Opened in 1987, Klasterec nad Ohri Primary School is the newest and largest school
in the town of Klasterec nad Ohri, Czech Republic. There are 725 students enrolled
at the school and 45 teachers on staff. The school has three distinct educational
branches: a language branch, in which students can study up to two foreign languages,
a special education branch for students with learning disabilities, and a standard
branch. The school proudly stands by its motto “To become a creative school
for our pupils, to bring good conditions for teaching staff and to find the best
way of cooperation with public.”
Thanks to the compact size of the AVerPen set, we have gained another way
to modernize our classrooms without additional modifications.
- Ms. Alena Tucimova, Teacher, Klasterec nad Ohri Primary School
At Klasterec nad Ohri Primary School the integration of modern technology into classroom
lessons is not just encouraged by the administration, but has become the standard
for instruction. Specialized classrooms have been equipped with a computer, a data
projector, and in some classes, interactive boards. The school has been considering
the purchase of a new interactive board, but has yet to deem it feasible. Therefore,
Ms. Alena Tucimova, a teacher at the school, was thrilled to be given the opportunity
to test the AVerPen, given its broad classroom capabilities.
AVerPens combine the functions of a wireless tablet, a voting system, interactive
board and a presentation pointer.
- Ms. Alena Tucimova, Teacher, Klasterec nad Ohri Primary School
Preparation and initial use
Ms. Tucimova and her colleagues agreed that integrating the AVerPen into their lessons
took basically no extra preparation time and was simpler and faster than integrating
a standard interactive board. Ms. Tucimova said that the students were a little
apprehensive, when they first heard they would be using the AVerPen, but were pleasantly
surprised to find it intuitively designed and quite easy to learn to use.
The AVerPen actually became a substitute for the interactive board.
- Ms. Alena Tucimova, Teacher, Klasterec nad Ohri Primary School
Reliable teaching tool
The school has been using the AVerPens for three months now in six secondary level
physics and mathematics classes. To energize existing lesson plans, the teachers
said they worked in 15-20 minutes of use with the AVerPen every day. Ms. Tucimova
discovered the students were able to work directly with the presentations from their
desks, move items around, make notes, etc. She was also able to utilize the AVerPen’s
voting system function to turn testing into a fun classroom competition between
groups of students.
Endless activities to choose from
Ms. Tucimova found the Screen Visor tool to be great for getting students' attention.
With this tool, the teacher is able to expose a portion of the screen of his/her
choosing, concealing the rest from the students. Ms. Tucimova said she would first
load a picture of a piece of physics measuring equipment on the screen, and then
cover the majority of the picture leaving only a small window visible to the students.
From this limited information the students would then need to determine the image
being displayed. This simple, yet effective exercise utilizing AVer technology gave
students the chance to use logical thinking, imagination, and to voice individual
opinions, all while still having fun and expanding their knowledge of the subject.
AVer would like to thank Klasterec nad Ohri Primary School and its local distributor,
FASTCR, a.s. for providing this case study.