At Mozaik the new year always comes with a busy schedule for our team as the largest ed-tech fair in the world, the BETT Show traditionally takes place in the last week of January. In 2022, because of the pandemic, the organisers decided that they postpone the exhibition to March. On one hand, we were a bit sad because we always look forward to meeting new people, but on the other hand, we were happy that we could possibly see sunny London in March. But our main reason for travelling to London was to present mozaBook, mozaWeb and our new products Mozaik Teacher and Mozaik Student at our booth and sure we did! BETT 2022 was really a show to remember!
22,600 visitors came together over the 3 days at ExCel London to find out what the future and the present hold for teachers and students around the world and see what are the latest trends in education first-hand. Exhibiting at BETT for the 9th time, it was great to see many familiar faces stopping by our stand and sharing some nice experiences of using mozaBook and mozaWeb. Of course, hosting new visitors and presenting them our digital solutions feels amazing, too, as the pure excitement on the faces is always worth the hard work on and off the exhibition!
Fortunately, our meeting schedule was completely full and we were really busy during the 3 days. Among many other companies, it was a great honour to host groups of ministry delegations at our stand as well.
For the first time, we presented our CadaVR Anatomy atlas as part of our software portfolio and we were super excited about it! We got the chance to meet amazing professors from the UK’s most prominent medical colleges such as the University of Cambridge. We are sure that these meetings were a good start for wonderful cooperation. If you haven't checked it out yet, visit our CadaVR website!
Our team - as in every year - worked hard throughout the 3 days and did a really good job!
The BETT Show in London was just the first step as we are advancing into the new year, but it already set the tone for the rest of the exhibition season.
Stay tuned for the upcoming events where you can meet us and visit our Facebook page for more photos.
London, see you next year!
At Mozaik Education our main goal is to have a comprehensive system that supports all participants of the learning process. mozaBook, therefore, is updated every 6 months just before the start of a new semester.
Today we are excited to introduce you to the new 4.5.8.305 release of mozaBook Classroom application! Beyond huge amount of background development which increases performance and stability, we highlight the most important improvements and changes in the new version for you:
Mozaik Teacher and Student user-based licence activation in mozaBook
Our new user-based licence types Mozaik Teacher and Mozaik Student can be activated directly from mozaBook via a mozaWeb in-application process. After creating a new user on mozaWeb and downloading mozaBook, user-based licence holders can activate their licences in mozaBook.
Tests included in books or exercise books as interactive extras can now be sent as homework assignment
Beyond having the option to choose from tests created by or shared with the user, now already prepared test within exercise books or textbooks can be directly sent as homework to the students.
Free-hand drawing option on any window
In every open window within mozaBook (eg. a tool, game, 3D scene, browser) users can now freeze the screen and draw freely by clicking on the pencil icon (upper right corner). All drawing tools can be used in the drawing/explanation mode from the pencil case except the geometry tools. By clicking on the pencil icon again, the drawings are deleted and the window continues to function interactively.
Adjustable density of pre-set lines and square grid
Within the page properties (long click on an empty space on the exercise book > Page properties) users can set the density of the lines and square grid of the preinstalled page backgrounds.
Gallery optimisation
- Selected images on a page can be added into a new gallery (G A L L E R Y Tool) by simply clicking on the image gallery option on the drop-down menu.
- Selected images from the media library can also be added to a gallery with right-click > drop-down menu > Image gallery
- Images sent to students through classwork can have free-hand drawing marks included when collected back by the teacher and can be added to an image gallery with student names
Simplification of slide arrangement in ‘pages’ side-window
Users can rearrange the order of pages as well as they can select, copy and move multiple pages of the exercise books with simple drag 'n drop in the ‘Pages’ side-window
Return to the last saved state option
Users actively editing their presentations during the lessons with drawings, added items or texts for example can simply return to the last saved state of the given page in the presentation by clicking on the Quick menu > Last saves state option.
