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GETTING STARTED WITH DISTANCE LEARNING

E-Learning

With the threat of COVID-19 to the health and safety of the public, educational institutions here in the Philippines are exploring new ways to still continue providing quality education to students. This blog will discuss distance learning and our innovative solutions that will help both teachers and students.

What is Distance Learning?

Distance learning describes any learning that happens without the physical presence of the student in school. Teachers can send lessons through email or through a reliable platform. The common type of distance learning is the online classes and webinars which are usually done through live video streaming.

Webinar

The rise of COVID-19 pandemic drives the teachers to look into possible applications of homeschooling to assure that the students will have continuous learning despite the pandemic situation. Here are some tips that can help teachers in creating sustainable and engaging homeschooling activities for their students:

Teacher

1. Just make it simple

Homeschooling will not be easy most especially when it comes to explaining and giving instructions to the students. This may result in a huge time-consumption because of the tasks that require a high level of focus and self-direction and that’s why it needs to be simple. Making it simple will greatly help in developing a smooth yet engaging distance learning experience.

Student doing activity

2. Keep it manageable

Keep in mind that assignments and output based activities should be manageable enough to be handled by the students. Everybody’s coping with this new normal situation so students should be given ample time to adapt. Giving multiple tasks as they start with distance learning might overwhelm them in the long run.

Distance Learning

3. Make yourself available

With the rapid transition to distance learning, expect multiple questions not just only from the students, but from their parents/guardians as well. As we adapt to the new normal, teachers must make the extra effort and needs to maximizing communication platforms such as messenger, SMS, and email that will greatly help them in addressing concerns.

Teacher using ViewSonic

4. Equip yourself with the right tools

Educational institutions should be able to equip the teachers with the right tools as they engage and interact with their students through distance learning.

The Innovative Solutions for Distance Learning

ViewSonic aim is to address the common issues in a typical distance learning ecosystem, such as proper student-teacher interaction, lesson plan preparation and presentation, and setting it all up in a single e-learning ecosystem.

They introduced a free solution called the ViewSonic’s myViewBoard E-learning Ecosystem to help solve these issues. The e-learning platform delivers complete tools that will make it easy for both teachers and students. Teachers can quickly create lessons using these tools to focus on student needs. It is stored on the internet drive so teachers can reach their students whether they are in the classroom or at home.

ViewSonic’s myViewBoard allows teachers to easily create digital lessons in order to bring studying to life. It helps teachers create more engaging lessons that are important for connecting with students.

ViewSonic’s myViewBoard also addresses one of the biggest obstacles in distance learning which is getting content to the students and then collecting it for assessment. With this kind of platform, organizing and digital assessments will be easier for the teachers.

ViewBoard IFP Display

They also introduce interactive display solutions with exceptional features that will help teachers as they present lessons and interact with their students. Here are some of the features of ViewSonic’s ViewBoard Interactive Flat Panel Display:

  1. Write and draw with a lag-free experience
  2. Annotate on top of any app
  3. Encourage group interaction
  4. A seamless experience with Google classrooms
  5. Scalable setup via optional Windows or Chrome-based slot-in boxes

ViewSonic Lifestyle

With the IFP displays and the e-learning ecosystem, lesson presentations and remote classroom interaction will be easier to achieve. The combined features of ViewBoard IFP display together with the exceptional feature of myViewBoard’s e-learning ecosystem will be able to help teachers and students as they adjust with distance learning.

Wrapping Up

Distance learning opens opportunities most especially in connecting the teachers and students in creative ways. Let us be open to new and innovative solutions as we live in this new normal and these new and innovative solutions such as ViewSonic’s myViewBoard and ViewSonic’s ViewBoard IFP displays will really be a big help to all educational institutions as well as to all teachers and students.

Are you a parent or a teacher? How do you prepare yourself for distance learning?

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Entertainment Solution Wherever You Go

ViewSonic provides best-in-class screen performance with ultra-wide viewing angles. Crafted with sleek design, ViewSonic screen display products gives us the best viewing experience for home entertainment and multimedia applications. ViewSonic is known for its versatile connectivity from VGA, HDMI, USB, and microSD storage ports. With ViewSonic’s industry-leading 3-year limited warranty, any ViewSonic products is a perfect long-term investment for enterprise and home applications.

In collaboration with Harman Kardon, ViewSonic gives you its iF award-winning, ultra-portable LED projector – ViewSonic M1.This provides home theatre functionality with the added benefit of portability. Equipped with built-in battery and smart stand, you can view up to 100-inch of display with 360° projection anywhere you go.

