PC Free Smart Class
Easy to set up Smart Class with a Smart TV or an Interactive Flat Panel Display preloaded with Digital Content and a Centralised Reporting Dashboard
Why PC free Smart Classes for
government schools?
Empowers Teachers to supplement their teaching with a very easy to use and manage set up for an interactive classroom experience
Take a closer look at PC free Smart Class
Content Coverage
Extensive coverage in English and Hindi medium covering all subjects and classes 1st to 12th
Customised content available in Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, Oriya aligned as per CBSE and State Boards
Add your own content to your Smart Class
Our platform has been so designed such that along with our content, any other videos, digital books or any more content you have or would wish to add, can be easily integrated.
We can customise and create a rich content repository for you.
Animated videos lessons
for building concepts
Practice & Tests for mastering each topic and improving scores
Project making videos in Math & Science from everyday material in school
Rich digital book library with subject books, stories, poems and much more
Videos on life skills such as health, hygiene, sports for personal growth
Content Coverage
Animated videos lessons
for building concepts
Practice & Tests for mastering each topic and improving scores
Project making videos in Math & Science from everyday material in school
Rich digital book library with subject books, stories, poems and much more
Videos on life skills such as health, hygiene, sports for personal growth
Extensive coverage in English and Hindi medium covering all subjects and classes 1st to 12th
Customised content available in Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, Oriya aligned as per CBSE and State Boards
Add your own content to your Smart Class
Our platform has been so designed such that along with our content, any other videos, digital books or any more content you have or would wish to add, can be easily integrated.
We can customise and create a rich content repository for you.
Learn more about Pc free Smart Class
On 4th December 2020
How can Teaching in Hindi increase a child’s engagement inside a Classroom
It is very natural that the first language which the child learns to understand and eventually learns to speak is the local language or the mother tongue. Specifically in rural India due to lack of access to English language, kids are only comfortable in their mother tongue or ‘native language’ as we might call it. Since Hindi is the most spoken language, we will keep our discussion specific to Hindi...
On 19th November 2020
PC free Smart Class
for Government Schools
What is Smart Class – An assistant for our teachers to teach better, right? In its true sense, a Smart Class is an assistant, a supplementary tool for our teachers who can use it anytime to show a quick animation to clarify a concept, a practical feature to engage students or a question for mastery in a topic which they wish to make more clear to their students. But for them to be inspired...
On 13th October 2020
Smart Class in Hindi for Hindi medium Schools
Smart Class has become an integral part of our English medium CBSE schools and classrooms since the last few years. It brings the much needed digital boost to education in classes and empowers the teachers to supplement their classroom teaching with rich digital and animated content on all topics and chapters.The core value of a Smart Class is that teachers can show animated multimedia...
On 19th November 2020
Building genuine Reporting & Impact Monitoring Process for Digital Learning
That’s me training a group of girl students, most of whose parents are factory workers in a village in Maharashtra. And like them, all of the class 10 students in this school and several others in Maharashtra would now be learning from their personalised learning tablets using Marathi medium digital content. While I was training...
On 25th May 2021
Benefits of ICT Lab
In one of the earlier blogs, we have written about what is the meaning of the ICT Lab and how it has transitioned from when they were introduced in our classrooms to how progressive they look today. In this blog, we are going to put forth some of the benefits of the typical ICT Lab with a processor, mouse, keyboard, screen, projector & a sound system. So, if you are planning to set up one...
On 24th May 2021
What is an ICT Lab? – Then & Now
ICT stands for Information and Communication Technology and was first introduced in India in 2004. The education department then revised the ICT policy in 2010 giving secondary students an opportunity to learn better using computer aided learning. The Ministry of Education had recently once again revised the policy, about which we will talk a little later in the blog...
Learn more about Pc free Smart Class
On 4th December 2020
How can Teaching in Hindi increase a child’s engagement inside a Classroom
It is very natural that the first language which the child learns to understand and eventually learns to speak is the local language or the mother tongue. Specifically in rural India due to lack of access to English language, kids are only comfortable in their mother tongue or ‘native language’ as we might call it. Since Hindi is the most spoken language, we will keep our discussion specific to Hindi...
On 19th November 2020
PC free Smart Class
for Government Schools
What is Smart Class – An assistant for our teachers to teach better, right? In its true sense, a Smart Class is an assistant, a supplementary tool for our teachers who can use it anytime to show a quick animation to clarify a concept, a practical feature to engage students or a question for mastery in a topic which they wish to make more clear to their students. But for them to be inspired...
On 19th November 2020
Building genuine Reporting & Impact Monitoring Process for Digital Learning
That’s me training a group of girl students, most of whose parents are factory workers in a village in Maharashtra. And like them, all of the class 10 students in this school and several others in Maharashtra would now be learning from their personalised learning tablets using Marathi medium digital content. While I was training...
On 25th May 2021
Benefits of ICT Lab
In one of the earlier blogs, we have written about what is the meaning of the ICT Lab and how it has transitioned from when they were introduced in our classrooms to how progressive they look today. In this blog, we are going to put forth some of the benefits of the typical ICT Lab with a processor, mouse, keyboard, screen, projector & a sound system. So, if you are planning to set up one...
On 24th May 2021
What is an ICT Lab? – Then & Now
ICT stands for Information and Communication Technology and was first introduced in India in 2004. The education department then revised the ICT policy in 2010 giving secondary students an opportunity to learn better using computer aided learning. The Ministry of Education had recently once again revised the policy, about which we will talk a little later in the blog...
