<s>
Firefly	B-Protocol
Learning	I-Protocol
is	O
an	O
educational	O
technology	O
company	O
based	O
in	O
London	O
,	O
England	O
with	O
offices	O
in	O
Sydney	O
,	O
Australia	O
that	O
provides	O
virtual	O
learning	O
platforms	O
to	O
hundreds	O
of	O
schools	O
around	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Firefly	B-Protocol
Learning	I-Protocol
was	O
started	O
in	O
2000	O
by	O
Joe	O
Mathewson	O
and	O
Simon	O
Hay	O
,	O
two	O
15-year-old	O
students	O
,	O
at	O
St.	O
Paul	O
’s	O
School	O
in	O
London	O
,	O
who	O
developed	O
it	O
during	O
school	O
holidays	O
,	O
after	O
they	O
became	O
frustrated	O
with	O
the	O
school	O
’s	O
antiquated	O
internet	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
students	O
at	O
Wellington	O
College	O
stranded	O
due	O
to	O
ash	O
cloud	O
grounding	O
thousands	O
of	O
flights	O
were	O
able	O
to	O
continue	O
with	O
their	O
lessons	O
via	O
an	O
e-learning	O
platform	O
provided	O
by	O
Firefly	B-Protocol
Learning	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
that	O
time	O
,	O
Firefly	B-Protocol
learning	I-Protocol
was	O
used	O
by	O
480	O
schools	O
in	O
32	O
countries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
platform	O
has	O
desktop	O
and	O
mobile	O
apps	O
,	O
it	O
also	O
has	O
its	O
own	O
API	O
for	O
education	B-Application
software	I-Application
providers	O
allowing	O
the	O
users	O
to	O
plug	O
in	O
their	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
