During one of my first classes I learned about this really cool system in some English classes.
It's called the SynergyNet Project. A professor at Durham has been researching this concept of a Multi Touch room.
Students are set up at multiple tables throughout the classroom. It is in a sense, I giant ipad. Students are able to search for content, move things around for easier understanding. There is also interaction between tables. Students can fling an image or piece of information from their table, to their neighbors.
The teacher has a smartboard up front that connects to all of the tables. When they want to bring focus to one tables information, they can pull up an image of the table at the moment. Everyones tables freeze and students are sent in another direction for the project at hand.
VERY COOL!
Students are greatly attracted to this kind of product. Just imagine a child with a regular ipad in front of them, they love it. This is bigger, better, and everyone has one and can interact at the same time.
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