I remember with emotion the blackboards on which we wrote with chalk, our hands covered in dust, the squeaking when we wrote... in short, I am talking to you about a time that those under 20 cannot know. At university, the whiteboard had already replaced the blackboard with its felt-tip pens that were always dry and never worked.
Today, my children are in primary school… I discovered the IWB or Interactive Whiteboard… a first revolution for the world of education. The students have a whiteboard on which a video projector can display a computer desktop that can be controlled with a pen-mouse. Not bad, but not ideal! The downside of the video projector is that it dazzles and in addition we do not always see the contrasts well (if it is sunny in the courtyard)… not to mention the problems of fragility linked to the video projector!
Why switch from an IWB to an interactive display?
The good news is that there is something even better than the IWB: theinteractive touch screen.
The interactive touch screen is an innovation ideal for making an intervention much more didactic, whether in the context of a course, a meeting or a presentation.
The interactive screen is a kind of giant tablet equipped with an Android operating system. Indeed, there is no need for an associated computer as with an IWB, with theinteractive touch screen everything is integrated in the thickness of the device. It is nevertheless possible to connect a PC to it if necessary and this can also be integrated into the thickness of the panel… so no trailing wires!
With diagonals of up to 84″ (approximately 2,18m), these new-style boards can be easily used up to almost 7m with a viewing angle of 178°, which roughly corresponds to the characteristics of a class of 30 to 40 students.
And this does not prevent an excellent responsiveness of the touch function of these screens. Indeed, just like on the tablets that we use every day, it is important to have a very fast response time and flawless precision… all with up to 20 simultaneous contact points!
Find out how an interactive screen works :
Software and applications 100% adapted to a touch screen
On the SpeechiTouch range side, there is even a software and application store for Android specially selected to work with the brand's devices: the SpeechiStore.
This brings together free applications, without advertising, without inappropriate content and tested by the Speechi teams in order to best correspond to the needs and expectations of users of this type of tool.
So, we find all kinds of applications adapted to a touch screen in different categories: utilities, interactive games, educational applications, multimedia players, etc.
In short, the classroom of our little ones is going through a real upheaval… Used intelligently by modern-day teachers, such tools could revolutionize education. These touch screens are gradually arriving in classrooms in France following the desire of recent governments to take digital technology into account in education… but be careful, this should not replace everything!!!
