Showing posts with label Smart Campus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Smart Campus. Show all posts

Wednesday, 14 May 2014

Boost Student Learning and Engagement enroute Smart Campus

Learning is inherent in every child. Every child is born inquisitive however it's the outer conditioning by schools, teachers, parents and society… which mould this inherent interest as the child grows.

It is imperative for the schools to ensure an encouraging and engaging school environment which facilitates learning. We cannot expect extraordinary results from just ordinary facilities. Lack of interest in studies, poor class participation and absenteeism… the faults that we see in students are plenty however by creating a Smart Campus we can boost student engagement and henceforth learning, quadruple!

A Smart Campus facilitates audio visuals in the classroom, therefore facilitating experiential learning in students. Experiential learning is known for its myriad benefits like memory retention which proves valuable during exams. Classroom participation is increased when a child comprehends a lesson better. The use of Panaboards, projectors, e-learning makes Smart Classrooms a place where every child wants to learn and express himself.

Likewise, use of RFID attendance system and CCTV cameras inside the school makes students vigilant thereby reducing absenteeism, bunks and other inappropriate activities that students may indulge in.
With Smart information systems, the students-parents-school relationship is strengthened by efficient communication and record keeping by the schools for students’ performance.

At Smart Schooling India, it’s our vision to contribute to the Indian society by creating Smart Campuses where children grow with efficient schooling! To know more how you can turn transform your school in a Smart Campus visit http://www.smartschooling.co.in/

Tuesday, 15 April 2014

Pana Boards, Interactive Projectors, Touch Boards - Enabling a Conducive Learning Environment!

Whether you call it a technological advancement or the yearning of being the first one in a world as competitive as ours, there has been a drastic increase in the number of schools that have begun using technological aids for advanced teaching in classrooms and have become Smart Campus.

To encourage participation and involve students in the classroom learning process, blackboards and textbooks are now slowly being sidelined by projectors and screens that can explain almost anything through short films, power point presentations and various audio lessons. Let’s take a look at the Top 3 gadgets that enable a conducive learning environment for kids:

Pana Boards: One of the few products that have helped to create a multi person learning environment in schools is through the use of Pana boards. They have been built extensively to match the standards of typicalwhite boards and provide you digital media to engage students in the learning process. Furthermore, a recent survey based in UK and US alleged that “learning process was much simpler through the use of interactive whiteboards and the schools witnessed maximum student attendees”. A Pana board alsoincorporates features such as recording any lecture that eliminates the use of notes so that one can focus more on the discussions and the concepts taught in classrooms.

Interactive Projectors
: Schools also prefer interactive projectors that aid the learning process. It consists of a built in colored tool that highlights all the important contents of the lesson. This helps guide thestudents on which all concepts to focus the most. The interactive projectors automatically detect the point of fingers as well as pen.

Smart Touch Boards:One can also find schools using touch boards that provide excellent boardroom solutions. A simpletouch can help streamline the learning process by intuitive PC connection. Also features like touch gesture makes teaching more collaborative and engaging.

The use of these Smart Campus gadgets improve student performance and encourage more classroom participation by turning the most complex lessons to simplified ones. In a Smart Campus, students truly learn through experiencing the concepts taught in the classroom. Digital classrooms create a learning environment which correlates academics to real life situations and not just texts, henceforth encouraging students’ participation and learning in the most natural way!