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Education is changing as schools,
colleges and universities exploit
the convergence of technologies
to deliver a more engaging
classroom experience based
on the seamless exchange of
information between teachers
and pupils, the classroom and
the cloud, personal tablets and
interactive displays – and between
the digital and paper-based worlds.
Samsung’s expertise in wireless
networking, mobile computing/
communications, information
management and displays and
digital signage puts it at the forefront
of developments in education
technology.
It has developed a fully integrated
eco-system of devices and solutions,
backed up by comprehensive support
for teachers and IT departments, so
that schools and colleges can bring
classroom technology into the twenty-
first century and integrate it fully with
virtual learning environments (VLEs)
Samsung’s stand is divided into
a number of zones addressing
different aspects of education
technology today, including
the Connected Classroom,
Collaborative Learning, the Digital
Curriculum, Distance Learning and
Future Innovation.
As well as discovering how
Samsung smartphones, tablets,
cloud-enabled monitors and
printers enhance teaching and
learning, visitors will have the
opportunity to try out Samsung’s new
Tab4Education.
Marrying Samsung’s expertise
and other cloud-based resources,
such as Google Docs.
In the connected classroom,
wireless devices like pen-based
Samsung Notes are already being
used to provide easy access to
learning resources, from e-books to
lesson plans; to provide a messaging
platform for communicating with
teachers and school administrators;
and as a means of creating, accessing
and sharing multimedia content.
Seamless communication
between personal devices,
interactive whiteboards, digital
displays and the cloud provides
more opportunities for distance-
learning, self-learning, customised
pupil support and interaction with
content; it enables easy sharing of
information with an entire class or
individual pupils; and it facilitates
more stimulating lessons in which
students can interact with content
and participate in quizzes and voting
systems.
Beyond the classroom
The benefits of wireless, cloud-
enabled technology extend beyond
the classroom. In the future, it is likely
that pupils and students will be given
tablets on enrolment, providing instant
access to coursework and essential
school and university information.
Samsung has already supplied the
University of East London (UEL) with
4,000 10.1in Samsung Galaxy Notes.
Pre-loaded with a bespoke app, the
tablets provide new students with
advice on campus life and academic
courses and a smart pen for note-
taking in lectures, with time-saving
hand-writing to text conversion.
Samsung developed the UEL
app with Koretext, which also turns
curriculum content into eBooks that
students can access on their devices.
Printing in the classroom
Despite the greater adoption of
digital technology, there is still a
need to print a range of material,
Samsung has developed a fully integrated eco-system
to support the connected classroom, including the
world’s first Android-powered printers
Making
connections
See Samsung’s education solutions in action on stand B358 at BETT.
In the future,
it is likely
that pupils
and students
will be given
tablets on
enrolment..
in hardware design with Google’s
heritage in software apps,
Tab4Education is the only device
other than the Google Nexus
optimised for use with popular
Google Apps for Education.
Other highlights include
Samsung’s Galaxy Gear VR virtual
reality goggles. Samsung believes
these will become widely used in
education as a way of capturing
the imagination and aiding the
understanding of students.
Imagine ‘visiting’ an
archaeological site and moving
around the buildings that would have
existed; or travelling to ancient Rome
and taking a turn around the Forum;
or exploring space and seeing how
the planets relate to each other.
Samsung has already developed
business applications for the Galaxy
Gear VR, including virtual test drives
of the new Audi TT and virtual tours
of Thomas Cook resorts, and it is
now seeking partners to develop 3D
content for the education sector.
For an existing example of how
Samsung collaborates with partners,
take a look at the Galaxy tablet-
controlled robotic arm developed by
Fuze to aid the teaching of coding.
