K-12
Udgam School
Ahmedabad, Gujarat www.udgamschool.com
Executive Director: Manan Choksi A student of Udgam School, Manan Choksi has studied here from Nursery to the 12th standard. Since 2003, he has been working with the school as an Executive Director. As a practicing Chartered Accountant, he is partner in one of the leading CA firms in Gujarat. He has founded a software company and an Accounting company. Apart from Education he has interests in BPO, Real-Estate and Healthcare. He is the director of RE/ MAX MGM, which is one of India’s best franchise businesses in real estate. An ardent advocate of technology, he has been instrumental in bringing up the level of IT in the school.
Advantage digital technologies In the modern age, digital technology is necessary for getting
Digital technologies in use: a. HCL Smart board in all classrooms b. Mindspark software for teaching maths c. Waterford software to teach language d. Apple iPad for KG students e. Android Tablet for students from Third to Seventh grade f. School Cinema for audio visual content g. Laptops for all teachers h. System to send SMS alert to parents if child is absent
students interested in the process of learning. Such technologies also have the effect of improving a teacher’s productivity in the classroom. Digital teaching tools help teachers to teach faster and this naturally leads to improvement in a student’s performance. Tools like Tablet PCs are especially useful, as students are attracted to such devices. In future we plan to deploy more Tablet PCs to make education even more interesting for our students.
Vision Statement Our ambition is to use the latest tools from technology to create a learning environment that is conducive for the development of a child’s mind 40
digitalLEARNING
february / 2012 www.digitallearning.in