The ViewSonic M1 is built with 3-in-1 metal stand for sturdy setup anywhere; which also doubles as a lens cover to protect the lens from being damage when being transported; and triples as a power sensor – just swivel the stand to uncover the lens and it powers the projector in an instant.

Watch your favorite movies or TV shows at your convenience with the ViewSonic M1’s 360-degree perfection projection that lets you project images onto the ceiling, wall, floor or anywhere you please. Lazy Sundays and bed weather has never been this fantastic.

The ViewSonic M1 is the only projector that offers on-board audio via dual Harman Kardon speakers. For occasional music playback, the ViewSonic M1 instantly transforms into a Harman Kardon speaker, ready to play any sound at different music modes with just a touch of a button.

The ViewSonic M1 is user-friendly with its Plug & Play feature. Just drive it with a laptop that has HDMI, USB Type C ports, microSD cards, or via its 16 GB internal memory; voila, you can watch movies in Full HD with live music experience.

With ViewSonic M1’s LED technology that offers up to 30,000 hours of usage, you can view true-to-life color. Thanks to ViewSonic SuperColor technology.

The ViewSonic M1 is a must-have for happy campers and pros-on-the-go. The built-in battery provides up to 6 hours of entertainment or visual presentation, making it less hassle when it comes to cords or finding a power source.

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Experience Meaningful Interaction in Your Smart Home

Imagine a world where all of your devices in your life are can be orchestrated to your liking and lifestyle. From security cameras, doors, windows, window blinds, speakers, up to the intricate details in your home such as heaters, appliances, and whatnot – what’s it like to have the power to control those things at your fingertips? With Control 4, you and your family can create personalized experiences that can enhance your life and work with added comfort, savings, convenience and most of all peace of mind.

Control4 offers the ultimate smart home automation solution by making the electronic components and systems you already use on a daily basis work together, seamlessly whether you’re home or away. By integrating everything from lighting, music, video, climate control, security—even smartphones and tablets—Control4 offers an automation design solution suited for your lifestyle.

Automate even just one room in your home with Control4, and expand as the time and budget allows. Here are some ideas on which room to automate first according to your priority:

Family Room – a place to relax and spend time together. With just one remote, you can control your TV, receiver, music, streaming content, etc. That same remote also controls your lights, shades, temperature and so much more.  For example, when you command “Movie Time”, automatically, your lights turn off, locks the doors, lower the shades and turn on your home theatre.

With integrated IP cameras and security systems, you can check who’s at the door safely without having the effort to open the door. Given that this is a busy area inside our homes where we occasionally let people come and go, it is better to have a little control in this area, especially for busy parents.

Kitchen – this is where automation meets personalization. You can initiate a “Cooking” scene to fill the room with upbeat music and bright lights while preparing meals; or “Entertain” scene which dims the lights and changes the music to let your guests enjoy their meal in a warm ambiance.

Theater – With just one tap, lights will dim, temperature will be set, and movie will start. Feel the cinematic experience automatically. Need to take a break or quick trip to the snack bar? You can automatically raise the lights to 50% when the movie is paused.

Bedroom – from the time you first wake up until bed time, you can enjoy the automation in your bedroom. Just program a perfect “Wake-up” scene featuring your favorite music, followed by a gentle opening of the window blinds, and a brightening of the lights, and you’re ready to start the day. Going to bed? Just press the “Goodnight” button to turn off all the lights in your home, lock every door, adjust the thermostat and arm the security system. Control4 also notifies you if people are moving around the house, or if doors and windows are opening in hours when they shouldn’t be.

Patio – an automated exterior is like a breath of fresh air; because with Control4, your outdoor spaces are more comfortable and secured, even when you are entertaining your guests. Through your smartphone, you can heat up the pool or hot tub, create stunning lighting scenes at your backyard, and activate motion sensors for lights and alerts for late-night security.

With Control4, every interaction in your home saves you time and energy. Features mentioned are just a surface of Control4. As we introduce Control4 Smart Home OS 3, interaction in your smart home is more personalized and simplified, getting the most out of your smart home.

