12-08-2012, 09:35 PM
Continuity gives us roots; re-invention helps us create the future. The year was
2003. That year, something that had remained unchanged for centuries- the
classroom- changed forever. Educomp smartclass came into being. It was a
paradigm shift that did what no one had thought of before: bring technology into
the classroom. It empowered the teacher with well researched, mapped to
curriculum digital modules which she could project right in the classrooms to
elucidate and explain concepts. The result was nothing short of amazing.
Classrooms came alive and the perennial tug of war between the teacher’s
challenge to explain and students’ struggle to understand gave way to an inspired
participation in the journey of discovering new concepts
At the end of the day, a school will be judged by what happens inside the classroom.
And in the long run, a school’s real test lies in what the student takes away from the classroom. Does he take back a load of homework on something he hasn’t understood well? And with it, a little despair, a diminishing enthusiasm for studies? Or does he take back a new light of understanding, an improved competence, and an eagerness to know more?
Born in 2003 and just 8 years young, Educomp smartclass has created shall we say, yet another divide of Have and Have Nots: schools that have Educomp smartclass and schools that don’t. Fortunately, with some 8000 schools already having embraced the system, and the number growing at almost 20 schools a day, this divide is rapidly getting narrower. The day is not far when all schools will teach the Educomp smartclass way.
smartclass did what no one had ever thought of before, bring technology into the classroom. It brought an exhaustive repository of world class digital modules or lessons, (consisting of 2D and 3D animations, graphics, audio and video) on every subject in the K12 spectrum, which the teacher could easily access and project in the classroom that illuminated and explained abstract and difficult concepts with liquid clarity. The result was amazing. Knowledge flourished.. freed from the centuries old bonds of books and chalk and blackboard. A new light of understanding dawned on young awakened minds. And the classroom became a fascinating place to be in as a new generation of learners saw (instead of just being told and explained) for the first time how things happened. And the teacher smiled as she now saw not just one, two or three but a sea of hands goes up every time she asked a question
A fact that stands endorsed by thousands of school principals in India through their written testimonials provided to Educomp.
How is smartclass adopted?
The concept is simple. A Knowledge Center is set up inside the school, equipped with a server loaded with digital instruction and assessment materials mapped to the school curriculum. Classrooms are wired to the Knowledge Center and are equipped with a state of the art Digital Teaching System(DTS) comprising of a highly versatile interactive white board and a sophisticated projection system. Teachers access the digital content in their classrooms on an everyday basis, project it on the board during their classroom sessions and explain concepts with the help of animations, graphics, video etc.
Smartclass is implemented in schools on a turn-key basis . Educomp provides all elements required for its implementation such as Hardware, Library of Digital Content, Initial and ongoing teachers training , periodic support including a full time trained person placed inside the school to ensure smooth functioning of the program.
Above all, schools do not have to worry about the funds required to set up the infrastructure to run Educomp smartclass. Any school can adopt the program by entering into a contract with Educomp and pay a nominal subscription fees on a per classroom basis per month basis.
Here are the Life Transforming tools of CTS that will forever revolutionize the way you learn:
Animations: with rich graphic like 2D & 3D that helps explain abstract concepts.
Multiple Choice Questions: with varying difficulty levels including higher order thinking.
Real Life Applications: that shall help students to appreciate the relevance of academic concepts and then apply in real life situations.
Topic Synopsis: for multiple concepts across a chapter for every subject and grade, helping teachers to summarize the concepts taught at the end of the class.
Simulations: to help teachers bring the virtual lab right next to the blackboard and demonstrate experiments while teaching.
Diagram Maker: a never before, step by step illustration of complex diagrams that helps teachers to explain how to make diagrams from the exams point of view, click-by-click.
Teaching Ideas: these are innovative teaching strategies that can be easily implemented inside the classrooms to make learning enjoyable, engaging and effective.
Mind Maps CTS: also provides an organized graphic presentation of concepts in a chapter covering all its aspects.
Worksheets CTS: will have ready worksheets for all chapters containing various types of elements like fill in the blanks, true or false etc.
