Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Biz e-Town for?
Biz e-Town is for teachers and children in primary schools.
What is Biz e-Town?
Biz e-Town is an online game which gives children the opportunity to experience setting up and running a business. This premise can be used by teachers to deliver a variety of learning objectives as well as giving children the opportunity to learn independently.
How do I access Biz e-Town?
Biz e-Town is accessible wherever you have a connection to the internet. Access is restricted to members of subscribing institutions via a username and password.

N.B. Due to the graphical content, it is not recommended that you access Biz e-Town using a dial-up connection.
What are the system requirements?
Biz e-Town requires an internet browser (Firefox 2 / IE7 recommended) and recent versions of Adobe Flash and Adobe Shockwave Player.

You can get Adobe Flash and Shockwave Players from: http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/
Is Biz e-Town secure?
Access to Biz e-Town is secured using a unique username and password. At school, children can log in using their avatar as a group of PC’s can login in using a class username and password. When accessing Biz e-Town individually, from home or elsewhere, a username and password must be used.

Currently there is no social interaction between users in Biz e-Town but it is coming. We have thought ahead so only the members of a class (including teaching and support staff) have access to a town square,meaning every class gets its own Biz e-Town!
How do I use Biz e-Town in my teaching?
You can use Biz e-Town however you like. Biz e-Town supports good teaching: it can be used as a project to deliver enterprise education, a basis for ICT lessons, for homework or as a device to draw multiple strands of the curriculum together.

Guidance is provided about where Biz e-Town can be used in the curriculum throughout Key Stage 1 and 2. There are also lesson plans and sample unit guides with which to support your short, medium and long term planning.
Who are Amazing Learning?
amazing learning is an online educational software company, delivering quality educational resources to schools, colleges, the workplace and the home. Find out more at www.amazing-learning.com .

Do you have a question about Biz e-Town? Send your questions to info@amazing-learning.com.

Benefits

  • Biz e-Town supports busy teachers by providing lesson guidance and a 'Biz e-Scheme of Work' so that teachers know exactly where Biz e-Town meets the curriculum.
  • Biz e-Town supports cross-curricular activities, keeping the young entrepreneur busy with tasks engaging each of the six areas of learning.
  • Biz e-Town engages children using ICT.
  • Biz e-Town is on the Internet, allowing it to be used at school and securely from home.