High-Tech Classroom on Wheels

The basic idea is simple, take the latest in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and the best tools for teaching you can find, put them into a nice compact package and move it from school to school teaching anyone who wants to learn. Obviously it's more complicated than that, but that pretty well touches the impact the idea could have.

Once the classroom is delivered, hydraulic rams force both sides to expand. Ramps are placed at the entrances for safety purposes and then the interior can be setup as desired. Among the goodies found inside the prototype are a stage, a small-cinema-sized screen for presentations, film editing tools and a respectable sound system. When fully expanded, it can hold up to 15 students and 1 instructor.

The most prominent problem schools have is trying to keep up with changing information and teaching techniques. Having a portable "pod" for a classroom means that the old one can be taken away and replaced with the most up-to-date version. Since the shells should remain the same, old ones can be remodeled and then used again to cut down on the waste.

Source: inventorspot.comAdded: 27 June 2008