FETC 2015: SAMSUNG’s Collaborative Learning Solutions and Hosts Innovation Sessions for Educators take the Center Stage

FETC 2015 was held last January 21, 2015 at the Orange County Convention Center. SAMSUNG Electronics America, Inc. occupied the booth #121 in the convention, with the goal to emphasize the company’s new all-inclusive solutions for collaborative teaching and learning. SAMSUNG, in the process, aims to give educators a hand in creating a dynamic classroom environment by providing educational sessions.

SAMSUNG also showcased in the convention the company’s portfolio for the one-to-one learning programs, which could also support fully-integrated solutions like SAMSUNG School. This portfolio is consisted of:

• Galaxy tablets
• Smartphones
• Wearables
• Chromebooks

SAMSUNG School is an all-in one-to-one learning package. Those who will attend the convention and visit the booth will have the chance to learn about the technology capable of transforming classrooms. Deployed in almost 50 countries all over the world, the SAMSUNG School is an immensely powerful interactive and management software capable of creating a learning environment, which is student-centered. It uses classroom technology, combined with the SAMSUNG large-format classroom displays, enabling interoperability.

Can be accessed through different configurations and packages depending on the school’s needs, SAMSUNG school provides educators with important management tools including:

• Screen sharing
• Student screen monitoring
• Device control

Vice President of Vertical Business at Samsung Electronics America, Ted Brodheim believes in the role of the technology to improve education, and said "Samsung classroom technology is designed to address the needs of today's learners by empowering educators with the tools they need to create a collaborative learning environment. We're committed to powering education with technology solutions that engage students, are easy-to-use for teachers, scalable for IT managers and cost-efficient for the entire school district. Our sessions at FETC are designed to help educators improve their classroom capabilities using best practices to improve student outcomes."

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Samsung Learning Innovation Sessions

What: SAMSUNG Learning Innovation Sessions

Who: Designed for administrators, IT managers, and teachers

When: January 22-23, 2015 (Thursday-Friday)

Where: Booth #121 at FETC 2015

The said session is expected to address issues such as:

• Managing the 21^st century classroom
• Making learning personal with one-to-one programs
• Designing curricula to align with in-class devices

It will be hosted by the providers of the solution, which include:

• Pearson Education
• Eduscape Learning
• BrainPOP
• STEM Fuse

Desert Sands Unified School District on One-to-One Learning Best Practices

Located in Coachella Valley, California, the Desert Sands Unified School District will manage a session retelling how the district was able to deploy more than 21,000 SAMSUNG Chromebooks in their effort to use a one-to-one learning program and so be able to oversee online assessments. The district provided SAMSUNG Chromebooks to its 5^th up to 12^th grade students, in order to provide equal computing access amidst the students’ socioeconomic diversity.

Through the district’s technology, its performance is able to improve and get better year by year. And thus, their low income students can also perform and go head-to-head with the same achievements levels that only higher income students have.

Desert Sands Unified School District Superintendent Gary Rutherford said, "We believe the best way to close the achievement gap is by closing the digital gap, and a one-to-one learning initiative was the best solution for our diverse student enrollment. While we provided Samsung Chromebooks to older students, we also introduced technology to our early age students using tablets which are better suited for their developing motor skills, and interactive displays for greater classroom collaboration. Technology has truly transformed our district, resulting in better test scores, higher engagement levels and increased enthusiasm for learning."

SAMSUNG’s Full Line-Up of Education Products and Solutions

Expected to be displayed in booth #121 at FETC 2015 from January 21 to 23, 2015, SAMSUNG’s portfolio on education includes:

• Chromebook 2 with an Intel^® Celeron^® (N2840)
• Galaxy Tab 4 Education
• MobilePrint App

Serves as an ideal tool for classroom use, the Chromebook 2 with an Intel^® Celeron^® (N2840), with its 11-inch display, prides itself with these following characteristics:

• Fast boot speed
• Long battery life
• Student-friendly design

Together with Chromebook 2 in SAMSUNG’s educational portfolio is the Galaxy Tab 4 Education. Considered the very first tablet of the company exclusive and specially developed for K-12 schools, the Galaxy Tab 4 Education is bundled with the Corning^® Gorilla^® Glass protective case and even an optional connected keyboard, making it classroom-ready and backpack-ready. Compatible with SAMSUNG School and Google Play for Education, which can access curated educational content searchable by the following filters:

• Grade
• Subject
• Common core standard

Both of the Chromebooks 2 and Galaxy Tab 4 Education are manageable and can be updated through web-based console, thus, permitting IT administrators to be able to handle a lot of devices at a time, saving resources for development and training.

Besides the educational portfolio, SAMSUNG will also present its portfolio for printers and multifunction devices or MFDs. One of the best example of this is the MobilePrint App, capable of seamlessly printing documents from then tablets and smartphones of both students and teachers alike.

Find out more about SAMSUNG portfolio for education by visiting this site.