Learn to use Student Response Systems with three easy steps

Students Response System; commonly known as ‘Clickers’ are those wondrous hand held devices which are getting widely used in classrooms of today. Clickers have so intelligently adapted themselves into the education system of today that one can’t imagine teaching without them.

Moreover, this ‘New Era’ gadget is superbly contrived to carry out an effective two-way communication between teacher and students inside a classrooms and lecture halls. Lets me tell you how it works?

First step
Teacher asks a question with the help of her handset and the question gets projected on the large screen or interactive whiteboard.

Second Step
Students feed-in their respective answers in the form of true/false, yes/no, multiple choices, numeric and text which get stored into the attached computer.

Final Step
Teacher can display all the feedbacks and answers on the large screen in the form of table, graph and pie chart for students to see. Teachers can also discuss on individual or group performance regarding the poll or test she conducted. As a result; these useful student response systems helps in eradicating misconceptions, communication gaps and misunderstandings from the minds of students and motivated them to carry out open-ended discussions, polls and evaluations with utmost confidence.
Educators of today; prefer using Genee’s easy-to-use student response systems including Genee pad, pebble pad and iQ-pad; to teach their students. They believe that these unique clickers help students to understand key lessons and concept very easily and quickly.

Genee’s student response systems are extremely interoperable, flexible and can be used excellently with ClassComm software. Moreover; teachers can save a lot of time by using Genee’s response systems as compared to cumbersome and time consuming paper evaluation, result tallying and answer checking method.

Genee Sync- Incredible Classroom Management Software for Computer-Based Classrooms of Today

We all know that computers are turning out to be amazing educational tools, but, at the same time; they can also be a huge distraction to learning. The Internet, Social sites, games, online cricket, instant messaging and personal email are constant temptations for pupils.

Genee Sync is the most reliable classroom management software that removes all of these distractions so teachers can teach their pupils more effectively. It is a tool which gives the teacher control over student computer in real time, enabling a safe and personalised learning environment. Just a network connection between computers is what that’s required to run Genee Sync in a classroom. Teachers can monitor the classroom from their computer, present a lesson with annotation tools. Application program and Internet access can be managed with ease and comfort.

It’s the easiest to install and simplest to use; best suited for teaching in a computer-based classrooms. Some of the remarkable features offered by Genee Sync are as follows:-

Helpful in Reducing Pupil Distractions
This reliable classroom software is extremely helpful in reduction of pupil distractions. Teachers can instantly supervise student computer activity by monitoring their active desktops and by limiting their applications and web browsing usage. This not only helps teachers to take control over pupil’s machine in the classroom but also help teachers to keeps students on their respective task.

Instantly Monitors Students Activities
Genee Sync is one essential tool which instantly monitors pupil activities within a classroom setting. This classroom software prevent incorrect usage of class computers as its special Web Lock tool allows the teacher to be selective with internet content that can be viewed in the classroom by the pupils.

Useful in assessing pupil Understanding
With the help of this wondrous Learning software; teachers can do real time supervision of pupil’s computer usage and assess their understanding. Besides this, its App-Manager quickly manages and changes application which pupils can use or view.

Live Annotation over Pupil’s Screens
Teachers can instantly share their individual screen with the class. Its incredible Focus Tool allows instructor to annotate over student work and highlight key points. Not only this, with this Classroom software; teachers can instantly share one student’s desktop with the whole group of students or the entire class. From their individual computers, a student can promptly demonstrate or present his own answers to the whole class.

Advance shut down and lock feature
The best part is that Genee sync helps teachers to shut down or lock students systems by giving just a single command on their individual system.

Hassel free two way communication
With Genee sync a Teacher can create hassle free two way communication with each and every student individually. No need for worksheets as data can be directly send during class room sessions onto their individual computer screens.

Genee Slate- An incredible Mini Whiteboard with its uses and benefits

In present times, digitizing tablet is emerging as a wondrous ICT and AV resource; which is intelligently designed to aid users in carrying out live presentations and classroom sessions; effectively.  With this new era gadget, users no longer need to stay rooted to one place - behind a lectern or in front of the audience while carrying out presentations.

A graphic tablet or graphic pad is an input device; with the help of which; users can write text or draw images on a flat surface in a similar manner as they can draw on a paper. But the unique feature of using a graphic tablet is that whatever; a user draws on a graphic tablet doesn't appear on its surface; instead the image appears on the attached computer screen or on the whiteboard screen.

Genee slate is one such market leading graphic tablet which can't miss to leave a solid impression on the minds of its users.  It is a Virtual Mini Whiteboard which can be passed around audience or students and can be operated from anywhere in the presentation hall or classroom.

It is a Digitizing Tablet which can be brought into use for setting up an effective communication with an interactive Whiteboard, Visualiser, computer or laptop through a wireless RF interface that plugs directly into any USB port on the PC or laptop. The best part is that it allows its users to navigate through files and other content even by moving around the presentation hall or classroom.

Some of the outstanding features of Genee Slate are as follows:

Extreme Mobility
With this cutting edge Digitizing Tablet; Presenters or teachers no longer need to stay rooted to one spot while facing an audience or group of students. They can access all their files; wherever they want; in the room.  Its lightweight stylus carries all necessary mouse functions.

Ergonomic Designing
Genee slate with super fine ergonomic designing and advanced RF technology with contoured and sloping palm rest assures high amount of comfort and reliability to its users.

