GOING TECH-SAVVY

City colleges follow schools, take the smart class route

Shreya Bhandary TNN 

Mumbai: After schools, it’s time for colleges to open up to the tech boom and welcome smart classes on campuses. 
    While only a few colleges in the city are at present following the trend, the K C College management has decided to shift to smart classes by 2014, when the college will celebrate its diamond jubilee. 
    “We have always started a new feature on such events. We will make all our classes techsavvy for the celebrations,” said Manju Nichani, K C College principal. While KC College is the newest entrant to the club, a bunch of colleges in the city have already implemented the features in their classes. 
    At HR College, while all classes are equipped with computers, LCD screens and projectors, the computer lab is a smart class with interactive boards and Wi-Fi connectivity. “Whatever the teacher explains on her computer, reflects on students’ machines. Otherwise, smart classes are of little help as we don’t have a standardized syllabus,” said Indu Shahani, principal of HR College. 
    Recently, blackboards and chalks in all classes of Bandra’s St Andrew’s College were replaced with white boards and marker pens. “We are moving towards making our classes Wi-Fi equipped. Most of the smart class features are in place as students make presentations as part of their syllabus,” said Marie Fernandes, St Andrew’s College principal, adding that students will soon work on iPads in the their college.

Source::: The Times of India, 30-08-2012, p.07. http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Client.asp?Daily=TOIM&showST=true&login=default&pub=TOI&Enter=true&Skin=TOINEW&AW=1346300214908