About us
First things first. Educomp smartclass is a flagship brand of Educomp Solutions,
India’s largest Education company.
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 8,000 schools already embracing the system,
and the number growing at almost 10 schools a day, this divide is getting narrower
by the day.
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 go up every time she asked a question
Even as it popularity grew with school after school adopting it, as pioneers we
realised that we needed to keep pushing the frontiers of technology, make it adapt
to changing times, make it more user friendly, more versatile and more resourceful.
Over the years, such upgrades and improvements kept happening on a continuous basis.
But the time was fast approaching for metamorphic and transformational change. For
nearly 2 years starting end 2009, the think tank at smartclass has been at work
devoting millions of man days to execute the most comprehensive re-engineering of
its kind to make smartclass a truly 21st century teavhing-learning. And the result
is amazing new avatar of Educomp smartclass-re-christened befittingly as smartclass
CTS(Class Transformation System)
Now, imagine a Science teacher explaining how a DNA replicates, a History teacher
teaching a class about the Harappan Civilisation, or a Geography teacher teaching
how Block mountains are formed. The best of teachers take pains to explain the concepts
largely depending on their own abilities. The students listen to the teachers, try
to decipher the figures drawn on the blackboard and read from their text books,
take notes and try hard to visualize how it happens and remember. At the end of
the class, the teacher asks a few random questions to assess how the class fared.
Invariably a few hands (mostly of the same set of brightest students in class),
go up, the answers are given and the class ends.
Educomp smartclass brings about a complete transformation in classrooms. The Science
teacher while explaining how a DNA replicates is able to show the class a 3D animation
of the DNA replication process on a large screen. She can explain the fine points
of the process, zoom in to show the relevant visuals, freeze and annotate when and
where she needs to emphasise. Similarly the History teacher shows the class a virtual
walk through of the Harappan Civilisation. Uncovering the relevant parts step by
step as a part of her lesson plan , while the Geography teacher shows a virtual
Block mountain being formed…all with engaging animations, colors, music, sounds
and voice. The teachers gain complete attention and interest of every child in the
class. Every child gets a visual input on how it happens and the concepts are well
understood and internalised.
Towards the end of the class, every teacher displays a set of questions on a large
screen, every child in class gets ready to answer the questions with their personal
answering device – SAS. Students click the answers, instantly, teachers are able
to get a score sheet for every child in class. She ends the class re –teaching the
parts of the lesson that were not understood well by class.
The result: faster and accurate understanding of the concepts in class and consequently
improvement in the overall academic performance of students. Now all of this was
possible with Educomp smartclass as it existed before CTS.
With CTS a lot more is possible. The science teachers can use a Diagram Drawer which
plays a step by step line drawing animation of say how to draw stages of DNA replication
or block mountain formation. She can get a brilliant Teaching Idea by clicking on
the Teaching Idea icon before she commences teaching. Or use the Topic Synopsis
or Mind Map to recapitulate the salient points of a lesson or concept taught. She
can also click on Simulation to show virtual experiments without having rely on
limited Lab availability. There are Worksheets, Weblinks and then in the days to
come access to smartclass Teacher Fraternity Resources an ideas and best practices
portal which will give any teacher to share and access pedagogical expertise.
Educomp smartclass
- Improves teacher effectiveness and productivity in class.
- It brings abstract and difficult curriculum concepts to life inside classrooms.
- Makes learning an enjoyable experience for students.
- Improves academic performance of students.
- Enables instant formative assessment of learning outcomes in class.
- It also enables teachers to instantly assess and evaluate the learning achieved
by their students in class.
How is Educomp smartclass implemented in Schools?
- Provision of digital content mapped to schools syllabus
- All hardware, equipment and accessories – installation and maintenance
- Initial and ongoing training of teachers
- Day to day support and monitoring of usage
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 student per month basis.
India’s Largest Content Library
At the core of Educomp smartclass, is a vast repository of digital instruction materials
exactly mapped to meet with the specific objectives laid out by different learning
standards and curricula by schools across the country. This repository is aggregated
and continuously populated through ongoing development at Educomp’s Digital state
of the art Products and Solutions (DIPS) group, located in NEPZ and Bangalore.
The content repository consists of thousands of highly animated, lesson specific,
3D and 2D multimedia modules built with an Instructor-led design that allows the
teacher to effectively explain the lesson in a typical classroom of diverse set
of learners.
Educomp smartclass also provide a large repository of 3D animated modules and videos
mapped to school curriculum through its exclusive partnership with Eureka, Designate
and Discovery.
The modules are embedded in a template that allows the teachers to teach a chosen
lesson in class. Frame by frame, with engaging and instructionally sound animated
set of visuals while retaining complete control on the pace of delivery. The curriculum
reach unfolds from kindergarten to grade twelve covering subjects like Mathematics,
Science, English, EVS, Social Studies, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, History, Geography,
Economics and Business Studies. Our repository consists of multimedia 2D and 3D
modules.
Every chapter has a set of ‘Multiple Choice Questions‘ designed to assess learning
achieved at different cognitive levels in that specific lesson in class. These are
launched through the engine, displayed on screen for students to answer. The smartclass
uses an innovative assessment methodology of using wireless handheld devices.
Teachers can also create their own smart tests and use them in the class for assessment.
For this purpose, a Test Authoring Tool has been added to the smartclass assessment
application.
At home, Students can access the content through Educomp Online, a portal dedicated
to provide the smartclass schools with a 360 degree learning experience. The smartclass
system includes a virtual school, where parents, teachers and students can communicate
with each other. Teachers can upload assignments for students to download, and make
available important information for parents to view.
Support and Training
A team of over 800 professionals at Educomp is fully dedicated to continuously upgrade
its content repository, support schools and teachers on a day to day basis. Armed
with highly evolved methodologies, tools and processes to absorb the benefits of
Educomp smartclass.