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Thursday 22nd September 2016 was a very special and important day for the entire GIS family as we took a giant stride forward in ICT, adding three new feathers to our already adorned cap.

We launched three important initiatives in line with integrating technology in education and these initiatives are BYOD- Bring your own device, Raspberry Pi and a  classroom

Technology is a necessity in today's world and we must be ready for it. Parents want their children to graduate with skills that prepare them to either get a job in today's marketplace or advance to higher levels of education and training. Employers hire employees who are reliable, literate, able to reason, communicate, make decisions, and learn.

At GIS we believe that in order to survive in today's competitive and information-rich culture, students must be able to use technology effectively. Technology in the classroom can help students become capable users, information seekers, problem solvers and decision-makers.

We cannot deny the fact that technology is engrained and embedded in all our day to day activities and it enables us to do things in more efficient and smarter ways.

We always believe in providing the best possible educational tools for our students so that they can face the challenges of 21st century with confidence and necessary skills.

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Raspberry Pi

Introducing Raspberry Pi - another venture into tech-facilities at GIS
GIS has initiated to teach computing with Raspberry Pi for the Grades one, two and three.
Back in the 80’s kids had to learn how to program a computer in order to use them and as a result these kids grew up with an in built understanding of how the computers work. Now with new innovations and technologies in our everyday life, we need more programmers than ever before. Raspberry Pi is a credit-card sized computer especially designed to teach young people to program.  It is capable of doing all kinds of wonderful things. In no time we all would experience the role of Raspberry Pi, in the future of digital learning.

With the dawn of computing with Raspberry Pi in the lower grades, we hope to bring some of the excitement of computer programming in our kids too. It would enable the students to learn the fundamentals of technology as it would open ways to help students learn to code and apply programming in real life projects.

BYOD

One to one learning programs are not new. Ghiyasuddin International School has always given importance to one to one learning for the holistic development of children. Rapidly evolving technology has also influenced the nature of various learning programs.  The Internet has become richer and more accessible, opening new ventures to collaborate, communicate and spread ideas.

Cloud computing in concert with powerful laptops and software continues to function when the Internet connection is lost. It also renders a seamless computing experience. Not just setting the preconditions for anywhere, any time learning, but shaping its very nature by introducing rich new ways for students to research, learn and collaborate. And that is a key factor for BYOD in our school.

Simply equipping students with their own devices and digitising existing curriculum is not the only aim we are focussing on, instead, our purpose of one to one learning is to create confident, flexible, self-directed and life- long learners.

3D Classroom

Learning brings behavioural change in one’s life. And more than 85% of learners use visual proficiencies to learn and apprehend.
As children, they would find it difficult to visualize some abstract concepts taught in different subjects. For example, we all know the basic parts of animal cell are nucleus, cytoplasm, cell membrane and mitochondrion.  All these parts can be seen under microscope but that visual image is just a two dimensional and need to be thoroughly understood and compared with their functions.

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