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Students can store handwritten notes

Hyderabad , Sept. 23

School children will soon have yet another notebook in their school bags. But unlike other notebooks that weigh them down, the e-notebook would actually lessen their burden by bringing fun and convenience in the learning process.

Developed by Intel, Classmate PC is a tailor-made computer specially designed for specific needs of the students in the age group of 5-10 years and their teachers.

The IT solutions and products major will showcase the product at the three-day conference organised by The Association of International Schools of India (TAISI) from Sunday.

However, students and teachers need to wait for sometime, before they can lay their hand on the gadget.

An Intel official said it would take sometime before taking the product to the market. There is no word on the pricing as well.

The easy-to-carry textbook-sized computer would make the learning experience more interesting by allowing teachers to make presentations and guiding students' access to the Internet.

It allows one-to-one interactions with students, while writing to the parents on how their children fared. Parents, in turn could write back to the teachers.

Classmate PC is part of Intel's World Ahead programme that aims at reaching the next 100 crore users.

The students can digitally store the handwritten notes using a wireless pen and retrieve for easy viewing and sharing with their peers. The PC is compatible with standard software and tools for additional needs and uses. The `rugged kid-proof' mobile educational solution would have built-in wireless and digital pen attachments. It will run either on Windows or Linux operating systems. For the teachers, it would help save time and effort in their day-to-day activities like attendance monitoring and lesson preparation.

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