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The Big Bus continues its drive to reach schools and homes

New partnerships with BT Learning Centre and I2Q for popular educational software provider

The Big Bus, provider of interactive educational software for three to eleven year olds, today announces two significant partnerships, supplying content to BT Learning Centre and web-based educational software developer, I2Q.

BT Learning Centre
Under the terms of the deal with The BT Learning Centre, The Big Bus has supplied ten of its most popular interactive activities to The BT Learning Centre website. The activities are designed for 3-11 year olds and cover the Foundation Stage, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 requirements of the National Curriculum. The extensive range of Big Bus learning tools means that the BT Learning Centre content can be continually updated.

Jennie Martin, Head Of The BT Learning Centre said: "The Big Bus content is an important part of our site. It is a great learning resource, and the fact that the same content is used by teachers in lessons is a very positive message for our subscribers."

I2Q
The Big Bus has also established a partnership to provide educational software for I2Q's ContentStream product, which has been developed in response to the Government's Curriculum Online initiative to promote digital content.

ContentStream is an ICT tool that enables schools to access all their educational ICT content via a single log-on. It solves the problem of schools requiring a log-on for each educational supplier. ContentStream also enables schools to take an individual 'pick and mix' approach to the software they want included with the product.

I2Q will use the full range of software that The Big Bus has developed to date, with automatic new content updates as they become available. Content can be access via ContentStream over the internet, over LEA broadband networks or locally from caches at a school. ContentStream provides a strategic vehicle to help schools spend ELC's and access the best digital content available. It is currently used by LEAs in Worcester, Wolverhampton, Coventry and Knowsley by a total of 194,000 pupils.

Jay Neale, Projects Director at I2Q, said: "Single sign-on is something of a hot topic in education, which is why we developed ContentStream. We were keen to get The Big Bus involved because it consistently delivers bright and engaging content, and is incredibly popular amongst schools and LEAs."

Ian Goodall, MD of The Big Bus, said: "Both BT Learning Centre and I2Q are important partnerships for us. BT Learning Centre expands our reach because it takes The Big Bus out of the classroom and into the home. Parents can use it to help continue their children's education beyond the school gates, and make interactive, enjoyable learning a leisure-time activity.

"Equally, I2Q has developed a strong product that removes the inconvenience associated with using a range of ICT software and makes The Big Bus more accessible to schools than ever."

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