Hello again, blog readers.

In last week’s blog, I mentioned our Facebook and Twitter accounts, and we’ve noticed a significant increase in hits to both of those pages, so thank you to anyone who clicked on those links.  If you didn’t, then I’m shamelessly plugging them again as you can see, so you’ve got no excuse for avoiding them this time!  In all seriousness, we are trying to find new ways to communicate with our customers, and communication is a two-way street, so if you’d like to write on our Facebook wall, comment on this blog post, or get in contact with us any other way, we’d love to hear from you.  We’re just trying to give you more ways to see what’s happening in Wishtrac and give us your input too.  (By the way, we also have a YouTube channel… ok, that’s the last plug, I promise!)

In other news, we’ve started getting feedback from schools that’ve been using the snazzy new version of Booster Phonics I talked about last week.  The feedback has been very positive, with teachers reporting that the admin area is much easier to navigate, and that the program is generally brighter, more colourful and friendlier than it was in its previous carnation.  Feedback like that is great to hear, but we’re also keen to hear of any possible improvements that you think could make the program even better, so if you (or your pupils/children) come up with any, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

This blog will be updated most Thursdays from now on, so please check back next Thursday to read about the latest happenings in Wishtrac.

Enjoy the bank holiday weekend!

As this is the first blog post written by myself, I’ll introduce myself.  I’m Jamie Major, and my main role within Wishtrac is to develop the software (or ‘make it look nice’ as I like to think) and create the product videos.

For most of the year, besides attending the occasional trade show, we’ve been hard at work creating the brand spanking new version of Booster Phonics, which we’ve imaginatively titled Booster Phonics Version 2.  Using feedback gathered from schools, we’ve made a number of improvements to Booster Phonics, including network functionality and adding a female voice to the software, which took a fair while.

We’ve currently got a number of schools who’ve agreed to perform a case study with Booster Phonics to measure how much it can improve pupil’s reading ages over this term.  When we get the results back from those schools in July, we’ll put them up on the site for you all to have a look at.  If you’re a school who own Booster Phonics version 1 and you want version 2, don’t worry – we’ll be sending out the new version to schools over the next few months.  If you’d like to have a sneak preview of what to expect, check out the video right below this text!

Next up for us on the software front is Ben & Lexi’s Early Keyboard and Mouse Skills, which will contain plenty of fun activities which will help young learners take their first steps towards learning to use a keyboard and mouse.  Also, keep your eyes peeled for some new free resources on the site soon.

We’re going to be updating this blog, and our Facebook and Twitter accounts regularly from now on (we may even put some discount codes up…) so stay tuned for more info from us.  Oh, and happy St. George’s Day!