Added filtering options for internet-based search
Internet-based search function enriched with additional filter attributes to find the relevant images and videos more quickly
Other new features/updates:
- PDF can be generated from the exercise book without an external PDF printer installed on the user’s device
- Automatic line-smoothing can be switched off
- It’s now possible to open a browser tab in mozaBook, have it detached from the tab-bar and use the standalone window for easier drag’n drop of items to your exercise book
- Steps and commands defined as part of the animation of items are now also included in the scope of undo-able / redo-able steps
- Shortcut menu added to pencil case recycle bin to delete all non-locked items from the active page
- Full HD and 4K optimization option available in Settings
Make your voice heard!
We are constantly looking for feedback to optimize and make mozaBook better. Write us on your contact sheet and don't forget to use the inbuilt mozaBook feedback feature to directly communicate with our developers.
How to send feedback in mozaBook (error, bugs, improvement suggestions):
Best regards,
mozaBook development
At Mozaik, we were certain that the success of the first steps for mozaBook software in May 2019 was only the beginning of a long and fruitful partnership in the Ministry of Education and Training in Vietnam. We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Ildikó Török, Mozaik’s Business Development Director attended a seminar, organized by our local partner Global Smart School (GSS) and the Ministry of Education and Training, to represent Mozaik and sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for our future collaboration in the Digital Education 2020-2025 project of the Asian country.
The MOU is signed between Mozaik, Education Information Technology Solution Center (EITSC) and Global Smart School (GSC) and it set the terms between the parties and encompasses mutually agreed-upon projects and solutions including the best practices and tools to support educational success in Vietnam.
The MOU includes agreements about cooperation in software licences, localization and teacher trainings to establish a common responsibility to educate Vietnamese students in the best way possible. To reach this goal, we believe it is essential to provide teachers with access to a state-of-the-art education platform in Vietnamese language and trainings to successfully and efficiently implement technology in their everyday teaching routine. The parties involved introduce the mozaLearn integrated education system together to the stakeholders of the public K-12 Education in Vietnam.
The mozaLearn system is an integrated cloud-based education system. It includes mozaBook, a multiple award-winning (EdTech awards, Bett Awards, Academics Choice Awards etc.) teacher software optimized for interactive displays and projectors to support in-class teaching; and mozaWeb which provides full access to the interactive content (3D scenes, educational videos) and the educational applications through a browser in a web-based environment without installing any additional software. The mozaLearn system offers digital solutions for teachers, students, school administrators, textbook publishers, and ministries. Users can access Mozaik’s continually expanding educational content library, including more than 1200 interactive 3D scenes, 1000+ videos, and thousands of other audio and visual content. The system also includes interactive educational tools (apps) and games. Mozaik offers solutions for all K-12 subjects and grades.
All parties emphasized the importance of implementing the information and communications technology (ICT) in the curriculum of Vietnam, which is intensively builds on STEAM subjects like science, technology, engineering, art, and math. Recently, STEAM has become a prioritized development agenda to promote the economic and social growth of Vietnam. The signees foresee the interactive textbooks enriched with interactive 3D content and using educational tools in the classrooms becoming more and more important. They also agree that making this content even more engaging with virtual reality technology is vital in this day and age. Immersive technologies - such as 3D and VR - is without question the trend of the future to empower educators and future-ready students.
We believe the mozaLearn system makes all of these previously mentioned technologies and solutions available to the Vietnamese public education system and provides teachers and students with state-of-the-art technologies to keep up with current trends. We hope and aim to make learning fun in Vietnam together!
Got a mozaBook story for us from your country or school? Interested in becoming our partner? Get in touch with our team at ask@mozaweb.com!
Collège National Orthodoxe in Tripoli, Lebanon is one of the first schools in the country that has implemented the mozaLearn educational system and the mozaBook presentation software in its classrooms. The IT team of the prestigious school installed mozaBook on interactive smartboards in the classrooms and received instant appreciation from both teachers and students.
What’s more, the media crew of the institution prepared a superb demo video as well, detailing the most important features of the system!
Michel Katra, the principal of the school says,
"As our students are learners of the digital era, we needed a system to make everything much more interactive and engaging for them. The mozaBook software is a state-of-the-art solution in education and we wanted to be among the first schools in Lebanon to adopt this system.”
