Audience Response System- Smarter solution for effective assessment

Can we imagine a world without technology? Appears worst! In my opinion, technology is a driving force for everything. Without advancement in technology; everything becomes lifeless, boring and so deadly routine. Even if a ‘pinch’ of technology gets added into our mundane routines then it can surely bring a ‘spark’ into our lives.

Similar is the case with education system. Technology plays a vital role in taking education system to the next level. A level; where everything is influenced with digital accessories, Audio-visual elements and numerous other teaching tools. Today’s generation is blessed with technologically upgraded gizmos and gadgets. Students and learners of today have easy access to all kind of ICT and AV solutions including Audience Response Systems, Projectors, Interactive Whiteboards, Touch screens, document cameras, PC, Laptop and lots more.
Amongst these gadgets, Audience Response System is a tremendous teaching solution that has changes the whole face of education system.

What is an Audience Response System?
You must be wondering what an Audience Response System is? An Audience Response System is a battery operated or chargeable handset range by which a presenter asks questions from an audience and then they reply back through their personal handsets. The students' responses are then captured by response system software through the receiver and a report gets generated in the form of table, graph, pie chart etc. Eventually, these reports can be easily displayed on an interactive whiteboards, Touch screens, P.C or on any other projection surface for an audience to see.

Inside the classroom, an Audience Response System can be used by teacher to create new quizzes for students, to prepare mock tests, to introduce real-world scenarios, to identify the weak areas of students and to fetch out their responses and feedbacks.

Genee Response systems are market leading Audience Response Systems which consists of one main teacher handset, and a set of student handsets, one handset receiver and response system software. These are used for carrying out formative and summative assessment in a classroom or lecture room. In other words, it is a highly effective interactive response system that builds up a ‘Two Way Active Communication’ between students and a teacher.

This cutting-edge interactive response system allows yes/no, true/false, numeric and multiple choice answers. Moreover, it can be integrated with PowerPoint to create presentations.

Virtual G-pad is an advance version of Audience Response System which facilitates presenters and teachers to collect share and review real time data from their audience without the requirement of battery operated response systems or clickers. It is interactive response system that has replaced usage of handsets or clickers by an interactive graphic displayed on the screen of any PC, laptop or even handheld platforms (iOS) including iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Moreover, Virtual G- Pad enables students to give responses to questions asked without being physically present in the classroom.

Genee Scope – A sensible Digital Microscope for sensible Viewing

Remember the days; when we used to have heavy and bulky microscopes in our science laboratories. Those microscopes had limited mobility and least technology. We had no choices but to stand in a queue and wait for our turn to peep into those microscopes; one by one. Earlier, the view was limited to single student only. But now advancement in technology has changed everything. Digital Microscopes of today carry a capability to show what is under the microscope on a PC or interactive screen for everyone to view in the classroom.

Genee Scope is one such Student Presentation Microscope; which is gaining much popularity, especially in educational sector. With the help of Genee Scope; even visually impaired students can view objects with utmost ease. Beside this advantage, it is suitable to be shared amongst participants and students with no power issues.

This Electronic Digital Microscope outsmart traditional microscope in every manner as it consists of hidden battery compartment, removable camera/magnification head and cool bright LED lighting on top and bottom which is excellent for viewing specimens or slides and capturing its snap shots as well.

Moreover, with Genee Scope; users can easily magnify objects up to 100 times.

The novelty of this Student Presentation Microscope is that it is extremely environment friendly. One can easily explore and see; even the minutest details using this incredible Genee Scope. It can be connected to a PC, Laptop or Interactive Whiteboard using USB connectivity to visualize things which are otherwise invisible to naked eyes. This may include microorganisms, skin pores, water samples, blood samples, intense and beautiful colors of soap bubbles, dust particles etc.

The best part is that Genee Scope is sensibly designed primarily for educational purposes. It’s easy to grip handle to move the lens up and down and adjustable lens height gives the students an easy focus.

