Protecting children from back pain

PostureMinder Education Edition has been developed to help educators encourage good posture habits at the computer

Our award-winning innovation is to use any off-the-shelf webcam to continually check computer users' posture and provide intelligent, target posture reminders precisely when they are needed - when they're sitting badly

These gentle, targeted reminders help to reduce time spent in damaging postures and continually reinforce good posture habits, preparing students for the years of computer use ahead

Using PostureMinder in class
The starting point with classes is the PostureMinder ergonomic material. This is a concise version of the training and self-assessment materials we developed for use with businesses, and covers all key aspects of safe and healthy computer use. Take your students through this material once or twice per year (it should take 10-15 minutes) to ensure they understand the importance of good posture and working habits, and pick up early warning signs of any developing problems

PostureMinder Education Edition will welcome students each time they log on to a computer with a simple message to make sure their chair is suitably adjusted and advise them to keep their posture in mind

PostureMinder will then run in the background while the student works, using the webcam to continually check their posture. Whenever they sit in a consistently poor posture for a period of time, an on-screen reminder will encourage them to improve how they are sitting

PostureMinder Education Edition can also be personalised with different colour schemes, fonts and background images, so each student can set it up to reflect their own interests and personality