bhubaneswar while the centre pushes for a digital revolution some schools in the city have already started using technology and how from creating whatsapp groups to uploading report cards online bhubaneswars smart schools with impressive tech support can give software professionals a run for their money at sai international school for example all classes from kindergarten to class xii are multimediaenabled the school has a language lab and a mathematics lab equipped with an online mathematics platform based on adaptive logic this explains principal harish sanduja senses a childs understanding by giving questions of various difficulty levels and helps build concepts the age band of one to seven is the golden period of language development digital content if correctly utilized can be a boon since children are divergent thinkers early exposure to digital education gives them the chance to explore their potential sanduja said catch em young seems to be the motto of these schools as far as digital literacy is concerned while the sai groups recentlyopened playschool sai angan prides itself on its hitech classrooms kiit international school has language labs av equipment and a programme called virtual edutechnika for its tiny tots children can begin to grasp digital content from the age of three technology as an enabler is a reality and children are able to connect with digital innovation at an early age said sanjay suar principal of kiit international school both principals however sounded a note of caution too much digital content may hamper a childs motor skills many children think that using any device in the privacy of their homes makes them invisible which is not the case said sanduja the schools have not given up on the traditional tools of pedagogy either handson activities which involve more sense organs strike a balance with techbased teaching methods to give a child a holistic education exposure to digital content has more pros than cons it helps a childs development and if a balance is struck can improve learning skills more than traditional pedagogy can said citybased clinical psychologist sushmita mishra apart from reduction of paperwork easy retrieval of data and creation of an interactive learning experience going digital has helped schools monitor their pupils overall performance more consistently technology has not left any aspect of the school experience untouched online lesson planning use of shared folders to make access notes cloud computing wifi campuses school management software elibraries and ebooks online assessments blogs omr reading software the list is endless we get our notes on social networking sites our results and ranks are published on the school website our world is paperless summed up amrita maitra a class x student of st josephs high school