Monday, May 2, 2011

Interactive Whiteboard – An Ideal Digital Teaching Aid

These days, Interactive Whiteboards are making a huge contribution in educating today’s younger generation. Teachers and students are getting engaged with Digital Whiteboards as promptly as they complement the rest of the technology. With the help of this technology, educators can create personalised teaching material from online resources and present effectively on the Interactive Whiteboard.

Genee Powerboard is one of the leading Interactive Whiteboard that utilizes gesture technology to give unparalleled performance in board rooms, conference suites and classrooms. Genee powerboard is a large computer display which can be easily and effectively controlled by pen, finger or stylus.

Moreover, this Interactive Whiteboard comes with ceramic surface which is durable, cleans up easily and is coated to provide minimal glare. Genee Powerboard is tremendously designed to allow its users to annotate over any application and save their work.

Real time on-screen editing is also supported by Genee Powerboard. Its graphic tools allow input of custom graphics or images and defining the background selection as well. Besides this, Genee Powerboard also supports third party software applications to create, edit and annotate over live motion videos.

In addition to these benefits, this Interactive Whiteboard outperform conventional blackboard by every means as it can integrate seamlessly with visualisers, document cameras, audience response system, PC, writing tablets and all kind of audio-visual teaching tools. This Interactive Whiteboard is exclusively designed for distance learning as it gets easily integrated into a complete conference network.

Similarly, pro digital plus is also an ideal ICT solution for educators, presenters and trainers. It is an outstanding Digital Whiteboard that comprises advanced electromagnetic technology. This Interactive Whiteboard offers hide, reveal, spotlight and snapshot features that produce creative PowerPoint presentations in lesser time.

Moreover, pro digital plus is an electronic Digital Whiteboard that easily connects to a computer and projector creating a large interactive projection screen. Unlike, traditional whiteboard, whatever a teacher writes on its surface gets saved in the computer and can be easily retrieved later on. Eventually, it helps in improving the quality and content of classroom learning resulting in greater student participation and enhanced learning.

Friday, April 15, 2011

Why Students and Children Love Genee Powerboard?

It was a bright Monday morning. At sharp 8:30 am, the school bell ranged. I saw students running towards their classrooms.


This day of class I started with an introduction to Genee Powerboard- an Interactive Whiteboard with a difference!


Amazingly, I saw so many faces with so many expressions. Each face was full of Excitement, Joy and Surprise, as they saw something ‘New’ in their classroom. This new thing was an incredible Genee Powerboard – An interactive Whiteboard with a difference!

In less than a minute, they all realized that this whiteboard can be operated simply by touching its interactive screen.

The delight on their faces was evident!

And it’s not surprising. At 5 years of age, they were able to touch and gain computer experience just by interacting classroom computer via digital whiteboard, just with their fingers.

All I can say is that, once again, Genee Powerboard savored success by sprinkling its magic onto the hearts of 5 year old ‘Excited’ students.

To get a clear picture of what this amazing Genee Powerboard is, let me explain…

No entangled cables, no mouse, no keyboard and no costly installations, Genee Powerboard’s unique design guarantees safer and better classrooms for present and future. Rather, it brings out creative side of students as they can easily and interactively engage themselves in drawing diagrams, opening images and videos, exploring internet or illustrate their points by writing directly on these whiteboards, and that too with dry-erase marker and finger gestures.

Genee Powerboard is one such amazing Interactive Whiteboard designed for rough usage by students. It utilizes infrared technology to give unparalleled performance in classrooms. These Digital Whiteboards are built to withstand hard knocks or any other learning curve thrown at it in the classrooms. The best part is that Genee Powerboard comes with New Ceramic Surface option which allows the user to use these Digital Whiteboards just like conventional Whiteboards without permanently marking the surface.

In less than 6 hours, I felt a ‘Big’ change, especially, in the students of that class, as now they were able to learn and explore a lot more with interactive learning sessions with this awesome teaching aid.

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Interactive Whiteboards- From a Child Perspective!

I felt so much ecstasy and pleasure when I touched Interactive Whiteboard for the first time in my classroom. It was an incredible feeling for me when I touched a digital whiteboard with my finger and gazed it with my eyes. It was simply connected with a projector, PC and educational software.

Amazingly; I was able to Shrink, Enlarge, Select and Swipe high definition and 3D digital images and videos; in matter of seconds, just by moving my fingers onto that Interactive Whiteboard.

It felt awesome to access Videos, Animations, Pictures, Web pages and every Audio - Visual element that I could dream of; in just couple of clicks!

I couldn’t stop myself getting up from my desk to ask more about this wonderful Interactive Whiteboard from my teacher. She could see a spark and eagerness to know about this Interactive Whiteboard in my eyes!

And she told me that this is a Genee Powerboard.

Astoundingly, I was able to electronically draw, write and erase over projected images, annotate in color, highlight the text, cut or paste images and capture it all for my future reference just by using my hands and fingers on a Genee Powerboard. What I liked most about this Digital Whiteboard is that it is extremely durable, easy to clean up and well coated to provide minimal glare in the classroom. Moreover, my teacher was able to write with chalk, pen and fingers simultaneously; onto Genee powerboard.

The amazing part is that now I started liking my tedious History class as well. Zoom-In and Split Screen features of Genee Powerboard allowed me and my classmates to view images of Historical Artefacts and Fossils much minutely, clearly and deeply.

Now, I enjoy my Science class the most! As now I can Zoom-In and move all the planets around the Sun to see how they move in relation to each other to understand my Solar System chapter much easily on Genee Powerboard.

Not only this, with Genee Powerboard; I can use features like Image Freeze, Positive & Negative Conversion in my Physics class, get demonstrations on Color-Mixing, Paper Cutting, Origami, Brushwork and Shading in my Art class; use interactive Geometrical Tools like Scale, Compass or Protractor to accurately measure and draw lengths and angles in my Mathematics class.

Like me; my classmates and friends also feel the same motivation and excitement to learn more and more using Genee Powerboard.

And Now, Genee Powerboard has just become a way of life for us!

We know, it’s going to be there and it’s a resource that we would always love to use fully!

At the end of the day, Genee Powerboard to me; is a resource… that is newer, more visual, more Interactive and a lot more colorful.

Like me, you should also know more about Genee Powerboard…

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

How Audience Response Voting System helps in building a ‘Two Way Communication’?

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.