“Highfield Infants School was looking at ways to improve overall lesson experience and to advance attainment of their pupils. The Genee Vision Visualiser helped them achieve their goals
and make lessons fun for the pupils at the same time” Highfield Infants School
“A useful and easy to use resource which showcases children’s learning and assists a teacher and the rest of the group to improve children’s work”
Mark Roberts, Year 6 Teacher - Fellgate Primary
School
“After learning the science then designing and building our equipment, it was great
to see it played back in lesson so we could see exactly what happened.”
Andrew Mangham, Lead Practitioner - Guiseley Secondary School
Personalising learning by providing
‘21st century learning opportunities to 21st century learners’
John Henley - Shireland City Learning Centre
Product:
Genee Vision 6100
Date : 01-08-07
Submitted by:
Lawrence Rouse, Tipton Junior School
We currently have ten classes in School. We purchased five Genee Vision 6100, enough for one between two! We soon found ourselves in the position where we need to purchase another five to keep our classes (and our teachers) happy.
Remarks from staff, such as, “these are incredible”, “What a phenomenal tool to use with the class”, “How did we manage before?”
Children have been amazed by the various features! “It’s great to share my work with everybody in the class, “Our Science lesson was great, the mini beasts looked like aliens and monsters”!
We have invited other schools to observe the Visualisers in action. Every school has been very impressed with what they have seen and as a result, have taken information away in the light of purchasing one or more of these versatile interactive instruments.
Product:
Genee Vision 6100
Date : 01-08-07
Submitted by:
Phillip Scull, Gilesbrook Primary School
We have only had the visualiser for a few weeks but it is especially useful for environmental science, looking at natural objects, pond creatures, flowers, etc. So far it has been used for taking images but we hope to extend this to video capturing and use time lapse to record the growth of mould, seeds, etc.
We have found it has applications across all subjects, particularly Science, Literacy and Art. There are ways that it could be used in every curriculum area. We are very excited about using it with a bird table in the winter as the massive magnification will allow children to see birds in great detail and we can capture images and sequences for future teaching.
At the moment we just have one visualiser – not because we don’t want more but because we do not have the budget this year due to the Government's failure to fund P.P.A. time in schools.
Quite apart from its use in first hand exploration of objects we have found it excellent as a teaching tool to model work as well as using in the plenary session to demonstrate quality work that pupils have done and explore exactly what it is that makes that piece of work excellent to raise pupil expectations of what they can achieve. The ability to save images, mirror and annotate are invaluable during class input times.
We would certainly recommend it to other schools. In fact we were so impressed with it when we received it that we held a demonstration for local schools in our hall as it was one of the most exciting recent developments that, I have seen. It has enormous potential; it's the sort of resource that should be in every classroom and it links in so well to Interactive Whiteboards that it enhances and develops the ways in which they can be used. The great thing about this is that the IWB is used in a genuinely interactive way getting away from “death by PowerPoint.”
Interactive Whiteboards are the best teaching and learning tool that I have seen in my career and the Genee Vision 6100 is a fantastic development in their potential. The fact that the Visualiser can also be used independently is a bonus; used in combination with an IWB the potential for exciting teaching and learning activities is limitless. A superb innovation.
Product:
Genee Vision
Date : 01-08-07
Submitted by:
Barking and Dagenham LA
Barking and Dagenham LA are renowned for running one of the largest pilots of visualisers in the UK, the advisors become passionate about the way visualisers could enhance lessons with dramatic effect with out any disruption or excessive cost. It became clear to the advisors that the Genee Vision 6100 was one of the best in the market and certainly the best value for money. Other models do not come with a light box or have recording ability and lack many of the functions that the Genee Vision has, coupled with the fact that some of these units can cost at least a third more than the Genee Vision.
Happy with their decision to purchase 93 units as part of a bespoke large screen technology solution for schools, this project is likely to expand over the coming months with more Genee Visions going into even more primary and secondary schools in the autumn term.
Speaking with the senior ICT adviser involved with the project Mr Guy Underwood, Genee World was keen to find out exactly why they found Genee Vision to be the best solution for Barking and Dagenham’s schools.
“We found the Genee Vision to be extremely functional with out it being complicated to use, the layout of the buttons is easily viewed and managed along with the use of a remote control, the teachers and pupils do not have to be standing at the front of the class in order to display and view objects or text. The Genee Vision 6100 has the functionality that can enable teaching staff to:
Engage through discussion about real objects
Record outcomes and process through digitally capturing still and movie images via USB2
Improve efficiency in lessons as everyone can see the same image
Reduce the need to photocopy resources
The additional functionality of a split screen and input switching enables teachers to be creative with their use and delivery of educational content.
