“CANDELA” – Have fun & Learn Science the modern way
View(s):Today education has become one of the most basic human rights. Education determines an individual’s social status and acceptance within social circles. An educated person, irrespective of the gender/race/religion or cast can climb to the top of the social ladder. In this perspective, parents are now more aware about the educational needs and avenues available for their children. The rapid advancements in the ICT arena has become an integral part of imparting this wealth of knowledge.
In keeping with the vision of our president H.E Mahinda Rajapakse, to make Sri Lanka a Knowledge hub in Asia, it is of great importance that we also embrace the use of technology for educating the younger generation.
Candela Learning Technologies a subsidiary of Printcare PLC has been working towards this goal for the benefit of Sri Lankan students during the last two and a half years. They came up with a novel way of learning as well as teaching using the state of the art technology available today. Created as an interactive learning software it has been made available to the students of Sri Lanka at a very affordable price
Candela E-learning text book is available as a Compact Disk. The content of this CD follows the local syllabus for Science and is developed by National institute of Education.
Candela Educational Software is developed by a panel of professional teachers, lecturers, graduates and skilled software developers. According to Mr. Krishna Ravindran, Director of Candela Learning Technologies “The concept & the innovation behind Candela E-text book was launched to the market with the intention of overcoming various difficulties faced by students in learning science, teachers in teaching science. The use of such technologies will ultimately uplift the standards of education through the increased popularity of modern technology among the Sri Lankan community.
Further Candela e-text book provides an opportunity for Sri Lankan students, teachers & even parents to familiarize themselves with modern technologies which in use in developed countries.”
Although Candela E-learning software is a total new concept to the Sri Lankan market, Candela has more than 5 years’ experience in creating educational software for the international market.
Hence, Candela does not come to your hand just as a Compact Disk with ordinary power point presentations. Instead, the content of Candela e-text book is enriched with high quality images, animations, voicing, charts, diagrams and laboratory experiment models. The unique feature is enjoyed by students, teachers & parents is the interactivity of the software.
This feature helps to keep the students more engaged throughout the lesson. Candela e-textbook includes a collection of more than 300 assessments as well. These assessments are given at the end of each sub-chapter in the form of a computer game where students can check their level of understanding about the lesson they completed.
Further, there is an additional benefit that teachers as well as parents can understand where their students /children need to pay more attention.
This feature was admired & appreciated by many teachers and parents since it gives students practice and prepares them well for the term tests & exams. The questions are featured in a game based manner, so students tend to attempt the questions repeatedly and this helps to vastly improve their knowledge.
Candela E- learning CD was first launched at the International Book Fair in 2012 for use in only grades 6 and 8 Science in Sinhala medium. Since then it has developed programs for grades 6 to 10 in Sinhala, while grades 6 & 7 are available in all three languages. Many parents and teachers give recommendation for the use of Candela. You and your children/students too can experience the award winning software developed by Candela at the Colombo International Book fair 2013 (Stall Number G-285). The software is also available at all Sarasavi outlets.
(JTK)
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