Press Release

2013

Interactive Classrooms @ Home - a unique technology enabled learning solution unveiled by NIIT MindChampion Viswanathan Anand in Sabarigiri Residential School, Anchal, Kollam

Revolutionary concept aimed at making learning engaging and meaningfulLaunches state-of-the-art ‘NIIT NGuru Math Lab Plus’ and ‘IT Wizard Plus’
Kollam, 19th 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. The innovative learning solution aims to provide every child the advantage of using multimedia content and interactivity from home.


NIIT NGuru Interactive Classrooms @ Home - Cloud 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 - Cloud 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 inaugurated NIIT Nguru Math Lab @ Sabarigiri School, Punalur a breakthrough initiative that aims at making the vital subject of mathematics simpler, easier and fun to learn for school students. Viswanathan Anand also felicitated the students who excelled in the game of Chess, 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, General Manager (S&W), 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 of Sabarigiri Residential School.”


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 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’.