The design of the visualiser enables teachers and pupils to get on easily with using the technology, embedding the use of large screen technology across the curriculum.”
Guy Underwood went on to explain other ways the Genee Vision is being used in the classroom;
“The teachers explained that they were very impressed by the ease of use of the Genee Vision and the simplicity of the set-up, they spoke of how it allowed them to conduct lessons in a new and innovative way. The teachers found the different functions to be of great benefit and when asked to explain how they were using the functions they told us about the following:
Displaying 2D and 3D objects on a large screen.
Displaying text on a large screen.
Zoom function enables small objects to become viewable by a large group. Examples include mini-beasts becoming six foot and children's art work being displayed on a 7 foot screen.
Live demonstrations of practical subjects such as soldering in DT, condensation in science, paint mixing in Art.
Easy switching of inputs: visualiser/ computer / video.
Digital capture of still images - recording annotations, keeping for student e-portfolio. Digital capture of video - recording processes.
Split screen function so that you can display an object and record text in real time.“
Barking and Dagenham LEA have become leaders in pushing the new technologies offered by the Genee Vision 6100, the project is growing from strength to strength and looks set to bench mark future good ICT practice within the LEA.
Product:
Genee Vision 6100
Date : 01-08-07
Submitted by:
Biddenham US & Sports College, Bedford
I had a really good demo using the Genee Vision. The Science Department was drooling over it and said they would prefer these, a lot more than an interactive whiteboard. The main benefit of the visualiser for me is that it is a dedicated resource i.e. you plug it in to the projector and it works straight away with just the buttons you need on the front of it. You can plug them into a laptop etc to do more advanced stuff if you want. We tried having a camera/tripod setup but staff found it a hassle to set up so they wanted me to do it, then someone "borrowed" the camera for a media lesson and the science dept never saw it again!
Network Manager
Product:
Genee Interactive Digital Boards
Submitted by:
Institute of Management Technology & Research India
Genee Solutions are providers of Genee Interactive Digital Boards and LCD Projectors in our Institution. We find that Genee is a technically competent and professionally managed team to cater the needs of the industry.
Having had an Interactive Whiteboard in the school, we were aware of how it could enhance pupils’ learning.
The Genee products provided by Genee Solution India are of good quality. Their commitment to the delivery schedule is appreciable. Service back up is satisfactory and their response time is quick.
We wish Genee Solutions all the success.
HARI KRISHNA MARAM
DIRECTOR- Strategic Initiatives
Product:
Genee Vision
Date : 01-08-07
Submitted by:
Bristnal Hall
‘We have installed one mobile solution on a trolley; the visualiser sits on top and the projector on a shelf underneath. It has worked really well for us and we have moved it from room to room”. The other Genee Visions are linked to the interactive whiteboards, computers and projectors.
When talking to the teachers GeneeWorld asked about the different ways the school was using the Genee Vision technology and how it was benefiting their lessons:
“I tend to use the Genee Vision in my electronics lessons; it has been fantastic and a really useful piece of equipment. When teaching electronics it is often necessary to show the pupils tiny components and previously this was difficult and it could disrupt the lesson when all the children had to leave their chairs and ‘gather round’. Now it is easy not only can I zoom in on the parts but I can use the split screen to show the back of the component or even show what it looks like fully assembled.
Although we have only had the Genee Visions for a short while I have already recorded some demonstrations of soldering, this has saved no end of time because I teach two classes of the same year group so I can re-use the previous lesson.”
Stewart Wattley teacher of Design and Technology told Genee Wolld about how he uses the different functions of the Genee Vision:
Split Screen:
We tend to use this to show a complicated component and then use the split function to zoom in on a specific area… the magnification is fantastic.
Positive / Negative:
We tend to use this function if we are looking at a technical drawing then if we turn it to negative the pupils can see the masks.
Title:
We use this function to set the lesson objective at the top of the screen, this can stay there all lesson while we continue to use the other functions.
Zoom:
This is probably the most used function; we can strip down complex objects such as a lock and show all the individual components that make it up - in the minutest of detail. We also use this to look at work that has been mounted on display boards around the classroom, the students no longer have to be disrupted if we want to analyze some work - the zoom is so powerful and clear!
Light Box:
This is extremely useful for doing freehand drawings on paper as it really helps to show the sketch brightly… this can then be projected on to the screen for all to see and zoom in and out.
The School is now looking at installing further Genee Visions across the departments and believes it would be extremely useful in art to show different mediums, textures and textiles.