Just a few weeks ago, Control 4 launched OS3.  So what’s new about OS3? OS 3 has new features, a fresh interface, and tons of enhancements. With Control4 Smart Home OS 3, you can personalize your Smart Home OS with your favorite rooms, devices, and scenes according to your preference and lifestyle. We mentioned that you can control and give commands to your connected devices at home – well guess what – with Control4 Smart Home OS 3, you can now add customized wallpaper background in each of the rooms to match your interior décor.

The Control4 Smart Home OS 3 brings us its fresh interface, so the most important rooms and your favorite devices and scenes will be front and center, making it easier to find them when you need to. You can also organize your devices and scenes by category (Watch, Listen, Comfort, and Security) by just simply tapping the Control4 icon in the upper-left corner in the Control4 app or touch screen.

Another addition to the Smart Home OS upgrade is its wallpaper features. With Control4 Smart Home OS 3’s unmatched personalization and control capabilities, you can now customized your wallpaper for each space, based on your style and preference. Choose among the curated photos from top interior designers, pick your own photo from a personal library, or take and upload a photo in real time. View your own wallpaper on your mobile device, anywhere and anytime you want to.

Personalize your experience with Favorites. Control4 Smart Home OS 3 has added the Favorites feature to put your most-used icons, scenes, and rooms on the main dashboard screen. Interaction with this interface is perfect for all mobile users – just simply hold and drag your most-used icons, devices, scenes, and rooms – and manage your home whenever you need to, even when you’re away.

Feel the reimagined entertainment experience with the new Active Media Bar where you can easily control your favorite music and video content in one room or throughout the house. The Active Media Bar includes a large album art, easy access to Now Playing screen, fast volume adjustment with the new slider, and the ability to mute, pause, and skip music with just a quick tap. Control4 Smart Home OS 3 is supported by MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) to bring you studio quality sound into your home through streaming services like TIDAL. The Sessions screen makes it simple to keep track of what music or video that is playing in the entire house from a single location.

With Control4 Smart Home OS 3’s legible and larger controls, and fast response time, you can easily adjust your device settings in just a tap. The Control4 Smart Home OS 3’s new interface lets you easily view if the lights are on, the music that is currently playing in every room, and the temperature of your room. For your most-used rooms, just simply swipe between them and easily monitor your rooms in your mobile device.

Control4 values security and peace of mind. With Smart Home Automation, you don’t just add an extra layer of protection for your home, but also, you increase your property value. Trusted by homeowners and businesses, Control4 has been providing smart solutions to improve lives and increase safety than a typical home.

As the leading provider for automation and networking systems for homes and businesses, Control4 is recognized worldwide along with its dealers in their respective regions. Here are some awards bagged by Control4:

  • 2019 Residential Systems Stellar Service – Gold (Control4 Training Programs)
  • 2019 IOT Breakthrough Awards, Home Automation Company of the Year
  • 2018 CE Pro Brand Analysis (7 Categories)
    • Whole House Automation
    • Access Control
    • HVAC/Thermostat/Energy Management
    • Video Distribution Switchers/Extenders
    • Audio Amplifiers
    • Multi-room A/V Systems
    • Networking
  • 2017 Smart Building Award for Best Whole House Project
  • 2017 ISE Top New Technology Award Control and Automation Category (Control4 Dual Load Wireless Lighting)
  • 2017 CE Pro 100 Brand Analysis: Whole House Automation Brand
  • Home Theater Review’s Best of 2016 Award
  • 2016 Technology Integrator Impact! Award
  • 2016 Custom Integration Vendor of the Year
  • 2016 Best of ISE Award

You need a technology partner that will help you build a smart home from installation and beyond. Reach out to us here to get a seamless, fully-integrated smart home system now.

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What is Wireless Lighting

Wireless lighting is guaranteed to complement the beauty of any home, new or old, large or small. Customizable buttons allow you to control more than just lighting—including music, movies, and more—with a simple press. Turn on/off multiple rooms or the entire house with one tap, have the lights illuminate in the theater when the pause button is pressed, and lights can turn off automatically when the room is unoccupied. Your home can even alternate lights to appear occupied while you’re away.

Get started with the magic of Control 4 smart lighting in just one room, or brighten up the entire house.

Wireless lighting provides sophisticated style in sleek color configurations, guaranteed to complement the beauty of your home. Customizable buttons allow you to control more than just lighting—including music, movies and more—with a simple press. Turn on or off multiple rooms, or the entire house, with one tap. Motion sensors provide hands-free illumination and automatically turn off lights when no one is in the room. Your home can even alternate lights to appear occupied while you’re away.

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What is Voice Controlled Lighting?

