“K-12 education isn’t using technology effectively and isn’t investing nearly enough in IT infrastructures to enable next-generation learning” That’s the conclusion of a new report, ‘Unleashing the Potential of Technology in Education’, which called for greater financial commitment to educational technology in our schools.¹ By not focusing more on boosting student outcomes with online technology, … Continue reading The Modern Classroom & Smartsims
Katie Matthew is a Major in the United States Army and Course Instructor at The United States Military Academy at West Point. Katie uses our Music2Go Marketing Simulation in her Introductory Marketing Course. At a 2011 Society for Marketing Advances Annual Conference, Katie spoke about her integration of Music2Go Marketing into her course, and how this has … Continue reading Music2Go Marketing Simulation at USMA – West Point
Smartsims Business Simulations have been used within Corporate Training, Business Seminars and Team Building exercises globally for many years. Today, close to 70% of corporations are using Business Simulations as part of their repertoire of training methodologies to educate their management and staff at all levels. One of the many reasons for this is that … Continue reading Using Simulations for Seminars, Corporate Training and Team Building
The University of Auckland’s Management Consulting Club (MCC) is holding their 5th Annual MikesBikes Competition over May 2012. MCC is one of the University of Auckland’s largest on-campus clubs, with its sights set on bridging the gap between the classroom and business. MCC offers workshops and case competitions in the aim of developing member’s presentation, analysis, … Continue reading MCC MikesBikes Competition
Do you want to make the move toward a course based exclusively around MikesBikes-Advanced? You’re not the first, and for good reason. MikesBikes has been used in a variety of courses and can be customized to suit the specific requirements of your course. However, designing a course which features a simulation as the core component … Continue reading Designing your course around MikesBikes
Cisco/WebEx have featured three interesting on-demand webinars from leaders in the education field talking about emerging trends in education including social media and mobile learning. Each contains specific advice and case studies. We hope you find these sessions helpful and thought provoking. Simply click on the title that interests you and you’ll be taken to a landing … Continue reading Social Media and Mobile Learning Trends in Education
The National Business Olympiad (NBO) is being conducted once again by Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) Confluence in association with Smartsims India (iInteract Learning Solutions) across India this year. After the success of NBO 2010 which was conducted in 17 cities, NBO 2011 is being planned for 70+ cities across India using MikesBikes-Advanced, with a total prize pool … Continue reading 2011 National Business Olympiad
Smartsims has expanded its Online presence, and you can now find us on Facebook! Click the above “Find us on Facebook” Link and make sure you hit “Like” to receive updates, useful links and also hints and tips! Students: Benefit from our Facebook discussion board. Share your experiences and tips with students using our Simulations … Continue reading Smartsims on Facebook
Bill Clinton once said, “in today’s knowledge-based economy, what you earn depends on what you learn”[1]. Educational institutions today face the problem of finding alternatives to teaching pure theory or having to use generic business case studies. The established fact is that “students learn more effectively if they are actively involved in the learning process; … Continue reading Experiential Learning
AHI (Afrikaanse Handelsinstituut) in partnership with Sanlam, KPMG, and Smartsims Business Simulations, have just embarked on the second year of a program designed to promote entrepreneurship amongst High School Students throughout South Africa. We were approached by AHI in 2008, in conjunction with the University of Johannusburg,who were looking to encourage business awareness amongst school … Continue reading AHI: MikesBikes in Schools