Teledom ‘n’ Click to Knowledge

Smart Classroom is another proof that ICT is life. It takes smart and lively classroom to build confidence in a dull student and invariably, for him to shout even a wrong answer, but discomfort moment can make the brightest student become gauche.

In simple terms, the essence of smart classroom is to meet every student's learning needs. Teledom International Limited has promised to do this with a difference.

Teledom, an IT-based company provides a conglomeration of services counting from network topology design; networking for aviation agencies; installation, Configuration and integration; trouble shooting; Alvarion Professional & Training and Certification, among others, her Smart Classroom software automation speaks even louder.

According to Teledom’s chirrups, the suit hypes the saying that knowledge is power, because it empowers the possessors.

The process of transmission and acquisition of knowledge has irrefutably, over the centuries, been institutionalized and made sustainable in formal educational systems.

“We have navigated from our homes through primary, secondary, tertiary and vocational educational institutions to acquire knowledge with the view to using same to impact both human lives and our immediate environment for the overall progress of human civilization,” Teledom Group, noted in a brochure circulated to announce its readiness to launch the technology.

The quintessence of the Suite is evident of the fact that you can easily transition between lesson creation, classroom management and student assessment, thereby maximizing the time it takes to set up classroom technology, enabling greater focus on teaching and learning.

For those who are conversant with the devices, it operates in such manner that guarantees instant assessment and classroom management tools.

In other words, a teacher/lecturer can effortlessly move between whole-class, small-group and individual instruction to meet every student's learning needs.

 Unlike innovations we have witnessed in some quarters that push existing technologies to the background, Smart Classroom Suite is designed to work with existing wireless or wired network and enables quick connect f to stay focused on guiding and supporting students' learning instead of dealing with connectivity issues.

 “Turning black board to white board,” as Dr. Emmanuel Ekuwem, CEO, Teledom, puts it.

There is no reason to disagree with Teledom which stated that, “The need to increase the quality of teaching and learning cannot be overemphasized.

Access to ICT is fast becoming a fundamental human right with the rapid expansion of internet-delivering infrastructure.

 ICT has become an indispensable tool in the pursuit of knowledge, acquisition of it and its translation into productive activities wherever one is.

A click to knowledge has become a click to wealth”. What a rendition!

Thus, Teledom is sending the right message, although most ICT applications are concentrated on achieving more efficient or cheaper ways of performing existing tasks, however, their integration into the educational system and mostly concerned with sharing of resources, allowing access to a wide range of information in different formats, having recorded class sessions for future playback, eradicating complacency on the part of teachers and re-awakening students’ power of imagination remain critical.

This forms part of the strengths of the new system.

Of course, smart sync software will redefine pedagogy exponentially.

The classroom management component of Smart Classroom Suite helps to keep students focused on learning. The software provides thumbnail views of all computers in a class, making it easy for the teacher to guide learning, and monitor and control student computers.

No doubt that if embraced the platform will aide in correcting inadequacies in our school system. The world is advancing at a rapid rate.

Emphases have moved to the electronic stage with the computer at the center.

This development has brought a lot of innovation and revolution into teaching and learning.

At this juncture it is necessary to point out that for this seamless classroom model to function effectively, computer education which encapsulates computer literacy, Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI), and Computer Appreciation, among the terms used to describe computer in a learning environment, must be liberated from its present low ebb among primary and secondary teachers, because they ought to benefit from the platform.

How many of our teachers/lecturers can tell the computer what they want it to do and understand what the computer says, which is the rudimentary course of computer literacy. If we must win competent hands should manage the system.

Ekuwem re-echoed thus, “The effectiveness of teaching and learning using smart classroom largely depends on the ability of both teachers and students to use relevant ICT facilities to automate teaching and learning processes using materials in different media and presentation formats to boost academic productivity”.

Distinctively, Teledom’s smart classroom has a component called Smart Symposium: this enables the teacher to make electronic notes and images on the projected screen or board. The Audio System with Speakers helps the ‘back-seaters’ benefit from the lessons, because it ensures that the teacher is clearly heard and the audio of the recorded lectures are clear and audible.

There is also a Visualizer or Document Camera meant to show transparencies, papers or small objects on the projector and even take snapshots of them.

The essence, the message is how to easily assess students’ understanding of lectures, deliver spontaneous quizzes or planned tests that can be easily enhanced with images and multimedia content and provide accurate in-class feedback.

And apart from offering collaborative learning components for both teachers and students, Smart Classroom helps to engage students with interactive content.

You can quickly access all lesson materials from one convenient location.

Critical of all is the elimination of complacency on the part of teachers; hence there will be a remarkable improvement in the way teacher go about their duties. It is a welcome development.