Access to smartclass Teacher Fraternity Resources:: teachers will get access to resources recommended/created by over half a million teachers that exist in the smartclass fraternity today across the globe.
Weblinks: teachers will have ready access to a library of relevant web resources for every
chapter.
From a Teacher To a Facilitator of Excellence
Now isn’t that what you always wished to be?
smartclass CTS is a teacher’s wish come true teaching system. Remarkably easy to use, and loaded with a wealth of resources and tools, it is just what your hard earned expertise has always deserved. No longer will you be stranded with a poor chalk to draw and explain how the DNA replicates, no longer will you struggle to grab attention of 12 year olds, struggle with insufficient laboratory time and students’ need to understand experiments or grope in the dark for a good teaching idea for those rare times when the mind goes blank.
smartclass CTS has answers to all your needs and challenges. Every teaching need, every learning need finds a technology-intelligent solution in CTS. Take a look at its features and we are sure that once you start using them, you’ll be able to usher in an environment of joyous learning classrooms have never seen before. And the impact of your teaching will truly be life transforming.
Here are the Life Transforming tools of CTS that will forever revolutionize the way you learn:
Animations: with rich graphic like 2D & 3D that helps explain abstract concepts.
Topic Synopsis: for multiple concepts across a chapter for every subject and grade, helping teachers to summarize the concepts taught at the end of the class.
Simulations: to help teachers bring the virtual lab right next to the blackboard and demonstrate experiments while teaching.
Diagram Maker: a never before, step by step illustration of complex diagrams that helps teachers to explain how to make diagrams from the exams point of view, click-by-click.
Teaching Ideas: these are innovative teaching strategies that can be easily implemented inside the classrooms to make learning enjoyable, engaging and effective.
Mind Maps CTS: also provides an organized graphic presentation of concepts in a chapter covering all its aspects.
Worksheets CTS: will have ready worksheets for all chapters containing various types of elements like fill in the blanks, true or false etc.
Access to smartclass Teacher Fraternity Resources:: teachers will get access to resources recommended/created by over half a million teachers that exist in the smartclass fraternity today across the globe.
Weblinks: teachers will have ready access to a library of relevant web resources for every chapter.
Who are we to define the horizons for our children?
Tell them how high their sky of aspiration should be.
What if instead we could make them learners
Who love what they learn and love, the way they learn?
What if we could make them learners whom Destiny would generously ask one day, “What would you like to be?”
How well your child learns today will determine how far he will go tomorrow.
As a parent, Let us take you back to the days when you were in school. Remember learning something like say ..‘’Pollination in Flowers” in class?
Perhaps this is how you learnt it...you listened to your teacher as she explained the concept of pollination while drawing it on the blackboard .
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And you heard a teacher explaining “Pollination is the process by which pollen is transferred in plants, thereby enabling fertilisation and sexual reproduction. Pollen grains transport the male gametes (sperm) to where the female gamete(s) are contained within the carpel;In gymnosperms the pollen is directly applied to the ovule itself. The receptive part of the carpel is called a stigma in the flowers of angiosperms. The receptive part of the gymnosperm ovule is called the micropyle. Pollination is a necessary step in the reproduction of flowering plants, resulting in the production of offspring that are genetically diverse.
And you read the same description of Pollination in your text book with some static pictures.
How much of that did you understand and then remember?
Now here’s how children in school’s that have Educomp smartclass learn about “pollination”.
Millions of children in thousands of schools across India are learning this way and thereby acquiring a superior understanding of concepts and performing better. A fact that has even been endorsed through an independent research conducted by none other than DUN& BRADSTREET one o the world’s most renowned research independent research agencies.
Now wouldn’t you want your child’s school to have Educomp smartclass?
Here’s how a school adopts Educomp smartclass:
Educomp smart class The schools enters into a contract with Educomp for a period of five years. Educomp provides the school with all the equipment and hardware and installs it in the classrooms. A Knowledge Centre or Server Hub which stores all the digital mapped to curriculum content or digital modules like the one you saw (and smartclass has the world’s largest content bank of modules in the K12( Class I to XII) space. This Knowledge Centre is then connected to smart classrooms (the number depending on how many classrooms the school wants to be connected) where a highly efficient projection system and a very technologically advanced interactive called the DTS(Digital Teaching System) is set up. Consequently, Educomp conducts a comprehensive training programme for the teachers to make them proficient in using the system for everyday teaching.