On 13th October 2020
Smart Class in Hindi for Hindi medium Schools
Smart Class has become an integral part of our English medium CBSE schools and classrooms since the last few years. It brings the much needed digital boost to education in classes and empowers the teachers to supplement their classroom teaching with rich digital and animated content on all topics and chapters.The core value of a Smart Class is that teachers can show animated multimedia...
Success Stories
PC Free Smart Class was set up in 30 classrooms in government schools of Haryana. A 55inch Mi TV was used and schools were provided with digital content in English and Hindi medium as per Haryana State Board syllabus for classes 1st to 10th.
All teachers were provided with an experiential training. Every teacher irrespective of their age expressed joy due to such ease in operating the Smart Class in the classroom just like they operate their TV at home. The biggest roadblock which schools anticipated was non usage of technology due to complexity but the project ensured regular usage removing all infrastructural and psychological barriers
iDream Education collaborated with Muskaan Dreams to set up PC free Smart Class in 100+ Government schools spread over Madhya Pradesh.
The challenge the NGO had faced during their phase 1 of the project was management of heavy boxes of CPU along with very large content files saved on bulky hard disks.
This was addressed with the usage of just a Smart TV and all content as per MP Board provided to them on a small & portable pen drive. Pen Drive was securely plugged one time at the back of the TV...Read more
Frequently Asked Questions
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The first thing you should consider is the size of the classroom. This will help you decide the size of the Smart TV or the panel. We must ensure that students, irrespective of where they are sitting in the classroom, should comfortably be able to look at the content being played without any stress on their eyes. Second thing to look at is the reputation of the brand and availability of service centres. Branded Smart TVs require minimum maintenance, but when needed, we should have close and immediate access to their service engineers. We would always recommend going for a brand which has a service centre located close to your project locations. If possible, avoid going for cheap and assembled Smart TVs. Third thing is of course the pricing and your budget. The reason we have put this as the third factor is because foremost, we should look at the learning value. It is okay to do a project in a lesser number of schools, but the objective should be to give them a hardware which is of good quality and will last a very long time.
What should be the minimum Android version of the Smart TV or Panel?
6.0 and above
How does the digital content get updated?
Since the content is being provided offline, the update can only happen by replacing the pen drive with the updated content. Once the new pen drive is plugged in, the learning app needs to be refreshed once. This is a simple process and our training team can telephonically guide you to do this. The content consists of heavy video files and hence an online update is not possible.
Is the content as per the State Board?
Yes, we custom align the digital content as per the requirements of the project. We have worked in 16 states delivering content as per CBSE and all major state boards.
Can the license be updated online if it has expired?
If your license has expired, please get in touch with the iDream representative in touch with you or write to us at share@idreameducation.org. Post the commercial discussion, we will reactivate the license and the same can be updated at your end online. Our training team will telephonically guide you with the process. This would be a one time activity and would require the internet once.
What if the state board changes the syllabus?
If the project is within the license duration, we will replace the pen drive with the updated content. If the license has expired, you will have to get in touch with our team at share@idreameducation.org or the iDream representative with whom you are in touch.
What is the license validity of the content?
Depends on the scope of your project and budgets available. We can provide the solution with customised license validity of 1 year, 2, 3 or 5 years and lifetime.
How do we check reports online?
Once you set up the Smart Class, we will provide you the URL of the reporting dashboard and your unique login details along with a training manual on how to use the dashboard. You can login anytime and check your project reports anytime, anywhere. If in case you see no data or the data isn’t updated, it means that the schools have not connected their devices with the internet. Please call the school coordinators, ask them to connect the internet. All reports will auto sync. Once they confirm, you can check the reports on the dashboard.
What happens if the content stops working?
Immediately get in touch with your iDream representative or write to us at share@idreameducation.org. We will remotely check the pen drive and your set up. We will try to first remotely rectify if the issue could be identified. If not, we will request you to courier us the pen drive. Once we receive it, we will inspect it, fix the issue or send you a new pen drive. Kindly note that if the pen drive is found to be wilfully damaged or out of license period, we would in such a case request you to buy a new license.
Do you provide onsite training?
Yes, we do. While discussing with your iDream representative, you can state your project requirements. The same would then be incorporated into the project planning and proposal.
What if the pen drive gets lost?
Sorry, but you will have to buy a new pen drive.
Can we use an Android projector to set up the PC Free Smart Class?
Yes, PC Free Smart Class can be set up using an Android projector. We would however request you to get in touch with our technology team who will first perform a testing on your model of projector to check if our platform and content would work. If the tests are successful, we can proceed ahead.
Any other thing we can consider while setting up the PC Free Smart Class
1. Always check with our technology team before finalising the brand and model of the Smart TV or an interactive flat panel display. Once they give a go ahead, you can proceed with the purchase. They may recommend testing if they are not familiar with the brand you have selected 2. You can consider giving additional protection to your Smart TV by building an enclosed panel around it
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Choose a Smart TV or an Interactive Flat Panel model as per budget and classroom size requirements. Our team will guide you to choose the best model
Share your content requirements with us namely grades, medium, board, license duration and timelines to deliver the project
We will prepare the pen drives and ship them to your project locations
Our setup and training team will guide you telephonically to install the pen drives. This is a one time process and requires internet
All usage reports will be saved offline and you can remotely track them on an online reporting dashboard. We will share your unique logins and train you on how to use it
Choose a Smart TV or an Interactive Flat Panel model as per budget and classroom size requirements. Our team will guide you to choose the best model
Share your content requirements with us namely grades, medium, board, license duration and timelines to deliver the project
We will prepare the pen drives and ship them to your project locations
Our setup and training team will guide you telephonically to install the pen drives. This is a one time process and requires internet
All usage reports will be saved offline and you can remotely track them on an online reporting dashboard. We will share your unique logins and train you on how to use it
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