Al Muatassem School, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Capturing it all with the AVerVision CP300
Al Muatassem School in Bani Yas is a government-run boy’s preparatory school
and a part of the Private Public Partnership (PPP) program in Abu Dhabi. Al Muatassem
School’s leadership team, with the assistance of Cognition Education, is working
hard to improve the level of student achievement, the school’s learning environment,
and the communication between people in the school’s community; of course,
the development of information, communication and technology (ICT) is an important
aspect of this improvement effort.
The AVerVision CP300 makes sharing simple
The school received its first
visualizer (document
camera), an AVerVision CP300,
in early 2010. Teachers and students alike consider the
AVerVision CP300 to be a wonderful addition to the classroom. Students can
easily share and critically analyze each other’s work, clearly display class
readings, and zoom in on almost any item of interest. For Al Muatassem School, the
ability to share so many different items (e.g., photographs, books, papers, projects,
etc.) clearly, quickly and simply was the
AVerVision CP300’s most beneficial feature. The teachers were able
to adapt their lesson plans to take advantage of the capabilities of the
AVerVision CP300 without the hassle or added time commonly associated with
integrating technological tools into existing lessons. The teachers were thrilled
with the AVerVision CP300’s
ability to save and recall images to a computer using its accompanying software.
Thanks to this feature, the teachers could now easily share limited resources, such
as rare books, by using the CP300
to capture a digital image of the desired pages. The ability to capture, save and
recall images also made it quite easy for teachers to compare students’ projects,
as teachers only needed to cycle through saved images to find the desired content.
The AVerVision CP300 is an excellent teaching and learning tool. It can be used
with the whole class or in small groups. It can be used to share resources saved
on the computer and resources can be saved to the computer. It is portable and able
to be used in different working environments, like the library, science lab, and
classroom.”
- Mr. Fraser, Lead Adviser for Cognition Education at Al Muatassem
School
Looking to the future
The school says the visualizer
(document camera) will be
operated in the library, giving students and teachers free access to it whenever
they want. They hope that ultimately students will be using them to present work
in individual classrooms. In addition to clearly displaying text and images from
books and sharing students work in class, the teachers were excited about the AVerVision CP300’s
potential applications in science class, particularly using it in a lab setting
with microscopes. In all, the school believes that
visualizers (document
cameras) have the potential to revolutionize teaching and learning,
turning classrooms into stimulating, worldly centers of learning.
AVer would like to thank Al Muatassem Preparatory School and ALMOE Digital Solutions
L.L.C for providing this case study.