for new customers can be applied in other Una courses training and subscription (e.g. AI courses), with a maximum of 20 schools, on a first-come-first-serve basis. Discount detail will be provided in the teacher training.

Registration deadline: 3 June 2021, 23:59