Speak up! Your house is listening. Voice control is one of the most unbelievable things that a Smart Home could do. Through the integration of Amazon Alexa, you can tell your house what to do—whether it’s turning off all lights or turning all of it on, etc. 

If you have Control4 Smart Lighting, you can add immediate out-of-the-box voice control of your lights with Amazon Alexa-enabled devices. Ask Alexa to light the way when you walk into the house with your arms full. Set the mood easily by asking Alexa to lower the dining room lights to 40%. Or turn off every light at once from the comfort of your bed covers when it’s time to turn in.

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Smart Home Automation ‐ Personalize Your Comfort Settings

A smart home is one that provides comfort and convenience. With Control4 automation system, you will enjoy personalized comfort and convenience that delivers energy-efficient climate control that can be activated on a schedule, and can be integrated with your existing HVAC (heating, ventilation, and airconditioning), radiant flooring, forced air, dual fuel and geothermal systems. Manage your pool and spa, adjust your temperature and humidity according to season and weather conditions. You can also automate your sprinklers and lawn systems.

Enjoy a consistently comfortable and inviting home that automatically responds to your life and maximizes energy savings. Maintain consistent temperature through wireless thermostats, program your window shades, automate your sprinklers, and easily control your fireplace sensors are among the many things that you can do do personalize your comfort settings with Control 4.

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Start your Smart Home with Bright Possibilities

Tired of figuring out which switch turns of a specific light? Worried you forgot to turn off the lights in your house? Need to turn on your lights while you’re away? Want to set your lights to a specific mood? Eliminate all these worries with Control 4’s smart solutions. Apart from the ease and peace of mind smart automation provides, it can also effectively influence the ambience of a home while providing convenience and energy efficiency.

Control 4 offers you smart solutions that can provide you ease, comfort and something your family will love whether your home is small or big, old or new.

 

There are a lot of products in the market but they have never worked in seamless orchestration; Control 4 integrates those products in just 1 system. With Control 4, you can use them all in just one touch of your mobile phone or just a simple button-press of the remote, tablet or even your apple watch.

With these you can control your elegant smart lights at home; have them turn on or off by just using the C4 app or remote, set a timer, or even dim them. You can illuminate the pathway as soon as you are about to arrive home, the pool lighting when you plan to go for a dip at night and your yard to keep your home safe.  You no longer need to roam around your house turning off all the lights at night. With just one button press, you can turn off all the lights in the area you want and lower window shades.

 

You can even add Amazon Alexa-enabled devices to voice control the lights in your home. Ask Alexa to light the walkway to the garden and even dim it to 30%. And lastly, before going to bed, command Alexa to turn off your lights before you doze off. Ultimately, all of these bright possibilities are endless with Control 4.

To see #C4yourself, watch ANCX’s video feature on Julius Babao’s Casa Uccelo; Compliments his family’s modern taste of unique architecture, artworks and furniture pieces, Control 4 made achieving elegance easier by using Alexa and smart lighting feature in his home.

 

Julius Babao explains his collections

Architect Jason Buensalido of Buensalido + Architects explains Casa Uccelo

Interested for bright possibilities?

 

Contact us and schedule for a demo and #C4Yourself the brilliance of home automation.

 

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Comfort and Convenience That Only a Smart Home Can Bring

A smart home brings you a consistently comfortable and inviting home that automatically responds to your life and maximizes energy savings. It’s comfort and convenience at its best that only a smart home can bring. Smart, Comfortable and Convenient are the main benefits of having a smart home. Being comfortable encompasses more than just adjusting the temperature. Control humidity levels, automate shades, power on the hot tub on your way home, and program your entire house for maximum energy efficiency. Control4 works with the world’s leading brands, so it’s easy to integrate your automation system with radiant flooring, forced air, dual fuel and geothermal systems.

Smart and energy efficient climate control:

  • Wireless thermostats maintain consistent temperature and humidity control, regardless of the time of day or season.
  • Enjoy personalized comfort settings that can be recalled on a schedule or with just a few taps on your phone or touch screen.
  • Pool and spa controls make it easy to turn on the heat, set the temperature or crank the jets instantly, right from your smartphone.
  • Fireplace sensors are easily controlled from any device within the home. Press the customized “Romance” button and enjoy.
  • Program your window shades to lower during the hottest hours of the day, saving on air conditioning costs.
  • Automate your sprinklers and lawn systems to respond to weather conditions.

 

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