Crambo will discover at SIMO Education 2016 the latest SMART news

At its stand you can see the new Kapp iQ collaboration proposal in an all-in-one version and the new version of the SMART Learning Suite learning software collection.. Likewise, it will also show the Stronger ruggedized convertible team., that incorporates the hey screen!, and the new OnBook features.

With an innovative stand (12F01) based on arches and panels and an immense workshop area for testing, Cramp will welcome visitors who come this year to SIMO Education, which will be celebrated from 19 al 21 October in Ifema (Madrid Fair), to discover the news of SMART Technologies.

Crambo continues to support its role as an exclusive and valuable wholesaler of the Canadian firm in the Iberian Peninsula and wants to demonstrate this by preparing a new presentation for its partners and users.. SMART has started the new school year with innovative new features such as an all-in-one collaboration solution and a new version of its collection of learning software.

Kapp iQ: all-in-one experience

SMART already surprised the audience at SIMO 2015. for the first time, a developer looked back and put ease of use and user experience as the most important goals in his innovative efforts.

This year, kapp iQ returns renewed and expanded, with a proposal that will revolutionize the world of collaboration solutions: the all-in-one.

This solution provides simple, one-touch access to a wide range of applications, offering a fully integrated experience between student devices and the interactive display. The intention is to offer collaboration and interactivity, allowing you to work with multiple devices at the same time.

Because the software is integrated into the screen, Teachers and students have direct access to educational applications without the need to physically connect to an external computer. Besides, This renewed version can be easily moved and moved, being able to create flexible learning environments, both inside and outside the classrooms, and enables collaboration anywhere. Notebook applications, amp, LAB, browser, allow sharing of any screen with screen casting, Guest PC…

SMART Learning Suite

The purpose of any software suite is to bring together in a single collection all those programs that have a common purpose., providing the user with quick access to any of them without having to receive prior training.

SMART Learning Suite is an integrated software platform, designed to carry out natural and collaborative learning. This toolkit encourages active learning and provides educators with the flexibility to adapt to different teaching strategies., styles and pedagogies, both inside and outside the classroom.

The software, now included in all SMART interactive displays for the education market, is available from 49 euros per year for classroom teacher license (no need to renew after the first year, in case you do not want new improvements and functionalities).

“Our clients need software that helps them in the pedagogical transition and adoption of technology. When combined with our interactive displays, SMART Learning Suite offers the best educational experience in the world, for both educators and students”, says Greg Stell, president of SMART Technologies Solutions.

Stronger hey!tech

Crambo will show the convertible equipment at its SIMO Education stand (2 in 1) Rugerizado Stronger, endowed with hey!tech (of its Vexia brand) and which is characterized by incorporating the hey screen! This surface allows you to interact through icons, texts and animations, proposing a more interactive class model, encouraging participation and allowing students' doubts to be resolved.

It works thanks to the combination of software with a LED light panel located on the back of the device, that light up to express all kinds of messages. This allows the teacher to better control the classes.

Among its uses are the possibility of asking students if they have understood the explanations, through a traffic light in which they mark their level of understanding with red, amber and green; start a quick test in which the teacher sends a question with several answers or get the teacher's attention without interrupting the class.

Stronger integrates a screen 10,1 inches covered with Gorilla Glass, which makes it more resistant to falls and bumps, in addition to offering a degree of protection with IP52 certification against water and dust.

It has an Intel Atom x5-Z8300 processor, 2 GB of RAM and 32 GB internal memory. Works with Windows 10, It has two chambers 2 y 5 megapixels each and integrates a replaceable battery of 8600 mAh, which allows it an autonomy of more than 12 hours.

To learn more about this educational innovation, a workshop will be held, on thursday 20 October at 16:30 hours in the Infant-Primary room of the pavilion 12. The act, which will be held under the title 'How to improve the class with real-time feedback' will be run by Miguel García, CEO of hey!tech

OnBook: for digital education

Besides, at SIMO Education 2016 all the features of OnBook will be known. It is a complete solution resulting from the union of specific software for education and hardware with Android operating system that adapts to all digital education models..

Manufactured exclusively for the educational environment, allows you to create a customized 'mobile classroom' that centralizes all device configuration and administration through cloud management software (MDM) which can be accessed from any point.

Thanks to Measuress CAP (a portable device with a wireless access point and a server) All the content necessary to teach in the class can be pre-loaded and taken wherever you want..

OnBook tablets connect to the CAP through a WiFi network generated by the device itself, without the need for internet. Besides, the teacher always has control of the tablets, since it has the OnBook Smart Control application, It works like a remote control on your mobile phone and allows you to execute actions such as locking your devices.

This solution can be used both during school hours and outside of school hours.. Inside the educational center it guarantees security, thanks to the limits established by the teachers who decide in the faculty which websites, apps and other resources students have access to in each class; while, Once school hours have ended, they would fall under the parameters that parents decide for the use of the devices at home., through simple and intuitive parental control.

Besides, and according to the educational stage for which it is going to be used, can be purchased with magnetic connection keyboard and pins. A protective case for tablet and keyboard and a rubber protector or bumper are also available., which increases the safety of the devices during their use and transportation.