The Financial implication of adopting smartclass is somewhat like this:
Smartclass is implemented in schools on a turn key basis. The school pays a nominal amount of fee to Educomp per month, depending on the scale of adoption i.e. number of classrooms adopted in etc. The fees takes care of all initial investments made on Hardware, ongoing teachers training and periodic support, The usage rights to the entire repository of the digital content, maintenance of the equipment and hardware and also deployment of a full time trained person inside the school to ensure smooth functioning of the program.
Educomp smartclass is now Educomp smartclass CLASS TRANSFORMATION SYSTEM
Educomp smartclass has recently announced the launch of its next generation Educomp smartclass – CLASS TRANSFORMATION SYSTEM , after an intensive and comprehensive re-engineering initiative
Educomp smartclass CTS is equipped with a whole range of teaching–learning solutions that will make your child’s learning more meaningful than ever before. Take a look at how smartclass CTS will make a difference to your child’s learning. The chances are you might want to be back in school yourself! Or at least want your child’s learning to be empowered by it.
Here’s how it make your child’s learning in the classroom a fascinating and absorbing experience:
Animations: with rich graphic like 2D & 3D that helps explain abstract concepts.
Multiple Choice Questions: with varying difficulty levels including higher order thinking.
Real Life Applications: that shall help students to appreciate the relevance of academic concepts and then apply in real life situations.
Topic Synopsis: for multiple concepts across a chapter for every subject and grade, helping teachers to summarize the concepts taught at the end of the class.
Simulations: to help teachers bring the virtual lab right next to the blackboard and demonstrate experiments while teaching.
Diagram Maker: a never before, step by step illustration of complex diagrams that helps teachers to explain how to make diagrams from the exams point of view, click-by-click.
Teaching Ideas: these are innovative teaching strategies that can be easily implemented inside the classrooms to make learning enjoyable, engaging and effective.
Mind Maps CTS: also provides an organized graphic presentation of concepts in a chapter covering all its aspects.
Worksheets CTS: will have ready worksheets for all chapters containing various types of elements like fill in the blanks, true or false etc.
Access to smartclass Teacher Fraternity Resources:: teachers will get access to resources recommended/created by over half a million teachers that exist in the smartclass fraternity today across the globe.
Weblinks: teachers will have ready access to a library of relevant web resources for every chapter.
Why you must insist on Educomp smartclass and not any like smartclass solution?
Now pioneers, (like Educomp smartclass is) have to contend with followers who come to the market with a ‘me too’ tag. Without the research, the years of evolution, and the learning from it, without an intimate understanding of needs and challenges within the classroom. But with a certain limited ability to copy, enough to make it seem similar. Of late, the market is getting flooded with such ‘smartclass like’ solutions.
Soon your child’s school and you might have a choice to make. We would urge you to make a considered choice.
And they are backed by players big and small. And suddenly, you have a choice to make.
How you learn what you learn
will determine what you will become.
If you open up a cylinder which geometrical shapes will it take? Stumped! Thinking hard?
Sometimes you believe you have understood when you actually haven't. And remember true knowledge is about understanding not memorizing. Smartclass Class Transformation System (CTS), the latest offering from Educomp, will help you understand in a way you have never understood before. And when you understand better you’ll score better. And what happens when you score better? Ah, you know that, don’t you? Doors open.
Here are the Life Transforming tools of CTS that will forever revolutionize the way you learn:
Animations: with rich graphic like 2D & 3D that helps explain abstract concepts.
Real Life Application: that shall help students to appreciate the relevance of academic concepts and then apply in real life situations.
Diagram Maker: a never before, step by step illustration of complex diagrams that helps teachers to explain how to make diagrams from the exams point of view, click-by-click.
Weblinks: teachers will have ready access to a library of relevant web resources for every chapter.