Neil Emery, a Distinguished Apple Educator and Director at Trilby recently delivered a keynote speech at a major conference in Vilnius, Lithuania on behalf of Apple Value Added Reseller, AVAD. Many government officials, teachers and head teachers attended the conference. The conference focussed on current education trends and Neil was asked to share his vast experience of the UK education market and use of mobile technology in the classroom.

Neil explained the changing culture of the classroom and how every student having their own mobile device has created a whole new opportunity of learning. Each device is like an individual blackboard which teachers can utilise to engage with their students and share information.

During his keynote speech, Neil demonstrated a great deal of empathy towards the teaching staff who would be adopting these new ways of teaching. He showed he understood that the buy-in and learning process could take some time, but that it was equally important for schools to embrace technology as soon as possible. This way they would ensure they did not lose the interest of their students, many of whom are already technically astute

Neil also answered numerous questions about mobile technology put to him by the Lithuanian press, which have since been publicised on various websites across the country.

Sigitas Liaucius, Education Business Development Manager for Apple Value Added Reseller AVAD, who asked Neil to speak at the conference, commented

"We started to work with Neil a couple years ago and were delighted to invite him as a keynote speaker to our conference. His huge experience of working with various schools around the world makes him so passionate and knowledgeable. Training sessions and workshops are always great fun with Neil. The teachers just love him. Neil is like a breath of fresh air for Baltic education."

As Neil was so well received at this conference, he’s been asked to speak at another event in Estonia in August, and is also delivering training to Tartu Erakool School in Estonia at the beginning of June.