Nintendo DS Classroom
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The Nintendo DS(i) Classroom, also known as v1.4J_kst is a specialized DSi version used in Japanese schools. This version contains many differences from a retail unit, including some applications exclusive to this version of the DSi.
"DS in the Classroom"
On June 9th 2009, Nintendo announced they will parthership with Sharp System Products to create a Nintendo DSi for use on Japanese schools for Japanese children in elementary schools, junior high schools and high schools. Simply codenamed Nintendo DS Classroom, the unit would promise that teachers can use the DS Classroom on their PC so it will communicate with Nintendo DS's with a DS Classroom cartridge or with Nintendo DSi's with the DS Classroom app installed as DSiWare.
Furthermore, Nintendo goes on to say that Sharp System Products would work on 60 applications offering a variety of subjects, such as languages, math, history, and more. The system would then launch on February 2010 in Japan.
Nintendo DS Classroom application
The DS Classroom application opens up as a Nintendo Zone-looking UI and it will start searching for computers connected over the same Wi-Fi connection. The application would work as interactive tests made by the teacher and the teacher would be able to view scores and rankings, similar in a way of Kahoot and Nearpod.
List of applications
With Sharp System Products offering 60 applications, there's only 3/60 of applications found at the moment.
めいきょうこくご らくびきじてん (Mei kyō koku go raku-biki jiten) is an application for showing abbreviations and the meanings of them. Most of these consist of English abbreviations.
ジーニアスパーソナル えいわ らくびきじてん (Jīniasupāsonaru eiwa raku-biki jiten) is a Japanese and English dictionary, being able to show sentences as well. This applications is in some conditions similar to Dictionary 6 in 1 with Camera Function.
ジーニアスパーソナル わえい らくびきじてん (Jīniasupāsonaru Kazuhide raku-biki jiten) is a Japanese dictionary showing explainations in English.
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