I clearly cannot claim to call myself an expert on the use of SMART Technologies' products without devoting some space to the new multi-touch SMART Board! I am sooo excited for this new product to FINALLY be unveiled to the public and am stoked to imagine the possibilities this can bring to the classroom.
I've always loved SMART Boards, and the collaborative activities that can be done with a small group on the boards, but this just kicked the potential up a notch! As our society moves more and more towards multi-touch technology in our daily lives (iPads, anyone?), I am so happy that SMART has been working on keeping up with these trends. Kids especially are starting expect to be able to touch and explore numerous technologies and the new SMART Board 800 series addresses this.
Click here to see the official press release by SMART and watch the intro video below!
As always, feel free to contact us if you're interested! We're a Canadian national AV company that's been around since 1923, and we'd be more than happy to help you with any of your requests!
<end of selfish sales pitch> LOL
But seriously, I'm super pumped to get to work on new multi-touch activities for the classroom and so happy for my teacher colleagues who will get to increase the amount of exploration and multi-user creation in their classes!
Vanessa
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How about a single teacher/student using this to move multiple objects simultaneously such as for counting and sorting and demonstrating interactions of two or more objects? Can't wait to see what teachers would come up with this application.
Does anyone know how many multitouch points are recognised at once? Is it 10 like the iPad?
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