Certified Technology Partner

Company – SIGONGmedia
Category:
Digital Educational Contents Development and Software/Platform
Physical address – 225-20, Pangyoyeok-ro, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, 13494 Korea
Website URL – http://www.sigongmedia.co.kr/ENG
Customer support contact – jk@sigongmedia.co.kr
Company founded – February 2002
Product description – i-Scream S
Student-centered Digital Education Platform implemented based on Flipped Learning Model.

i-Scream S is a web-based educational platform that teachers log-in to get an access to digital curricular contents in various types, for all grades and subjects in elementary level of education. ‘i-Scream S’ has been in service since 2008, According to SIGNONG Media over 92% of teachers in Korea utilize SIGONGmedia contents as supplementary teaching material through i-Scream S.
Flipped learning application
‘i-Scream S’ is a digital education platform providing features of knowledge sharing, discussion, collaboration and academic inquiry based on digital teaching & learning based on the concept of Flipped Learning. Teachers can freely share and curate whatever digital educational contents that they would like to share with their students through i-Scream S. Students can study the curated content with their mobile devices such as tablets or smart phones, and they learn about key concepts before they come to class.
‘i-Scream S’ is an integrated platform of digital curricular content for subjects in primary schools. It offers subject-activity, discretionary-activity and assessment material, including videos, images, animation, interactive modules, sound sources and encyclopedic information which works interactively.
Tech requirements –
- i-Scream S (Web-based platform):
- ‘Google Chrome Browser’ is highly recommended (version 50+)
- Internet Explorer 9+
- Windows OS 7+
- i-Scream S (Mobile App):
- iOS 8.0+
- Android 4.1+
Grade levels served – K-12 (mainly implemented for primary school level)
Target User: Primary school teachers, students, and parents
Pricing plan –
- Annual subscription fee (for teachers in Korea): 60USD per teacher
- Free of use (for students and parents)
Set up cost / additional fees –
- Except for the annual subscription fee, free of charge for setting up in Korea
- For the global use, Set up cost / additional fees for educational Digital Contents & Software/Platform Development:
Training options – Ministry of Education certified teacher training program (optional)
Customer support options –Phone, online and onsite customer support
Current number of users worldwide –
Over 92% of primary school teachers (approx. 140,000) in Korea use ‘i-Scream S’ to teach about 3,000,000 students at schools
FLGI Rating: Product Reviewed- i-Scream
Criteria |
Rating |
Initial Cost |
5 |
Hidden Costs |
3 |
Switching Costs |
– Unknown |
User Friendliness |
4 |
Interactivity |
5 |
Versatility |
5 (works on all devices) |
Need for High Bandwidth |
4 (No offline component) |
Compatibility |
5 |
Cultural Compatibility |
5 (customized for Korean context) |
Support |
5 |
Reliability |
5 |
Technology Life Cycle |
5 (cloud based so continually updated) |
Ease of Set-Up |
– Unconfirmed |
Training Time |
– Unconfirmed |
Student Privacy |
5 |
Student Safety |
5 |
Strengths |
- Customization for Korean Context
- Ability to add teacher created content
- Wide variety of learning objects (text, video, interactives, teacher created video)
- Analytics are well designed and thought out.
- Constant upgrades and improvements
- Large adoption of the platform allows for greater penetration in the Korean market
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Weaknesses |
- This is an all-in-one tool, but often with all in one tools some of the modules could be improved.
- Schools who adopt this need at least one day of training to be able to get up to speed on the power of the tool.
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