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The 2016 Sahara Technology in Education Report identi�es the devices, software and apps that teachers are using to educate Britain and uncovers the impact of technology in our schools.

Do teachers

get tech?

44%24%

10.2%10%

44% teachers/lecturers polled are using iPadsin the classroom

10.2% of those polled are using Microsoft Surface in the classroom

10% of those polled are using Wordpad in the classroom

Almost a quarter (24%) of teachers/ lecturers do not use tablets in the classroom

think apps increase activity within the classroom

13%don’t trust third party

app content

The 2016 Sahara Technology in Education Report identi�es the devices, software and apps that teachers are using to educate Britain and uncovers the impact of technology in our schools.

Apps & Software

Hardware

Teaching gets

technical

10%of those polled useMicrosoft Surfacein the classroom

10% of those polled are using Wordpad in the classroom

24%of teachers/lecturersdo not use tabletsin the classroom

44%of teachers/lecturers polled use iPads in the classroom

12.6% of teachers/

lecturers polled think their

school or college has done

a good job

40% of teachers polled

thought tablets had not been

properly integrated

The most popular tablets inBritish schools and colleges are…

At the front of the class, the interactive whiteboards & touchscreens most

commonly used by the panel were…

Smartboard 33.8%

Clevertouch 26.6%Prom

ethean 12%CTouch 6.6%

Genie Vision 5.4%

Don’t use interactive

displays 24%

Interactive Displays

But how well integrated is the technology across thecurriculum and with other classroom technology?

19.5 %

19.5% of teachers/lecturers polled think their school or college has done a good job

35 % thought their main class display had not been well integrated across the curriculum

What about teacher training?

When it came to the all-important question of budget

Astonishingly…69.2% felt they had not received adequate training in how to use personal tablets to support learning

61.7% said the same of the training they received for front-of-class displays

One third of those surveyed believe that too little of the school budget is allocated to technology

61.74%

69.2%

10.2%

TABLETS

41%

33

41% of teachers/lecturers polled use apps to support learning

52% 32% Use Apple Store Use Google Play

for Education

70.5%trust SOME apps to have

appropriate content

43.5%

Gathered in August 2015, the data shown in the infographic is an independent representative poll of the technology that’s being used in UK primary schools, secondary schools, colleges and within further education. To download a market report summary of the research visit www.clevertouch.co.uk/reports

* Survey carried out in the UK by OnePoll during July/August 2015 with a panel of 500 teachers and lecturers working in primary and secondary schools, universities and further education colleges around the UK including NI on behalf of Sahara Presentations Plc. OnePoll are accredited members ESOMAR and employ members of the Market Research Society

59.4%gave con�dence scores of between 1 and 3,

which means they’re not overly con�dent

Needless to say, teachers and lecturers were not overly con�dent using the technology

Trust scores Main bene�ts

say apps increase children’s engagement in a subject

42%

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