10 November 2006
River Valley High School implements Classroom Replay™ for rapid content creation
Armed with a vision to embark on rich-media content creation by its own teachers, River Valley High School selected Classroom Replay™ for its rapid and fully automated tri-screen capabilities. The system's seamless approach answers the school's desire to provide a rich and engaging learning experience for students, where not only teachers' presentation and computer visuals are captured, but simultaneous handwriting illustrations at high resolutions as well.
09 October 2006
Serangoon Junior College embraces Classroom Replay™ for campus-wide lecture recording
Serangoon Junior College implemented Classroom Replay™ in all 5 lecture theatres to automate campus-wide lecture capturing and delivery. This move has empowered teachers with the option to record lectures (lesson delivery together with computer visuals and handwriting illustrations) with a simple one-click process. It has also enabled students to revisit lectures to clarify doubts, catch up on missed lessons or revise for examinations.
29 September 2006
Blue Orange signs MOU with University of New Orleans in partnership to deliver Master of Science programmes in Asia through Classroom Replay™
Blue Orange and University of New Orleans (UNO) have come together to leverage on each other strengths in tapping the growing market demands for high-quality post-graduate programmes. In this collaboration, Blue Orange shall provide its Classroom Replay™ technology, system and processes to fully deliver and support UNO courses online. The first offering is expected to start in June 2007.
28 August 2006
PSB Academy and University of Newcastle upgrade existing Classroom Replay™ structure to extend to tri-screen capabilities
PSB Academy (Singapore) and University of Newcastle (Australia) were the early adopters of Classroom Replay™. Since 2002, Classroom Replay™ has been implemented at PSB Academy as an automated dual-screen lecture capturing solution, delivering all University of Newcastle's lectures online. With full confidence in Classroom Replay™ benefits, both institutions have upgraded all existing systems to Classroom Replay™ tri-screen implementation.
05 July 2006
Hai Sing Catholic School allocates dedicated studio for video lesson creation via Classroom Replay™
As part of its elearning initiative, Hai Sing Catholic School has extended beyond traditional LMS offerings by moving into the rich-media content creation using Classroom Replay™. The system also gives the school an effective process to manage relief teaching, as well as teachers' self-evaluation and peer evaluation.
05 June 2006
Blue Orange showcases MyHomeTutor™ at World Book Fair as one of the largest exhibitors
Blue Orange participated as one of the largest exhibitors at the recent World Book Fair 2006, where it showcased the complete range of MyHomeTutor™ Education Series products. This annual event, held at Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre from 26 May 2006 to 4 June 2006, attracted more than half a million visitors, many of whom snapped up MyHomeTutor™ as the definitive solution to their children's learning needs. Combining quality, value and ease of use, MyHomeTutor™ continues to bring benefits to innumerable families.
17 May 2006
Hougang Secondary School extends video lesson recording capabilities through Classroom Replay™
In a farsighted move, Hougang Secondary School has recognized Classroom Replay™ as the answer to traditional lesson videotaping - often associated with distracting panning and zooming, poor audio quality, low resolution video and running out of tapes. This high-cost, work-intensive process will be relieved by Classroom Replay™'s fully-automated, hassle-free capabilities. Teachers can now record or pre-record their lessons in a breeze.
27 April 2006
Ministry of Education (Singapore) prepares for bird flu pandemic emergencies using Classroom Replay™
Ministry of Education, Educational Technology Division (ETD), a champion in harnessing educational technologies to enhance educational processes in schools, has turned to Blue Orange's tri-screen Classroom Replay™ platform for rapid content creation and delivery. One of the main applications of Classroom Replay™ at ETD is to develop content for emergencies such as bird flu pandemic. The rapid and realistic capturing of teacher's lesson delivery makes Classroom Replay™ the ideal platform to meet ETD's requirements.
