Importance of ICT Products in Education

Almost a decade ago technology was limited both in terms of what it could do and how it can be applied and integrated in pedagogy techniques. However, the scenario has changed significantly with educational institutes being retrofitted to incorporate technologies in all possible ways in an effort to enhance the quality of learning among students and ensure efficient knowledge delivery by teachers and trainers. We at Genee Solutions India (P) Ltd. strive continuously to provide educators with the right choice and proper mix of technologies and a range of digital interfaces that not only makes learning a fun filled experience but also well appreciated by today's digital generations.

Genee Powerboard is one of the smartly designed ICT products that utilize infra-red technology. It carries a new ceramic surface, making it perfect to be used like an ordinary whiteboard as well. The best thing is that it is completely interoperable ICT solution which integrates seamlessly with other ICT Products like Visualisers, Projectors, laptops, Audience Response systems, writing tablets and Computers.


Our latest advertising campaign on the pro digital interactive white board together with the visualizer generated a overwhelming response from corporate trainers and educational institutes across different parts of India. The following quarters registered significant increase in sales. The campaign helped in terms of adding several institutes of repute to our wide customer base together with improving our relationship with the existing business partners. It proved to be a step forward in our exploration of the relatively nascent domestic market which is in need of improved teaching and training methodologies and fast paced learning.

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) - Leading in Educational Sector

With the evolution of information and communication technologies in Indian educational sector, it’s becoming so convenient to effectively engage students in interactive teaching and learning sessions in schools and colleges. ICT solutions like Interactive whiteboard, student response system, digital projector, visualiser, touch screen, education software etc. have changed the entire face of education.

Today, schooling and teaching is changing due to changes that are happening in ICT technologies. Traditional aspects of living are getting transformed as ICT is gaining much importance in our lives. It’s proven now that ICT is changing society as well as education in a very big way.

An ICT product like interactive whiteboard is the most prominent and the most useful ICT technology available today. Interactive whiteboard, in particular, has transformed the entire teaching style. Teachers, no longer have to stay restricted to handful of books and notes to teach their students, rather, they can do net surfing, search encyclopedia, show live informational videos, open online dictionaries, do video streaming, study online, play video and a lot more with interactive whiteboards.

Genee Powerboard is one such amazing interactive whiteboard which carry unique features making it the most favorable choice in entire educational sector worldwide. It’s a board that utilizes Infrared technology and it doesn’t require any POWER SUPPLY. Just connect it with a PC using a USB and its ready!

Apart from these incredible features, this ICT resource has also got a Hard, Scratchproof Surface which is robustly designed to take the wear and tear of everyday usage in schools and educational institutes.

Genee View short throw projector is another ICT product which is gaining a huge demand in Indian market. The best part is that this interactive multi-surface projector is perfectly designed for carrying out interactive presentations even in tight spaces including small conference rooms, classrooms, trade show booths etc.

Now you can create big pictures from a shorter distance without the concerns about images getting obstructed with shadows or light shining onto the user’s face.

Give presentations while taking notes on screen, or highlight key points in real time. Control the line thickness and colour, take handwritten notes, type text from a keyboard then save as an image file.

Genee Sense- an Interactive System that can instantly turn any Ordinary Whiteboard into Interactive Workplace

Genee has recently launched yet another excellent ICT resource- Genee Sense. After taking a quick look at it, I immediately got an impulse to share my experiences with you! Be sure to read this post and share with others as well! I am excited to hear what you think of incredible Genee Sense!

Genee Sense is an immensely portable interactive system that can be easily attached to any flat surface of ordinary whiteboard, turning it into the state-of-the-art interactive digital whiteboard.

This incredible and aesthetically designed ICT resource can instantly give interactive capabilities to any existing whiteboard or any flat surface and is very convenient to store or carry from one classroom to another.

Users can use this wondrous Interactive system in two easy steps. Firstly, they need to mount it on their existing ordinary whiteboard magnetically. Secondly, they need to connect the PC with ordinary projector. By doing this, they can perform the functions of mouse with the help of stylus pen on the interactive screen. Not only this, users can easily access everything on their computer from their whiteboard and enjoy its interactive capabilities instantly. Best of all, Genee Sense is smartly optimized for both lectures and presentations.

The best part is that; Genee Sense is a complete budget friendly solution which is smartly designed for all kind of schools, colleges and educational institutions. To further add, it is perfectly designed to integrate seamlessly with all existing applications. Right from the schools in the rural areas to the reputed schools in the metropolitan cities; Genee Sense can suffice the need of all those users who can’t buy expensive Interactive Whiteboards but still feel the need to infuse latest technologies into their system.

Affordable and eco friendly Genee Sense is perfectly designed to deal with the massive problem of classroom theft as it is very portable and compact gadget; which can be instantly detached and stored at any safe cupboard or closet after the completion of teaching session.

