KUWAIT: Application of modern technology in teaching is making the learning a truly 21st Century learning. And Kuwait International English School (KIES) is introducing a world leading technology in Kuwait for its young learners. The esteemed institution brings home an interactive floor, "Step & Learn" (a Digital Platform by Eupheus Learning) which promotes kinesthetic learning. Kindergarten students at the school will now learn through the technique of movement, play and fun, while building different talent and skills from an early age.

Step & Learn is a digital interactive floor which has taken learning to the next level of exploration, adventure and excitement for the students. It enables the educators to create customized games and experiences to suit the school's needs. The games are projected on the floor from a projector mounted on the ceiling and children use their hands and feet to interact with the floor. Many children can play simultaneously stimulating interactivity, cooperation, and inclusion, which helps in team action and adds to the happiness and joy quotient of children. This interactive learning tool from Eupheus Learning Group provides a wonderful gateway to educationists.

The dignitaries present at the event were the Director of the Special Education Department, Dr Salman Al-Lafi, Chairman of Al Rayan Holding Company, Meshal Abdullah Ali, CEO, Lana Othman Al-Ayyar, CFO & Head - Strategy, Arun Choudhary, KIES Principal Edward Mylercrook and a part of the educational and administrative staff of the school and Amit Kapoor, Co-founder of Eupheus Learning.

The honorable Director of the Private Education Department, Dr Salman Al-Lafi stressed the need to keep pace with educational technology and use modern methods in the educational process, noting that the "Step & Learn" interactive floor project implemented by KIES inside its campus is considered a distinctive project that keeps pace with the technological development that adds to the students' learning through interaction and movement in addition to the presence of mind, hoping to see technology applications in all different private schools soon.

Al-Lafi added, while attending the inauguration of the "Step & Learn" event of the Kuwait International English School, "We encourage the use of latest technology in schools and keep pace with the continuous development, pointing out that the KIES is a pioneer in the field of development and keeping pace with modern technologies, while competing with other schools in the application of technology."

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Al Rayan Holding Company Schools, Meshal added that the award-winning interactive floor, Step & Learn, is developed by Alexander Institute in Denmark which has an extensive research on collective and differentiated learning patterns and is supported by WizeFloor, a company which builds these educational games and activities.

Together, they bring this interactive tech which displays on the floor, and children use their hands and feet to interact with the floor. Al-Ayyar, CEO, said that we seek to provide this new experience in all private schools in Kuwait to help our students use modern technological learning models and methods, and achieve clear benefits from learning solutions.