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Blended Interactive Learning
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Agenda
• The History of Education
• Student’s Environment
• New Methodology: Blended Interactive Learning
• sLate – schoolsLENS Advanced Technology for Education
• education IDOL – a movement for stress-free education
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History of Education
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Ancient Times (Gurukul – 5000 Years ago)
• One Guru
• Multiple Students
• Gurukul (school with
hostel)
• Classroom under the
tree – natural
environment
• Learning via
communication,
experience and
activities
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The First University of the World –
Nalanda Vidhyapith (1500 years ago)
• Multiple Teachers
• Multiple education streams
• Multiple Students
• Vidhyapith (school with hostel)
• Dedicated building that host multiple
classrooms and other facilities
• Learning via structured curriculum,
communication, experience,
interactions and activities
• Fees introduced for the first time in
return of education
• Structured courses and degrees
awarded for the first time in education
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Education Transformation – (200 Years ago)
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Education System introduced by British
(150 years ago)
• Layered Education System
• Primary -> Secondary -> Graduation
• Theory and Knowledge Based Education
• No importance given to Practical and
Activities
• Minimal focus on our culture and values
• No space for skill and value development
• Authoritative Model with Student at the bottom
of the chain
• Goal is to achieve the highest rank and
marks in the class and not education
• Teacher centric education
• Education Limited to the blackboard and
textbooks
• Only Competition and Zero Collaboration
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Education System At Independence (60
years ago)
• Compulsory Primary Education
• Less than 25% Literacy Rate
• Schools and Universities (Govt Owned and Managed)
• Layered Education System as before
• Theory and Knowledge Based Education
• No importance given to Practical and Activities
• Minimal focus on our culture and values
• No space for skill and value development
• Authoritative Model with Student at the bottom of the
chain
• Goal is to achieve the highest rank and marks in
the class and not education
• Teacher centric education
• Education Limited to the blackboard and textbooks
• Only Competition and Zero Collaboration
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Education System Today
• Govt Institutes – Cheap but Not Effective
• Private Institute – Effective but Very Expensive
• Huge Focus on Infrastructure and Technology but
minimal focus on Education Methodology
• Theory and marks based assessment system
• Minimal focus on Activities and Practical/Application
• Basically, our education system is producing talent that is
not
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Education System – Current Problems
• Result and Marks Oriented leading to competition and stress
• Minimal focus on skill and value development for students and teachers
• Lot of confusion among students, parents and teachers
• Curriculum – Too vast to be covered in the allocated time
• Almost zero collaboration among teachers, students and parents
• Minimal tools and training provided to the players
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Student’s Environment
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Student’s Environment
Student
School
Coaching Class
Family
Peers
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Student’s Environment
Student
School
Coaching Class
Family
PeersStake – Medium
Influence – High
Stake – High
Influence – Low
Stake – Low
Influence – High
Stake – Low
Influence – Medium
Stake – Low
Influence – High
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Student’s Environment
Student
School
Coaching Class
Family
PeersStake – Medium
Influence – High
Stake – High
Influence – Low
Stake – Low
Influence – High
Stake – Low
Influence – Medium
Stake – Low
Influence – High
High
Expectations
Low
Expectations
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Top 5 Expectations from Schools
1. Deliver Result (i.e. Marks, Ranks, etc…)
2. Provide safe and secured environment
3. Holistic development of a child
4. Give something more – year on year
5. Keep parents informed about child’s progress at regular interval
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Top 5 Expectations from Schools
1. Deliver Result (i.e. Marks, Ranks, etc…)
2. Provide safe and secured environment
3. Holistic development of a child
4. Give something more – year on year
5. Keep parents informed about child’s progress at regular interval
Blended
Interactive
Learning
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Blended Interactive Technology
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Blended Interactive Learning
• New education methodology that uses technology and interaction based
learning techniques to provide holistic development of students
• Being considered one of the best education methodologies ever developed
for school education – especially for Primary and Secondary education
• It uses technology as a platform to create a very productive learning
environment within the classroom and brings out the best in every student
• Currently being used successfully in countries like USA, Canada, Australia,
Europe, etc…
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Education Cycle – The goal
Moral Values
Skill
Knowledge
Achieved by
Curriculum
(Text Book)
Created by
observation
and feelings
Developed by experience and
practice
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Curriculum as
prescribed by
the education
Board
Skill
Development
Character
Building
Achieved ByAchieved By
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BIL by schoolsLENS
schoolsLENS Blended Interactive Learning Solution for Schools in India
Curriculum as
prescribed by
the education
Board
Skill
Development
Character
Building
Achieved ByAchieved By
Now Let’s
understand sLate
in Detail
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sLate
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sLate
sLate (schoolsLENS Advanced Technology for Education) is a Blended
Interactive Learning platform that defines a totally new way of teaching
and learning for school environment. It uses highly interactive graphical
education content delivered to the user via devices like mobile phones,
tablets and computers on demand. It uses adaptive education technique to
make education interesting yet affordable for everyone.