01 March 2006
Yishun Town Secondary School sets up two innovative teaching rooms with Classroom Replay™ for lesson recording and teacher's self-evaluation
Yishun Town Secondary School has installed Classroom Replay™ in two innovative teaching rooms, where teachers can self-evaluate their 'live' lesson delivery or come together for peer assessment. Recognising Classroom Replay™'s strength as a robust content creation solution, recorded lessons may also be delivered through school computer network and CD-ROM for students' use.
03 January 2006
Siglap Secondary School implements Classroom Replay™ for producing elearning content
A champion in elearning, Siglap Secondary School embraced Classroom Replay™ to complement its current elearning offering to students. With the view to customise content and generate wealth of intellectual property, the school has set up a dedicated studio for teachers to record tri-screen lessons, including teacher's presentation, computer visuals and handwriting illustrations.
03 January 2006
Dunman High School's initiative to “Teach Less to Teach More”, powered by Classroom Replay™
Dunman High School adopted Classroom Replay™ in June 2005 as a trial during the “Teach Less to Teach More” week when students stayed at home instead of attending school. The trial was a great success and prompted the school to embark on an ambitious plan to replicate full-scale classroom teaching online. Across all levels and departments, Dunman High will be creating tri-screen video lessons using Classroom Replay™ - and the benefits will be reaped by teachers and students alike.
28 Dec 2007
Clementi Woods Secondary School Selects Classroom Replay™ (Tablet Edition)
The Tablet Edition of Classroom Replay™ has proved a hit, and Clementi Woods Secondary School is the latest to jump on the bandwagon. In addition to rapid content creation capability and ease of use, Classroom Replay™ (Tablet Edition) offers the mobility for teachers to create content anywhere - both indoor and outdoor. The content produced can be made available online via the school's existing Learning Management System or via CD.
14 Dec 2007
Zhenghua Secondary School Boosts Their E-learning Offering Via Classroom Replay™ (Professional Edition)
Classroom Replay™ (Professional Edition) presented the solution that Zhenghua Secondary School has been searching for - a way to capture live interactions in a classroom or laboratory setting with no fuss and minimal work. Gone are the days of amateur camera crews, video encoding and files that were too big and unwieldy to stream online. With the Professional Edition's proprietary technology and multi-screen capturing, a full classroom delivery can now be recorded in a breeze!
7 Dec 2007
Serangoon Junior College Adds Classroom Replay™ (Professional Edition) to their IT Room
Implementing Classroom Replay™ in all lecture theatres at Serangoon Junior College has demonstrated to be immensely successful. So much so that the institution is extending its usage to the Information Technology Room. Embraced for its ability to move learning beyond the traditional one-way lecture delivery approach, lively exchanges among teachers and students can now be vividly captured and reviewed for pedagogy improvements!
11 April 2007
East View Primary School joins the bandwagon in embracing Classroom Replay™
Teaching and learning for Primary School children can be improved, and East View Primary School believes that Classroom Replay™ will help it achieve this. Confident in its power, rapid content creation capability and ease of use for teachers, East View not only joins a growing list of schools that have implemented Classroom Replay™, but is also the first Primary School to adopt the system on site.
02 February 2007
SIM University selects Classroom Replay™ for lecture webcasting
SIM University, Singapore's first and only private university focusing on the upgrading and learning needs of working professionals and adult learners, has selected Classroom Replay™ to complement its on-campus offerings and services. The institution recognizes that an efficient way is needed to assist students, in this case mostly working professionals, in catching up on lessons and revisions amidst their busy schedules. Through Classroom Replay™'s automatic lecture recording system and delivery over the internet, SIM University will have a scalable and robust setup for capturing and webcasting all live lectures.
26 January 2007
Dunman High School sets up Intelligent Classroom studio at Mount Sinai campus
A pioneer in embracing Classroom Replay™, Dunman High School has set up Blue Orange's Intelligent Classroom studio within their campus at Mount Sinai Road. Building on what they have done in the past year, Dunman High School will develop more high-quality, dynamic and interesting content in the form of video lessons for their students. This truly achieves the premier school's objective of infusing IT in teaching and learning.
