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Flipped classrooms that incorporate interactive content and multimodal lessons boost students’ engagement with the course material. When teachers can assess student proficiency in real time, they can deliver the right type of personalised instruction. However, schools joining the growing movement toward blended teaching and learning need the right tools to support their pedagogical vision.
Educational leaders agree that technological challenges can get in the way of a successful blended learning environment . Specifically, a teacher who must rely on outmoded devices like a traditional projector will have a much harder time displaying lesson materials and student work.
Adopting the right type of classroom projector is one of the easiest ways to ensure that your flipped classroom doesn’t turn into a total flop. A wireless smart projector for classroom use can eliminate many of these obstacles and facilitate a seamless learning experience.
Let’s explore some of the challenges smart projectors can solve for teachers, students and school administrators.
Device set-up is one of the most problematic limitations of a traditional classroom projector. At the start of class — or in the middle of a lesson — teachers must wait for these types of projectors to power up before they can share any material with the students.
When it comes time for guest speakers or student presentations, the complexity of connecting a new device interrupts instruction and the flow of the class. With members of the class storing their presentation materials across various laptops, tablets, flash drives or external hard drives, incompatibility is almost certain. Not all devices and port types will be compatible with traditional projectors — and teachers might not have access to the specific cables and connectors required to get the presentation up and running.
Since teachers typically use the same instructional material for each class, they would benefit from a more reliable solution than an unsecured, easy-to-lose USB drive. Instructors who prefer the tedious process of logging into an email inbox or cloud storage account to retrieve the right file can accidentally expose sensitive data through a traditional projector.
All of these transitions to visual learning can take away from valuable class time, detract from the material itself and get in the way of students’ focus.
Unfortunately, there aren’t convenient software programs available to connect these types of standalone devices. What IT administrators need is an all-in-one system with a user-friendly interface that can be easily managed over a local area network (LAN) or the cloud.
Whether you’re planning a new school building in your district or working to make your existing classrooms as smart as your students, consider smart wireless projectors for classroom use. This is by far the easiest way to facilitate wireless screen-sharing and desktop casting without requiring students and teachers to install a mobile app or software program.
Through the Account Management System, teachers can access and share their instructional materials anywhere, from any device — and IT staff can centrally manage all projectors on their LAN or cloud.
