Interactive Classrooms @ Home - a unique technology enabled learning solution unveiled by NIIT MindChampion Vishwanathan Anand in Pune
Revolutionary concept aimed at making learning engaging and meaningfulLaunches state-of-the-art ‘NIIT NGuru Math Lab Plus’ and ‘IT Wizard Plus’
Pune, 20 December, 2013: NIIT MindChampion Viswanathan Anand today unveiled a unique learning solution introduced by NIIT NGuru - Interactive Classrooms @ Home (ICR@Home), at a function organized in the city. Amit Gupte, Zonal Head – South & West also graced the occasion. The innovative learning solution aims to provide every child the advantage of using multimedia content and interactivity from home.
NIIT NGuru Interactive Classrooms @ Home is a revolutionary new offering from NIIT that empowers institutions to manage the challenges of the future by increasing the impact of the teaching-learning process and making learning a more meaningful experience for children.
NIIT NGuruICR@Home facilitates the integration of technology by equipping institutions to offer technology-enabled teaching-learning tools, with age-appropriate instructional design that effectively disseminates knowledge that is easier and more interesting to comprehend.
On the occasion NIIT MindChampion Viswanathan Anand also unveiled the new avatar of NIIT Nguru Math Lab Plus, a breakthrough initiative that aims at making the vital subject of mathematics simpler, easier and fun to learn for school students and IT Wizard Plus, a solution specifically designed for the modern day challenges in teaching IT in schools.
Certificate of Association were awarded to Schools in Pune by Viswanathan Anand. He also felicitated the students who excelled in the game of Chess, digital art and Mathematics in the city. His talk - ‘Raise Your Spirits’ inspired the students on facing up to the challenge and turning them into opportunities.
Amit Gupte – Zonal Head, NIIT Ltd said, “NIIT is committed to make education more impactful and interactive by leveraging IT by ensuring that the best tools and resources are made available to thousands of schools across India. We are confident that the unique ICR@Home product will make teaching and learning a fun-filled experience for both teachers and students.”
Speaking on the occasion NIIT MindChampion Viswanathan Anand said, “Technology has always played a key role in enabling teachers and students to make day-to-day teaching and learning more enriching and rewarding. I believe that the solution offered by NIIT will help schools to extend the learning Ecosystem beyond its own premises. I congratulate NIIT for introducing such innovative products.”
The Cloud component of theICR@Home solution supports the school with tools to conduct assessments, record and manage data with respect to the regularity of assessment, frequency of unit testing, retesting and facilitates the diagnosis of learning gaps and use of relevant corrective measures.
The software tools cover both the scholastic and the co-scholastic aspects of students’ growth and development. Complete support for CCE is provided in the areas of data capture, data management, performance analysis, report generation and analysis are completely addressed. These features will enable the school to implement Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) smoothly and effectively.
NIIT NGuru Math Lab Plus provides an opportunity to students to understand, internalize, discover and verify the basic mathematical and geometrical concepts through concrete objects and situations. The learning solution encourages the students to explore, reflect and interpret the ideas presented through a variety of media. The innovative solution will also offer Multiple Teaching and Learning Aids comprising of Technology Applications, Videos, Manipulative, Measuring Instruments, Tables and Charts, to schools based on the three pillars of ‘Imagination, Investigation and Interaction’.
NIIT NGuru’s IT Wizard Plus takes a futuristic approach by integrating 21st century skills into the teaching methodology. The solution brings together a unique curriculum and methodology to ensure that the students not only learn for the exams but develop a habit of building their knowledge. The curriculum brings to the school all those activities that the students enjoy doing after school by integrating well thought-out and relevant tasks with the IT tools and technologies.
IT Wizard Plus is an end-to-end solution that provides solutions to teach, learn, test, or manage school administration with regard to IT. The components of the solution include all the key elements required by the school, teachers and the students for teaching IT.