While Mr. Kilo (Physics) is enthusiastically explaining that creating electrical circuits and setting various parameters during the lesson with the help of the Elektro Kit has never been easier, one of the Chemistry teachers, Ms. Turkiye noted that the interactive 3D scene collection makes a real difference as it helps students thoroughly understand topics like atoms or atomic bonds.Although mozaBook provides a wide range of possibilities and content for higher grades, Ms. Taoum emphasized the importance and perks of having the interactive board and colorful pencil set on primary and kindergarten levels:
“Using different pencils or our own hands to draw shapes and write letters on the board is a great way to improve the fine motor skills of the pupils''
Interested to learn more about their journey with the mozaLearn system in the school? Check out the full video and meet the teaching crew of St. Elie here!
In case you'd like to download the mozaBook software and give it a try, just click here for the free 30-day trial version.
See you next time!
On May 15, the Le Quy Don Secondary School in Ho Chi Minh City organized an event to promote innovative teaching methods in Vietnam with a lesson, called "Atoms - Journey Through Time", attended not only by teachers and students, but heads of education centres, principals, and parents. The unconventional science workshop took place right on the spacious schoolyard utilizing all the advantages that interactive boards, VR glasses and by the courtesy of our local partner, Tung Viet Communication, the mozabook digital presentation software have to offer.The lesson kicked off with a fascinating game where pupils were divided into 8 groups and moved around from station to station with a tablet to explore the secrets of atomic bonds, structures, and learn about famous scientists. Each station was equipped with an interactive board and the mozaBook software to provide the kids with interesting fun facts and useful information about the topic.
Ms. Le Thi Ngoc, a passionate science teacher in the school, says that students can get a grasp of Chemistry or Physics much more easily with special VR (Virtual Reality) glasses and interactive 3D models.“Using the VR glasses and mozaBook, for instance, with my 6th grade students certainly makes things much more fun in the classroom. Instead of learning and teaching only from a textbook, we create our own lessons and make it more interactive. This way we can help students understand the topic and develop a passion for Chemistry at the same time” she said.
The successful educational event in the secondary school was not the first occasion that mozaBook got presented in the Asian country.For the past few months, Tung Viet Communication has been actively engaged with promoting the presentation software in edtech exhibitions, like BESS VIETNAM 2019 and visiting institutions across the country to spread the word about their hardware and our interactive solutions.
It’s always a pleasure to see kids and teachers enjoying mozaBook and we’re delighted to receive similar news and feedback from any part of the world. At Mozaik, we are certain that the success of these first couple of months has just been the beginning of a long and fruitful partnership in Vietnam.
Got a mozaBook story for us from your country or school? Interested in becoming our partner? Get in touch with our team at ask@mozaweb.com!
Besides our printed textbooks and digital solutions, we are really proud of our super detailed and fun atlas collection for the subject of Geography. For interactive boards, we have had these maps for a long time in a separate framework program, called mozaMap and you may have already heard about the compact miniMap tool as well. However, it was high time to integrate these maps into our educational presentation software mozaBook to make everything more manageable and smoother in the classroom.First, simply select the map from your shelf, open it up, and check all the possibilities and map variations you can choose from… five continents, demographic views, populations, the environmental state of the Earth, so literally everything you may need in a Geography lesson is at your fingertips. Let’s select North America and see what we can do with the map:
- zoom in and out without losing any image resolution quality,
- write some comment or place appropriate icons and symbols on the map,
- measure the distance between cities or the size of certain areas and countries,
- or highlight some really significant details with various colors.
Teachers can easily create blank-map exercises by selecting the cities, setting the necessary guidelines and time for the test.
One of the major perks of transferring these atlases directly to mozaBook is that teachers can use these maps alongside their presentations or textbooks with the help of the split view option. There is no need to leave the interface or open any other program, just place your exercise book and the map next to each other and the lesson can begin.If you are interested in checking out mozaBook powered up with the comprehensive map collection, do not hesitate to download the free version of the software with a 1-month trial period. If you want to learn more about these maps, please visit the relevant page on our website by clicking here.
Do you you have any questions? Drop us a line at office@mozaweb.com and we’ll be happy to get in touch!