03 November 2008
These Schools Subscribed to OLevelGuru™ Online to Provide the Final Boost to Their O-Level Examination Bound Students
The advantages of OLevelGuru™ Online was clear to the following schools, and they were eager to give their students a final boost to the O-Level preparation dash -
- Bartley Secondary
- Beatty Secondary
- Bedok Town Secondary
- Changkat Changi Secondary
- Christ Church Secondary
- Holy Innocents' High
- Jurong West Secondary
- Naval Base Secondary
- New Town Secondary
- North View Secondary
- Queensway Secondary
- Regent Secondary
- Westwood Secondary
- Whitley Secondary
- Woodlands Secondary
- Yishun Town Secondary
- Zhenghua Secondary
01 October 2008
OLevelGuru™ Online Made Available to Schools
Following in the footsteps of older sister, MyHomeTutor™, OLevelGuru™ is fast gaining acclaim and success in local secondary schools. OLevelGuru™ Online allows schools to sign up and access OLevelGuru™ content via the school's Learning Management System. Students taking their O-Levels in 1-2 months' time can attend the video solutions, review, practice, clarify doubts and more. Practice makes perfect!
22 September 2008
The Open University of Hong Kong Selects Classroom Replay™
Classroom Replay™ is proud to win a tender involving global companies by The Open University of Hong Kong to supply lecture capturing capabilities on site. With a stringent list of criteria, Classroom Replay™ had no problem meeting the university's requirements and far outshone all the other competitors. Now students in Hong Kong can share in and enjoy the powers and benefits of Classroom Replay™.
01 August 2008
OlevelGuru™ Extends Content Offering to Science (Chemistry) and Science (Physics)
Combined Science students need not pine any longer. OLevelGuru™ introduces Science (Chemistry) and Science (Physics) at all MyHomeTutor™ counters in Popular Bookstores. As requests to develop new subjects continue to flood in, Blue Orange will keep working to extend subject coverage.
21 June 2008
More MOE Schools Tap Classroom Replay™ to Empower E-Learning
The Classroom Replay™ family is growing! Bukit Batok Secondary School, Cedar Girls Secondary School, Compassvale Primary School, North View Secondary School and Springfield Secondary School are the newest family members. Popularized by the idea of being able to "youtube" and share lessons online with just one click, teachers are adopting the system with joy. The more the merrier.
23 March 2008
Blue Orange Launches OLevelGuru™
MyHomeTutor™ has found home to more than 30,000 families in Singapore since its inception in 2003, not to mention its customer base beyond the island's shores in Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Australia, Hong Kong, Canada and the United States. Due to overwhelming feedback from parents who have "grown" along with us through the years and to serve the gaping hole in the education market, Blue Orange launches OLevelGuru™ - a product range dedicated to the secondary school market. The new series is a result-oriented take on O-Level, with past year video solutions to examination questions, now consisting of Physics and Chemistry.
17 August 2009
Classroom Replay™ Gains Momentum among Private Education Institutes (PEIs) with SIMM's (Singapore Institute of Materials Management) Latest Adoption
Singapore Institute of Materials Management (SIMM) is the latest Private Education Institute (PEI) to deploy Classroom Replay™ for their online video lecture initiative. This move will enable SIMM to not only be a top PEI in Singapore, but also a leader in using technology to change how education is delivered. The adoption means the addition of an invaluable learning aid for SIMM students, without the customary taxation on faculty and staff with manual solutions. SIMM's choice also proves Classroom Replay™'s rising popularity among PEIs as Singapore's de facto provider of high-quality technology-empowered learning.