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sLate – An Overview
sLate incorporates 5 E’s of Learning in the most effective manner. It
divides the entire education cycle in five steps corresponding to the 5
E’s of Learning:
1. Engage: Education content provided within sLate is exactly as
per board guide-lines and written keeping in mind the age-group
of users. It uses audio visual animations and interactive graphical
content to keep users engaged at all times.
2. Explore: It provides ample amount of information on every
topic that allows users to explore every topic in detail.
3. Explain: It contains e-books, reading material and reference
material that explains every topic thoroughly beyond any doubts
and questions.
4. Elaborate: It includes a combination of real-life examples and
hypothetical scenarios as appropriate sometimes even going
beyond the textbook to ensure that all aspects of a particular
topics are covered.
5. Evaluate: sLate contains a huge question bank that is used by
modules like e-test and e-game that evaluate students and help
them prepare for the exams. It provides modules like e-test that a
teacher can use to prepare customized quiz as per his/her choice.
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sLate – Education focused features
No need to buy new hardware because sLate works on
majority of present day devices and platforms
Specially designed school’s Corner to showcase
schools activity & other updates.
Personalization & Customization.
Follows Education board syllabus.
Free updates and maintenance .
Interactive Graphical Content
500+ Audio Visual Animations
Easy to operate
Specialized Training provided by schoolsLENS
Education Content prepared by experts
Custom exam and evaluation environment
Self learning Model
Interactive graphical content
Game like environment
Available on demand and affordable
Adaptive Learning
Self Practice & Test
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sLate – Tab Class
(1 of 2)• Blended Interactive Learning at it’s best
• It is the most contemporary education
technology in India as of now.
• converts a conventional classroom into a
high-tech learning environment.
• It binds the teacher’s user interface live with
individual tablet devices and set an active and
always live communication channel.
• It also enables live interactivity and rapid
data transfer from one interface to another
and from one device to another
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sLate – Tab Class
(2 of 2)• Teacher and students have a
computer/tablet each with entire education
curriculum loaded on the tablet
• Teacher will use the computer to teach
using interactive smart board and Projector
• Students will use their tablet to perform
various educational activities that teacher
will ask them to do
• We have collaborated with Intel to
provide our customers with the best in
class hardware like tablets, computers,
etc…
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sLate in a nut-shell
• Uses the most cutting edge technology that makes
education interesting and fun
• The one and only education software available in
India for school education based on Blended
Interactive Learning methodology
• Exactly as per Gujarat Education Board Textbook and
Curriculum
• Suitable for for Gujarati Medium Schools – Std 1 to 8
• Internet is NOT required and works on Windows,
Linux and Android
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BIL by schoolsLENS
Curriculum as
prescribed by
the education
Board
Skill
Development
Character
Building
Achieved ByAchieved By
Now Let’s
understand
education IDOL
in Detail
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education IDOL
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schoolsLENS – Current Products
education IDOL focuses on skill and valude development of students and
teachers. It is aimed towards creating a productive environment around students
that help them develop positive attitude towards education by improving their
performance. It brings students, teachers and parents together via a series of
interactive workshops and seminars targeted towards some of the most
fundamental problems from education eco-system of today.
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30% of students suffer from:
• Loneliness
• Depression
• Lack of Confidence
• Inferiority Complex
56% of students get addicted to:
• Smoking (tobacco)
• Drinking (Alcohol)
• Drugs
• Gambling and other
India: students & suicide
• 16000 cases (2010 to 2013)
• 1st Culprit: “academic
pressure”
• Bengaluru topped the list of
cities
99% students are
excited on the first
day of school/college
86% students feel
exhausted and stressed
during education
Education + Stress =
education IDOL – a movement for Stress-free Education
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What does it take to create
stress-free and productive
environment around students?
Keys for stress-free education
1. Know Your Student: Invest significant time in
knowing student’s interest and capabilities
2. Develop Life-Skills: Help students develop important
life-skills like communication, self-expression, time-
management decision making, etc…
3. 3-way Bonding: There must be good 3-way
relationship among teacher – student – parents with
regular communication regarding student’s education
and progress
4. Good Mental Health: Provide good mental support
especially when the student has failed to meet his/her
goal and show him new hope right-away before it is
too late
5. Stress Management: Teach stress management
techniques to student like Yoga, breathing techniques
and provide professional counselling when necessary
education IDOL – How to create productive environment around student
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Successful AffiliationsOur Expert Panel
Nandak Pandya (Teenage Coach)He is a very well-known speaker and teenage
coach in Gujarat. He expertise's in coaching
today’s teenagers in a very simple yet effective
way. He works with many schools and institutes
round the year as ‘mental health coach’. He also
serves many corporates as professional trainer
for skill development.
Ketan Vyas (schoolsLENS)He is a budding entrepreneur with 15+ years of
experience from all over the globe. He is the
current CEO of schoolsLENS and founder of
‘education IDOL’. He is an education technologist,
researcher and a visionary. He carries a vision to
make India’s education go beyond textbooks and
classrooms.
education IDOL – The Expert Panel and Existing Customers
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