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Friday, Apr 02, 2010
Chennai: Students of different campuses of Anna University in Chennai are being exposed to a high-tech learning environment with the inauguration of 80 smart classrooms, seven Internet Trees, Wi-Fi connectivity and network connectivity between hostels.
Sitting under an umbrella shaped Wi-Fi Internet Tree, which provides internet access points and lighting, the students are able to browse subject-related texts on their laptops while snacking on a sandwich or sipping juice near the canteen on the main campus in Guindy.
“We launched these facilities last week with the Union information technology minister A Raja inaugurating them. Now the students of the College of Engineering (CET), A C College of Technology (ACT), School of Architecture (SAP) and Planning and Madras Institute of Technology (MIT) will finding learning highly interactive and stay connected with internet,” Anna University vice-chancellor P Mannar Jawahar said.
“Though we have provided Wi-Fi connectivity across the campus by installing 90 outdoor and 150 indoor access points to provide secure and seamless wireless internet access, we also installed Internet Trees, which are modelled as internet hubs with 10 plug points, to give students a different experience and environment. The umbrella-shaped dome also provides shelter,” explained professor V Rhymend Uthariaraj, director, Ramanujan Computer Centre, which spearheaded the initiative. There are five Internet Trees at the CEG and one each at ACT and MIT, conveniently located near the canteen, alumni office, hostel.
The smart classrooms – 40 at the CEG, 20 in MIT, 15 in ACT and 5 at SAP – are equipped with LCD projectors, video-conferencing facilities, e-podiums with lights, visualisers and interactive pads.
“The hand-held interactive pads would help professors to move around the class without necessarily having to stand before the writing board. Anything that the teacher writes on the interactive pad would immediately be displayed on the board as well,” Rhymend told TOI on Thursday.
Anna Univ goes hi-tech with smart classrooms
Chennai: Students of different campuses of Anna University in Chennai are being exposed to a high-tech learning environment with the inauguration of 80 smart classrooms, seven Internet Trees, Wi-Fi connectivity and network connectivity between hostels.
Sitting under an umbrella shaped Wi-Fi Internet Tree, which provides internet access points and lighting, the students are able to browse subject-related texts on their laptops while snacking on a sandwich or sipping juice near the canteen on the main campus in Guindy.
“Though we have provided Wi-Fi connectivity across the campus by installing 90 outdoor and 150 indoor access points to provide secure and seamless wireless internet access, we also installed Internet Trees, which are modelled as internet hubs with 10 plug points, to give students a different experience and environment. The umbrella-shaped dome also provides shelter,” explained professor V Rhymend Uthariaraj, director, Ramanujan Computer Centre, which spearheaded the initiative. There are five Internet Trees at the CEG and one each at ACT and MIT, conveniently located near the canteen, alumni office, hostel.
The smart classrooms – 40 at the CEG, 20 in MIT, 15 in ACT and 5 at SAP – are equipped with LCD projectors, video-conferencing facilities, e-podiums with lights, visualisers and interactive pads.
“The hand-held interactive pads would help professors to move around the class without necessarily having to stand before the writing board. Anything that the teacher writes on the interactive pad would immediately be displayed on the board as well,” Rhymend told TOI on Thursday.
Courtesy: Times of India
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