In schools, especially in Science classes and laboratories, it is best suited contemporary ICT solution. Unlike bulky and cumbersome microscope; which are difficult to be carried from one place to another, Genee Scope is highly portable and compact Digital microscope.

Teachers can easily carry it from one class to another as it is easy to carry with minimal moving and spare parts. Moreover, they can easily store Genee Scope because of its sleek size and sturdy base. Its unique ergonomic shape is comfortable to grip and fits snugly into the palms of teachers and students.

This 21^st century robustly designed Genee Scope is a dynamic Electronic Digital Microscope which can be effectively used in corporate settings as well. Its USB capture allows the presenter to capture, magnify and manipulate images on a P.C, laptop or Interactive screen. This one of a kind Digital Microscope can be used inside and outside the boardroom or training room. High level of durability and minimum cleaning requirements are its plus points.

ICT Solutions- for better attitude towards Teaching and Learning System

Immense Technological advancement in ICT (Information & Communications Technology) resources and solutions is empowering and lightening up the learning and teaching system worldwide. ICT training and presentation solutions comprise of Interactive Whiteboards, projectors, touch screens, Audience response systems, Visualisers, educational software, accessories and peripherals. The best part is that ICT solutions are getting widely accepted to play a key role in development of every nation. This is because, ICT products can easily reach even at the remotest areas; and can improvise the most challenged educational systems.

Genee’s ICT training and presentation solutions can cause transformative advancements worldwide. Now, it is possible for any student or a teacher to gain access to higher bandwidths, use more direct forms of communication and have access to sharable resources. With the use of Genee’s ICT resources, the concept of ‘Quality Learning’ is emerging and growing. Say for instance, now it is possible for a student or a learner to instantly respond to questions put up by teacher using Genee’s effective ICT solution called Audience response systems. This ICT resource is designed to facilitate every student, with a channel to submit their responses in an interactive and prompt manner. At the same time, it is also possible to access and control Computer Applications, Multimedia Files, Diagrams and Demonstrations simply by touching Genee’s powerboard. Students or learner can now drag, manipulate, draw, underline, and write notes using the ‘Intelligent’ digital pens onto this interactive powerboard and save their work for later use in the Supportive Software.

It is a well accepted fact that the effective usage of Genee’s ICT resources and solutions in the classroom results in positive academic outcomes, which includes much better test scores, better attitude towards teaching and learning, and better understanding of abstract concepts.

Audience Response System

Technology today is making deep inroads into the field of education. ICT and AV resources are considered as practical and enabling solutions which are enhancing the quality of education in the whole world. One such ICT and AV resource which has contributed a lot in making the teaching and learning system more interesting is an Audience Response System.

An Audience Response System, which is also termed as Student Response System or Classroom Response System is a range of ICT (Information and communication technology), based educational assessment gadgets or handsets which are designed to build up an interactive and engaging learning environment in order to enhance student or learner participation.

With an interactive Audience response system, students can submit their replies against questions raised by Teacher in a class room. Students can answer in the form of as true or false, yes or no, numeric, text, multiple choices and sequence with these Student Response Systems. The response software installed on the computer accumulates all the responses collected from the Audience response system, to assess the individual student performance to ensure that they have understood the subject both theoretically as well as practically.

An Audience Response System is an incredible ICT resource for assisting ‘Student Centric Learning’. With an Audience Response System, Students or Learners can actively participate in polls, questions or surveys raised by teachers or presenters. Audience Response System help in eradicating cumbersome and time consuming paper evaluation, result tallying and answer checking methods, in turn saving a lot of time.

Genee’s Audience Response System range is highly interoperable, flexible and easy to use. These Classroom Response Systems works amazingly with the latest version of Genee’s ClassComm software which allows a teacher or presenter to create lesson plans quickly and easily, as it is compatible with PowerPoint. With these innovative Student Response Systems, teachers get a chance to gauge out an idea of students understanding with their respective feedbacks and on the similar lines, students also get appropriate feedbacks on their answers from the teacher, instantly.