Monday, March 28, 2011

Interactive Whiteboards- for the youth of today

As per a research, Interactive Whiteboards are being used in almost 175 countries across the globe by both educational and corporate sectors. The research further states that more than 40 million teachers and pupils are relishing the benefits of this interactive Whiteboard technology in their classrooms Worldwide.

Young children and youth of today, which are also labeled as ‘Net generation’, are wholeheartedly welcoming this unique interactive whiteboard technology. Youth of today are better able to ‘munch in’ the concepts and lessons which their teacher try to teach them with the help of Interactive Whiteboards. With interactive whiteboards youngsters are getting encouraged to learn lessons full of pictures, animations, sounds and ‘close to life’ examples.

This is also true that concepts taught on Interactive Whiteboards are easier and simpler to understand and remember as they gets relate to the day-to-day experiences of students. This advantage of interactive Whiteboards encourages them to express their ideas about a lesson in ways which are directly relevant to their own day-to-day experiences.

Genee’s whole range of interactive whiteboard including Genee Powerboard and Pro Digital plus serves aspirations of these youngsters in the best possible manner. Both of these Interactive Whiteboards works as a virtual aid for trainers, presenters and educators to instantly and directly present information displayed on the screen to their target audience. These Interactive whiteboards doesn’t require any external power supply to be operated which gives them an option to readily navigate through windows, access information, retain participant attention and encourage interactivity.

Genee Powerboard is one such amazing teaching aid which brings an excited hush amongst students; in a classroom. Students can explore whole world of possibilities and opportunities simply by using Genee Powerboard. Virtual teaching lessons, examples, geometrical measuring tools, microscopes can be accessed in matter of seconds. With Genee Powerboard students can form a connection with other classrooms and expert teachers or lecturers around the globe using internet.

On the other hand, Genee’s Pro Digital plus is also a remarkable interactive Whiteboard comprising electromagnetic technology. Pro digital plus whiteboard’s hide, reveal, spotlight and snapshot features produce creative PowerPoint presentations instantly. Pro Digital plus interactive whiteboard comes with an Interactive learning software and a built in image gallery.

The best part is that both of Genee’s Interactive Whiteboards feature programmable keys on both sides of boards that act as shortcut keys. These Interactive Whiteboards are best known for their easy and instant interoperability with interactive visualisers, projectors and a P.C.

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Voting system: The best means of creating a ‘Communication Loop’ between an audience and a presenter

An audience response voting system is an effective means of engaging audience in interactive meetings and group discussions; in both corporate and educational environment. In seconds, Real time data can be collected with an audience response voting system. Presenters, educators and trainers can rapidly and efficiently collect responses and replies in the form of real-time data from learners, trainees or participants with these audience response voting systems.

Audience response voting systems includes battery operated and rechargeable handset range which is wisely designed to ‘Communicate’ in an extremely quick, efficient and accurate manner. With an audience response voting system an audience can send out their autonomous and true opinions; free of any ambiguity or biasness. An audience response system helps in building a ‘Two Way Communication’ between an audience and a presenter. In other words, audience response voting systems are considered to be the best means of creating a ‘Communication Loop’ between the both.

An audience response voting system allows an audience to respond to queries raised or a poll initiated in the form of True/False, Yes/No, Open Format and Multiple choices.

Genee’s Audience response system is one such voting system which is exclusively designed to be used in a prompt, effective and a hassle free manner. Genee’s voting handset range is designed ideally for early years and special educational needs students. These streamlined voting systems support complete interoperability and flexibility. These voting systems work excellently with the latest versions of Genee’s Class Comm and CenS Us software. With the help of Genee’s voting systems any presenter or a teacher can easily create presentation data, briefings, lectures or lesson plans, as it is also compatible with PowerPoint.

Genee’s Audience response voting system also allows entry of mathematical symbols as well, making it an ideal gadget for formative and summative assessment. A presenter or a trainer can work with utmost ease and comfort with these simple to load and easy to use Class Comm and CenS Us software packages. Class Comm software works with PowerPoint so there is no need to learn new software as you can use pre prepared PowerPoint slides to save time and effort! Voting system software packages can even compile the reports into an excel spreadsheet so as to save a lot of time in compiling the results.

Virtual G pad is another highly advanced form of voting system which carries all the features of voting system handsets and Class Comm software package without the need of any handset. Virtual G pad voting system can be used on the screen of any PC, mobile phone or laptop which, in turn, enables students to give responses to questions even by being physically nonexistent during a poll or a lecture.

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

ICT Solutions- for better attitude towards Teaching and Learning System

Immense Technological advancement in ICT (Information & Communications Technology) resources and solutions is empowering and lightening up the learning and teaching system worldwide. ICT training and presentation solutions comprise of Interactive Whiteboards, projectors, touch screens, Audience response systems, Visualisers, educational software, accessories and peripherals. The best part is that ICT solutions are getting widely accepted to play a key role in development of every nation. This is because, ICT products can easily reach even at the remotest areas; and can improvise the most challenged educational systems.

Genee’s ICT training and presentation solutions can cause transformative advancements worldwide. Now, it is possible for any student or a teacher to gain access to higher bandwidths, use more direct forms of communication and have access to sharable resources. With the use of Genee’s ICT resources, the concept of ‘Quality Learning’ is emerging and growing. Say for instance, now it is possible for a student or a learner to instantly respond to questions put up by teacher using Genee’s effective ICT solution called Audience response systems. This ICT resource is designed to facilitate every student, with a channel to submit their responses in an interactive and prompt manner. At the same time, it is also possible to access and control Computer Applications, Multimedia Files, Diagrams and Demonstrations simply by touching Genee’s powerboard. Students or learner can now drag, manipulate, draw, underline, and write notes using the ‘Intelligent’ digital pens onto this interactive powerboard and save their work for later use in the Supportive Software.

It is a well accepted fact that the effective usage of Genee’s ICT resources and solutions in the classroom results in positive academic outcomes, which includes much better test scores, better attitude towards teaching and learning, and better understanding of abstract concepts.