Samsung starts smart school pilot tests, your digital solution for education with Galaxy Note 10.1

Samsung has launched a pilot test of its educational tool Smart School, a solution that aims for educational institutions to offer their students an interactive learning method, with the help of multimedia resources and specialized applications. The idea of this application is that students can share content, send messages through a chat service, do group activities, and even, that teachers can take exams and access the profile of each of their students.

Samsung announced a partnership with Memphis city schools (Us.) to carry out a pilot project in the classrooms of the Smart School solution, an intelligent learning platform 1:1 fully integrated that helps teachers deliver an interactive learning environment. This pilot is the first deployment of the Smart School solution of the South Korean multinational, and will serve to demonstrate the potential of the digital classroom platform that takes advantage of the latest technologies, including the new Samsung Galaxy Note tablet 10.1 and interactive whiteboard displays.

For the pilot, Samsung is offering sixth-grade math classes at Geeter Middle School in Memphis with a package of Samsung's Smart School solution consisting of 35 Galaxy Note units 10.1, an interactive whiteboard of 65 inches and a wireless printer. The Smart School solution offers teachers the ability to offer interactive lessons and group activities in real time through their screen and content sharing features. It also offers learning management tools that allow students to access course materials and information., as well as school notes and forums, through their tablets.

Tod Pike, Vice President, Corporate Business Division, Samsung, has stated that “Partnering with Memphis schools on our Smart School solution pilot program represents an important part of our ongoing effort to deliver the classroom of the future.. This innovative solution frees educators from the limits of having to stand in front of a whiteboard or projector and allows them to move around the classroom., deliver interactive lessons and activities through your touchscreen tablets or laptop. We are confident that instructors in Memphis schools will see that this solution is a powerful and effective platform to engage students., improving learning, and fostering an authentic interactive classroom learning environment.”

For its part, Cleon Franklin, Director of Educational Technology, Memphis City School District, has targeted: “In Memphis Schools, our students come first and we strive to provide them with a well-rounded education and all the elements needed to thrive., both at school and in your adult life in the future. Samsung's Smart School solution is the perfect opportunity to nurture the development of our students through interactive technology, that helps teachers track individual progress, also allowing dynamic lesson plans”.

3 integrated systems

Samsung's Smart School solution offers three integrated systems that enable teachers to create an interactive and engaging virtual learning environment:

• Interactive Management Solution – For use during classes, the solution allows teachers to provide content to students easily, share with the class their own screen or that of a student, and monitor student progress in real time. Teachers can carry out group activities, questions and answers, instant tests or polls, and then get students' attention immediately by locking their screens via voice commands.

• Learning Management System - Allows teachers to provide course materials, including e-books, learning apps and schedules, as well as offering school notes and forums for extracurricular activities, which students can access at any time.

• Student Information System – Management tool that allows teachers to track student attendance, overview, degree history and awards or demerit points.

New Galaxy Note 10.1

Samsung's Smart School solution works in conjunction with the Galaxy Note 10.1, the recently launched Android tablet device that incorporates advanced S-Pen technology, that allows students and teachers to communicate more easily and quickly. The S-Pen provides the functionality and accuracy of a pen and paper on the display of 10.1 tablet inches, offering new opportunities for digital learning. Students access the solution via Wi-Fi with a single log-in, while teachers can teach the class with an interactive whiteboard screen, a projector or TV controlled wirelessly by a tablet or laptop.

The solution has already been implemented in schools in South Korea, demonstrating improvements in class comfort, student engagement and understanding of the lesson.

Kenneth Pinkney, director of Geeter Middle School, has pointed out: “Finding new and relevant ways to engage students is very important to achieve a learning environment where students improve.. I am very excited to harness the potential of Samsung's Smart School solution to create a true interactive learning environment.”

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