It’s no shock that technology is becoming more popular in the classroom as the digital era continues to change the world around us. Professors are using more gadgets for classes and they often incorporate how this new technology will affect students’ future careers into lessons. One way in which the university could use technology to benefit students is by replacing textbooks and desktops with tablets. Doing this would allow students to easily carry all of their study material with them at once. Most tablets also allow users to make notations while reading, so students could take notes on any questions they have from the text.
The perfect example of this is IIT Delhi. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi collaborates with EnglishEdge to provide a holistic learning experience to its students, where, language enhancement goes hand in hand with providing state of the art technical knowledge. EnglishEdge has made the course content easily accessible to all the students at any given time and place, as long as they are on campus.
Coaching institutes are also coming up with tablet options for students. Aakash Educational Services Limited, the pioneers in IIT and Medical preparation, have pioneered in tech space also through theretablet, ‘iTutor’. Every few years, students can upgrade their issued iTutor, and they get to keep them after completion of their course.
Another product, Woxi’s SmartPod will revolutionize the way people consume the Television. With the launch of the SmartPod in India, consumers can not only experience internet on TV but can also use it as a smart way to learn. SmartPod is the first product in the world featuring breakthrough AppCasts technology that delivers users a unique and personalized Internet experience, without the need to hunt, download, manage and maintain 100s of individual Apps.
This will not only expand the boundaries of a computer labs would also benefit students.
