Intel comes up with convertible classmate PC designs

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Bangalore: Intel has unveiled the Intel-powered convertible classmate PC design, to meet the variety of school students' needs. Its added features are affordable, rugged, fun netbooks, designed for interactive, collaborative learning. "Education is one of the best ways to improve the future for individuals, villages, or nations. There are 1.3 billion school-age children around the world and of those only 7 percent have access to a PC or the Internet. The IT industry has a huge opportunity to contribute to how technology can improve students' learning and students' lives. Intel continues its long-standing commitment to advancing education through technology to transform lives around the world," siad John Davies, Vice President, Sales and Marketing Group and General Manager, Intel World Ahead Program. The new design converts instantly from a clamshell to a tablet mode with a touch screen to allow for a more intuitive classroom experience. The 180-degree swivel design, rotational camera and touch screen of the new design encourage flexible classroom interaction and natural collaboration. Built on Intel architecture and powered by the Intel Atom processor, these purpose-built netbooks provide an affordable and functional PC to support a wide variety of classroom applications and activities. It is small and light enough for a child to easily carry. Equipped with a water-resistant keyboard, the classmate PC is also "backpack friendly" - able to withstand bumping in a backpack and accidental drops by students. In tablet mode, the convertible classmate PC screen has a "palm rejection" feature that is designed to allow the child to write more naturally by resting their palm on the touch screen. It also includes education-oriented software and applications from software and content vendors from the Intel Learning Series. It enables to meet the needs of students worldwide and to provide geographically appropriate software and services. Apart from this, Intel also announced a host of other initiatives to extend its efforts in providing the technology education needed to make a meaningful difference in people's lives. Teachers purchase PC offer to increase technology awareness amongst school teachers made available by Connoisseur Electronics "We recognize that for teachers to effectively integrate technology with education, they must first be completely comfortable using technology themselves. This program aims to allow teachers to harness technology effectively," said Davies. The skoool learning and teaching technology, is an interactive Web-based resource for learning Mathematics and Science. Wipro is the OEM partner for Classmate PCs