Live Annotation
This next generation Digitizing Tablet is perfectly carved for carrying out live annotations over presentations, programs, documents and web pages or on Microsoft applications such as PowerPoint, Excel and Word. With Genee slate; a user can easily draw images and graphics on a flat screen in a similar way as drawing on a piece of paper.

Vast Clip Art Library
Free software is also included with these revolutionary Graphic Tablets which includes a clip art library of over 2,000 images, making Genee Slate a great ICT and AV solution for carrying out lectures and presentations. It also includes PowerPresenter and handwriting recognition features. 

Battery Life
Genee slate comes with an astonishing battery life of over 16 hours and that too in a continuing mode. Moreover, its rechargeable battery carries a capacity of 800mA which makes it a best Digitizing Tablet amongst all.

Besides these tremendous features, Genee slate also carries resolution as high as 2000lpi, Online Help Menu, Super VGA color monitor (800 x 600), CD ROM drive and USB port. Its Unique Soft keys are smartly located across the top of the tablet; allowing instant access to helpful Presentation Tools such as Annotation Pens, Spotlight and Reveal.

Role of Visualisers in education

School, a place where children learn to play, discover, explore and unwind…

Just imagine! What will be the first reaction of those children; if, all of a sudden, a new teaching aid gets introduced in a 5th standard classroom.

Now; you must be wondering what this could be? And what this new teaching aid will do or change in the classroom?

Well, I would answer the second question first. This ‘secret’ teaching aid will do wonders in the classroom, for sure and this teaching aid can change or I can say, ‘Revive’ the whole spirit of that classroom.

Let me break the suspense…This teaching aid is a Vision Visualiser which is also known as Document Camera or Visual Presenter.  A Vision Visualiser is a type of video camera that is used to display text, 2D or 3D object on display devices like Interactive Whiteboards, plasma screens and touch screens.

           

As parents, we all know that how important schooling is for our little ones? At the same time, we also know that all the teaching solutions including Visualisers, Interactive Whiteboards, Student Response Systems and Projectors also play an equally important role in educating our children.

Genee’s entire range of Vision Visualisers is mesmerizing and worth considering. At the very first glance you will feel the difference. Genee’s Vision Visualiser or Visual Presenter has an ability to ‘revive’ the whole spirit of classroom teaching. These Vision Visualisers can help in grooming children in a much better way, if compared to conventional ways of teaching and learning.

The best part is that Genee’s whole range of Vision Visualisers is extremely useful in visualising the subject matter and improving their logical abilities and understanding of the subject.

Genee’s Vision Visualisers or Document Cameras are extremely useful in educating your kids because:-

·         Genee’s Vision Visualisers helps displaying artefacts and objects in close detail.

·         Interoperability is the key feature of these Vision Visualisers as they can be used in conjunction with data projectors, PC and interactive whiteboards.

·         Genee’s Visual Presenters help in reviewing and evaluating other student’s work by projecting it on a screen or whiteboard for group discussions or general comments.

·          Image freeze, zoom in & positive and negative conversion is also possible with Genee’s Vision Visualisers.

·         Genee’s Visual Presenters can be used for displaying even the complex details of any kind of tangible item, including fossils, photographs, books, 3D objects, X-ray film, art illustrations, maps and similar objects.

·         Genee’s Vision Visualisers work wonders in demonstrating art techniques such as color-mixing, object or paper cutting, origami, brushwork and shading in an art class.

·         Vision Visualisers can be best utilized in demonstrating geometrical technique such as how to use a scale, compass or protractor to accurately measure and draw lengths and angles.

What more can you ask for? As Genee’s Vision Visualisers help you save a lot of money on photo-copying. A Vision Visualiser can take a snapshot in seconds and its image can be viewed through the projector on any flat screen.

Now, stop drawing out the fun just by imagining!!

Turn it into a reality!!

Get your children this incredible presentation tool.

Explore About Presentation Box

Visualiser is also called as presentation box . It is a kind of video camera that can show detailed view of text, 2D or 3D object placed under it on projection screen, plasma screens etc. Presentation box has a huge impact on learning process and teaching ideas. It assists students by incorporating exciting visual technology to absorb and retain information. Presentation box aids students to visualise subject matter and advances their reasoning abilities and knowledge about the subject. The development of ICT (Information and communication technology) in education has enhances the presentation ideas of teachers. Every teacher needs to express his ideas about the subject in front of their students. The achievement and understanding of students depends on teachers with innovative presentation ideas. They must have good presentation ideas for an efficient learning environment.
A presentation box will permit whole class viewing of any text, image or 3D object, including students written work, books, pictures and scientific samples. Presentation box has a range of functions like zoom, split screen, positive/negative, image capture and video capture to provide high quality presentation and easy investigation facility. The zoom and freeze facilities are enormously valuable in areas such as Science and Engineering e.g. the parts of a flower, seed dispersal, parts of an electronic circuit board. The split screen and mirror functions are also highly valuable in areas such as Math’s and Art and Design discussing symmetry. A presentation box will allows a process to be demonstrated to whole class. This has been of great use in electronics, engineering, graphics and many other areas of education. More ever, teacher can record video and capture images with presentation box for future lessons. Thus, presentation box should be used in school, colleges and universities to enhance teaching methodology.