Growing up in the digital age, youth today have the opportunity for greater access to technology and information than any previous generation. They have the whole world at their fingertips. And to enhance and equip students and teachers with 21st century skills to compete in today’s global economy, Dell launched ‘Purpose-built Latitude-2100 notebook’, a new range of solutions in India, christened “Connected Classroom”, which is targeted at the education sector to help schools hold classes using the latest technology.
“The idea behind the Dell Connected Classroom is simple, through its ability to stimulate learning on multiple levels; technology can enhance the classroom experience for both teachers and students”, said the Director of Solutions Marketing-Public Sector (APJ), Kriti Kapoor.
It is currently available in the US, UK, Mexico, Brazil, China, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. And it focuses on the sectors like education, defence, healthcare and government through its public division, which was created in November, 2009.
Prof. Marmar Mukhopadhyay (a moderator, policy maker, planner, author, researcher), addresses the reporters saying. “The agenda is to generate ‘Thinking based learning’, as it is crucial to bring about a positive turmoil in our new emerging India. Introducing technology in classrooms will certainly take away the fear factor and generate confidence. But we have to be extremely cautious about introducing any technology that encourages spoon-feeding as it will make our next generation incompetent.”
Explaining which Prof. M M Pant, member of Board of Management, IIT, Delhi, said, “Thinking and Computing are complementary components that has helped in growing from Agricultural economy to Knowledge economy, it enhances the ability to formulate new problems by thinking and then find new solutions for them.”
The company is working towards active and interactive participation of the government, community, teachers, students and their parents; it is in discussion with schools, both private and public, for deployment. The cost of the solution would start at about Rs 3 lakh per classroom for a 24-student set-up.
“The education vertical is going to be a key area of focus for Dell in the current financial year. Through this solution, we are increasingly focusing on providing mobility and the education sector will look at strengthening that position. There are currently 1.3 million schools in India with ICT penetration of approximately 14%, out of 7% of India’s population going online, 44% of these netizens are students”, estimated Dell India General Manager (Public Division), Neeraj Gupta.
“Textual knowledge integrated with technology can become standardized global education, no one can replace the teacher but technology can serve as an effective tool and an added advantage for better learning and understanding process”, concluded Dr. Shyama Chona, Renowned Educationist.
“The idea behind the Dell Connected Classroom is simple, through its ability to stimulate learning on multiple levels; technology can enhance the classroom experience for both teachers and students”, said the Director of Solutions Marketing-Public Sector (APJ), Kriti Kapoor.
It is currently available in the US, UK, Mexico, Brazil, China, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. And it focuses on the sectors like education, defence, healthcare and government through its public division, which was created in November, 2009.
Prof. Marmar Mukhopadhyay (a moderator, policy maker, planner, author, researcher), addresses the reporters saying. “The agenda is to generate ‘Thinking based learning’, as it is crucial to bring about a positive turmoil in our new emerging India. Introducing technology in classrooms will certainly take away the fear factor and generate confidence. But we have to be extremely cautious about introducing any technology that encourages spoon-feeding as it will make our next generation incompetent.”
Explaining which Prof. M M Pant, member of Board of Management, IIT, Delhi, said, “Thinking and Computing are complementary components that has helped in growing from Agricultural economy to Knowledge economy, it enhances the ability to formulate new problems by thinking and then find new solutions for them.”
The company is working towards active and interactive participation of the government, community, teachers, students and their parents; it is in discussion with schools, both private and public, for deployment. The cost of the solution would start at about Rs 3 lakh per classroom for a 24-student set-up.
“The education vertical is going to be a key area of focus for Dell in the current financial year. Through this solution, we are increasingly focusing on providing mobility and the education sector will look at strengthening that position. There are currently 1.3 million schools in India with ICT penetration of approximately 14%, out of 7% of India’s population going online, 44% of these netizens are students”, estimated Dell India General Manager (Public Division), Neeraj Gupta.
“Textual knowledge integrated with technology can become standardized global education, no one can replace the teacher but technology can serve as an effective tool and an added advantage for better learning and understanding process”, concluded Dr. Shyama Chona, Renowned Educationist.
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