ClassTech – The New Age of Imaginative Classrooms

What makes ClassTech a unique education solution?

Ricoh ClassTech is a digital multimedia learning solution which caters to the learning needs of the students and enables infrastructure that makes classrooms achieve global standards. ClassTech is created keeping in mind different learning abilities of students of various age groups. The classroom typically comes with PC, finger touch based interactive whiteboard, speakers, projectors, UPS & cabinet. Infrastructure is specially designed and tested to suit Indian operating conditions. The solution provides students an opportunity to not just learn according to the curriculum but also give a chance to improve their IT competency at the same time.

This unique technology platform takes a collaborative approachtowards building an interactive learning environment for the students and at thesame time allows the administration to easily manage the complete ITinfrastructure.

A number of components comprise this unique education solution that spans the entire gamut of services, fromhardware to content, to make learning more enjoyable. Notable among these are:

a) School Knowledge Hub: The backbone of ClassTech, it is a dedicated area within the school that houses the multimedia content server.

b) In-Classroom IT Infrastructure: Interactive Whiteboard, Multimedia Projector,Speakers and CPU connected to the server are provided for each class forinteractive learning.

Digital Education Content: Digital Education Content mapped to the curriculumwhich is pre-loaded on the School Knowledge Hub Server. Provided by HCL Learning, the curriculum is developed by an expert panel of academicians and is divided into modules, making it easy for teachers to use and students to assimilate.

Networking: The solution includes installation and connectivity between serverand classrooms. The same is executed by Ricoh technical experts.

On-Premise Technical Support (Optional): Ricoh ClassTech deploys a dedicated on-premise technical resource who ensures continuous functioning of installedhardware and also facilitates teachers.

Comprehensive Hardware Maintenance: Continued maintenance, includingpreventive maintenance, is undertaken by Ricoh technical experts to ensure the smooth running of the installed IT infrastructure during the duration of the contract.

Teacher Training Workshops: As a part of the ClassTech solution regular DigitalLiteracy Trainings (DLT), developed by HCL Learning, are conducted for the faculty in order to ensure effective usage of the solution.

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For more information about Ricoh ClassTech, visit www.classtech.ricoh.co.in

ConnectIssue 2, February 2015

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