With Genee sense, teachers and presenters can start teaching and presenting interactive lessons, videos, audio, websites and a lot more on their ordinary whiteboards. They can simply plug-n-play Microsoft office annotations tools and start annotating on the top of Power Point, MS Words and Excel. That’s not all it offers, it is completely compatible with 32 and 64-bit XP, VISTA, Win-7, Linux and MAC operating systems.

ICT technologies reaching out to classrooms in rural India!

Though computers came to classrooms of India more than 25 years back but still the level of acceptance of modern technologies in the teaching and learning process has always remained very limited. Schools and educational institutions of rural India are still untouched with the advancement in learning technologies.

Even today, most of the schools in rural areas possess only handful of basic teaching technologies like computers and not-so-advance Projectors. Teachers and educators still use age old blackboards and chalkboards to explain their teaching lessons to students. We can say that proper infrastructure and awareness, which are the two most important factors for the implementation of ICT programme, are lacking in educational sector of rural areas.

To cope up with these problems, Genee came up with complete budget-and-user friendly ICT solutions. Genee’s ICT Products are different from other brands simply because they are simple to use even by unprofessional, novice teachers and educators.

Genee Powerboard is one such smartly designed ICT product that utilizes infra-red (IR) technology and carries a NEW ceramic surface, making it perfect to be used like an ordinary whiteboard as well. The best thing is that it is completely interoperable ICT solution which integrates seamlessly with other ICT and AV solutions like Visualisers, Projectors, laptops, Audience Response systems, writing tablets and Computers.

Best of all, this wonderful ICT solution can be easily and instantly operated simply by touching with dummy pen or finger. Opening files, streaming videos, running animations, internet surfing, book reading or using online resources, everything is possible with just couple of touches on this state-of-the-art interactive whiteboard.

Genee View Projector is another ICT resource which carries a unique and NEW 3LCD reflective technology. This tremendous teaching aid carries interactive capabilities that can turn any flat surface into an interactive surface!  This ultimate ICT resource is portable and can be retrofit into existing projector installations making it perfect for rural schools and teaching institutes.

Genee View Short throw projector is an ICT solution which is perfectly designed to teach in smaller and tighter classrooms.  It is a smartly designed ICT product for creating big pictures from a shorter distance without the concerns about images getting obstructed with shadows or light shining onto the teacher’s face. This product certainly serves the purpose of classrooms where ample space remains a big constraint.

Likewise, we have numerous advance ICT technologies which can do best to our learning and teaching system in villages and rural areas. These  include Genee Slate- an aesthetically designed graphic tablet, NEW Virtual G-Pad- a unique response system app, Genee Future Class- a Comprehensive CBSE and NCERT based K-12 Content, Genee Sense- an Advance Interactive System, Touch Screens, Visualisers, Projectors and a lot more.

How Classroom Response Systems facilitate active learning in large enrollment classrooms?

Have you ever imagined how big challenge it is for a lecturer to encourage active learning within a large classroom full of students?

Let me explain you with the most common situation faced by every lecturer and his/her students in their routine life.

A lecturer enters a big lecture hall with a setting capacity of 300 students. Some enthusiastic students already arrive before the session and simply take over the entire front rows. But, many students arrive at the last moment and somehow managed to find seats in the middle rows. Some students are still arriving even after the lecture has been started by the lecturer and are left with no other choice but to sit at secluded back benches. Front benchers get an advantage to listen to each and every word uttered out of the mouth of the lecturer but back benchers manage to hear just few words and are often distracted with other things like mobile phones, laptops etc. And that’s how the lecture goes on.

No doubt about the fact that large classrooms face several pedagogical challenges like these including lack of creating opportunities for student participation is the teaching session, difficulty in gauging pupil’s progress and lack of input and interaction technologies but still solution exists.

Audience Response System is that one solution which is extremely helpful in facilitating active learning in large enrollment classrooms.

It is a very popular and helpful teaching tool which is getting used in most of the schools and colleges across the world. Commonly known as clickers, these look like a mobile phone or a remote control. A teacher can easily use a classroom response system handset to ask multiple choice questions from the students during a class lecture. In response to it, students can feed in their answers in the format of true/false, yes/no, multiple choices, numeric and text in their respective response systems handsets which gets stored into the database of the computer. In return, teacher can display all the answers in the form of reports, table, graph and pie chart for students to see.

                                                                    

Genee’s audience response systems are the best classroom response systems available today. Best of all, these clickers are cost effective and intelligently designed for both educational and corporate sectors. Trainers, presenters and educators can rapidly and efficiently collect real-time data from participants and display results with these interactive response systems. Amazingly, these come in three different models- Genee pad, iQ pad and pebble pad. Each carries an exclusive quality of its own. Ergonomically designed, these clickers are perfect for younger students as well.

However, the trendiest technology which is gaining a special place in classrooms of today is virtual response system. In other words, it is the technology that allows students to be actively involved in real time classroom sessions without the need of handsets or clickers. With a virtual G pad students can easily attend important classroom sessions even by being absent from the classroom.