04 August 2009
Blue Orange Launches Teacher-On-Air, bringing Singapore Math Video Lessons to the Global K12 Education Arena
According to the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) of 1993, 1995 and 2003, Singapore students have repeatedly ranked first in the world when it comes to Mathematics. Singapore's consistently excellent performance in global Mathematics competitions can be attributed to the country's robust and effective teaching strategies in both its Primary and Secondary Mathematics school curriculum. With the aim of making this educational expertise and experience easily accessible and available to all, Blue Orange launches
Teacher-On-Air (
www.teacheronair.com): a one-stop portal where video solutions of Singapore Top Schools Mathematics Examinations are delivered online by premier school teachers. Lessons cover materials from top-notch schools, including Nanyang Primary School, Raffles Girls' Primary School, Anglo-Chinese School (Primary), Catholic High School, Ai Tong School, Tao Nan School, Nan Chiau Primary School, Kong Hwa School and Chongfu Primary School.
01 July 2009
Nanyang Junior College Joins Growing List of Junior Colleges In Adopting Classroom Replay™ for Lecture Webcast
Classroom Replay™ is fast becoming the first choice for Junior Colleges, as Nanyang Junior College (NJC), the newest addition to the family, proves. Faced with students' busy schedules, increasing demand to view lectures online and the "catching on" of lecture recording, NJC recognized that their existing system, with its high operational stresses, was unable to cope. After careful evaluation of other platforms on the market, NJC identified Classroom Replay™ as the solution for delivering high-quality classroom experience at low cost and strong operational efficiency. No other system was able to match Classroom Replay™'s ability of allowing students to "relive" the lessons on demand, while overcoming the barriers normally associated with widespread adoption.
15 May 2009
English Rock 'N' Roll! Blue Orange's latest release, Impress! Pronunciation
Blue Orange's latest release, Impress! Pronunciation, will get you all excited about learning English again! Featuring Brendan Buxton, aka the "Teacher-Of-Teachers", it is everything you need to pronounce like a pro. Apart from boasting an impressive global teaching career, Mr Buxton has helmed 9 years at the National Institute of Education (NIE), grooming Singapore's next generation of budding teachers.
Through crystal clarity and light-hearted humour, he will show you how to speak well, impress the world, and flash your own brilliance. Learn everything from the Phonemic Chart, Consonants & Consonant Clusters, Short & Long Vowels, Diphthongs, the Syllable Rule, to Sentence Stress, Weak & Strong Forms, Connected Speech and Intonation.
Join the thousands of students who have warmed to his fun and enthusiasm. It is a golden opportunity not to be missed!
30 April 2009
Second MyHomeTutor Campus Opens @ Parkway Centre
With the success of the inaugural MyHomeTutor Campus at Goldhill Plaza, the second campus is scheduled to open in June 2009. It not only boasts all the facilities of the first campus, but a larger centre area and extra classrooms to accommodate students as well. Parkway Centre sits in the hub of Marine Parade, and serves the needs of families and children in the eastern part of Singapore.
31 March 2009
The Open University of Hong Kong Expands Usage of Classroom Replay™
Once again, Classroom Replay™ wins a tender by The Open University of Hong Kong to install more lecture recording systems throughout the university. This is an abiding testimony to the system's robustness, effectiveness as well as ease of use. Classroom Replay™ continues on track to expand internationally and extend its reach.
03 January 2009
Official Opening of MyHomeTutor Campus @ Goldhill Plaza
MyHomeTutor™ celebrates its 5th year anniversary with the opening of MyHomeTutor Campus. MyHomeTutor Campus is a premier enrichment institute with a forward-looking and innovative approach to teaching and learning. With the belief in enhancing pedagogy through technology by leveraging on video, projection slides, multimedia and WACOM tablet applications, the Campus adopts a "Learn-As-You-Need" and "Pay-As-You-Learn" model by offering flexible and modular lesson "clinics" for children instead of the traditional one-size-fits-all tuition centre path. Learners are guaranteed to find their experience with us highly engaging and gratifying!
