PPDS, has announced the worldwide launch of its new, technology agnostic Philips Genius educational software, bringing collaborative teaching and learning experiences to classrooms on interactive displays. Philips Genius enables educators to create lesson plans, either directly on an interactive display, or remotely via a web browser, or a dedicated app, compatible with Android, Windows, and iOS device.
All content is saved to a Philips Genius account, or library, and can be displayed on interactive displays. Launched recently at InfoComm 2024, Philips Genius was a year in development and is the first in-house educational software from PPDS.
Educators have the ability to embed YouTube videos, PDFs, Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, or PowerPoint presentations. Educators can easily link to other sources and software – including Google Classroom.
All content displayed on the screen can be saved and shared directly – via URL or email – with students at the end of each lesson, allowing them to create subject notes via their OneNote or other filing system.
Available in Q3 – including in EMEA, North America, LATAM, APAC and India – Philips Genius will come pre-installed on all new Philips Collaboration Displays for Education.
Siddarth Gopal, global director software solutions, PPDS, commented: “We understand many schools, colleges, and universities have a mix of displays, rather than a consistent fleet from one manufacturer. Naturally, we would prefer them to use our Philips Collaboration Displays for education, but our business is about being open and unrestrictive. For that reason, Philips Genius is available to provide the same functionality on other displays, as well as our own.”
