Using Technology Better is a Microsoft Training Partner, Apple Learning Specialist,
Google Cloud Partner and Google for Education Partner that specialises in working
with corporate, government and education clients. We provide training services
across Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia.
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Michael J Reading (affectionally known as MJ around the team) started experimenting with an intrinsic motivation model.
He was feeling frustrated with the lack of intrinsic motivation in students so he decided to do something about it.
He had success and started showing others what was working.
Mike started Teacher Training International and ran live webinars that spoke to the success he was seeing in student motivation.
He loved helping others solve such pain points in their classrooms and the exciting changes it would bring to their students’ experience.
Mike attended Google and discovered Google Drive and Docs. He saw how Google could be used to complement the work he was doing on motivation … and FINALLY saw how the technology could be applied, not just how it functioned.
August: Company was rebranded from Leadwell Pty Ltd to Teachers Training International
Rebranded to Google Apps for Education.
Mike began training teachers full-time in classroom management, student engagement, and technology use.
Full day courses on motivation and technology were delivering amazing results; teachers didn’t want to quit their jobs and student engagement levels were on the rise.
Rebranded to Using Technology Better.
Due to the increasing demand for technology training, Mike shifted his focus to delivering tech training full-time.
Microsoft Partnership is Forged.
Although the Microsoft product was in the early stages of development, Mike could see its potential and was genuinely impressed with the team at Microsoft who asked lots of questions and were keen to make improvements.
Because ninety per cent of Mike’s work was with Google at this stage, it was somewhat controversial to be branching out to train with Microsoft tools. However, Mike held firm to his belief in finding the best tool for the job at hand and not blindly following one platform.
Mike was travelling frequently from Australia to New Zealand for his work with Google and after falling in love with Queenstown on a work trip, he floated the idea with his wife, Beth.
They were up for a new challenge and so they decided to take the leap of faith and moved to New Zealand permanently.
Using Technology Better expanded from being a one-man band to a team when Mike brought on technology trainers Sam, Adrian and Mark.
Initially, a difficult transition for schools to make who had become accustomed to working with Mike, it wasn’t long before teachers and schools came to appreciate the wealth of knowledge and unbridled enthusiasm the new team members had to offer.
The training team expands again with new trainers Donna, Lara and Tim.
Using Technology Better is now becoming a real business by diversifying into technology training and bringing on additional team members Glen (Technology Trainer), Adam (General Manager) and Julia (Marketing Manager).
Using Technology Better’s partnership with Apple begins and two new technology trainers, Paul and Joe join the team.
The New Zealand team continues to grow with the addition of new technology trainers, Kelly, Richard and Nicole, along with Bex (PLD Relationship Specialist), Phil (Sales Manager) and Majka (Marketing Coordinator).
With Using Technology Better in hot demand the team continues to grow with the addition of technology trainers Rachel and Jim.
It really gets you thinking about ‘why’ you do what you do. Great to have time out from the classroom to experiment and have time to think and discuss different ideas.
Thank you Mike! I really found the 4 week course on ‘How to Motivate, Manage & Engage Your Students’ really interesting and great food for thought on how to improve my class routines and student engagement.
Mike, awesome course, fantastic resources and a real wake-up for someone who considers himself technically astute but not necessarily updated!
I have been teaching for four years, and this was the best Professional Development course I have completed…even the students said
to me “you should do these things more often.”
No fat, no rambling, just clean, concise explanations where needed. James was awesome.
I just wanted to say an extra big thank you for providing such a great service. Online, at night and in the comfort of home – with my two young children asleep in the other room – pretty awesome actually.
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