India’s first cloud based tablet ‘e-tutor’ for school children has been launched by a joint venture between technopart based e-tutor and Oztern Technology and innovation advisor to Prime minister Manmohan singh, Launched the tablet Priced at Rs. 7,500 the tablet can be used by students from class1 to 12, and would be available in the market from April onwards.

Ranjith Balan, Founder and MD,e-tutor said that this will be the first complete solution for education to be made available on tablet PCs.

“The teacher can easily explain concepts using the digital whiteboard that is set up in the tablet PC.using e-tutor learning tablet,the students can access the collaboratibe learning platform for discussions on relevant topics taught in the Classroom” said Balan

The product is also aimed at making internet a safer place for children .e-tutor tablet for safeguards the connectivity from the personalized tablets PCs provided as a part of the solution, and restrict it to connect to internet only through the synchronisation module in the product

Detailing on the technology,saiju V Stella CEO, OZtern technology said “cloud computing technology can bring about a major leap in the way technology is being used in the educational sector”

” Most of the technology products available in the market today for education act as teaching aids rather than learning aids.Cloud computing also fultills another major social commitment by reducing the carbon emissions, from dedicated servers and data centers that consume huge amounts of energy,thus making computing more energy-efficient and Green” said stella

Lessons will be made available to the learner hrough personalised tablet pcs and regular content updates will be made available to the learner through personalised tablet PCs, and regular content updates will made available through a unique cloud tablet synch mechanism ,thus making sure that the device connects only to the relevant locations to access content

Rajinish Menon, director , business strategy and operations, Microsoft,who was present at the occasion , expressed his happiness to see partners like OZtern coming up with innovative solutions in the education sector using Microsoft windows Azure, which is Microsft’s cloud computing infrastructure.

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