As many schools around South Africa go back to class this month there’s an opportunity in 2022 to do things differently, and to do them better.
One part of learning that can be reinvented is the classic blackboards and whiteboards which are still used in even the most tech-forward schools.
Hisense Interactive Digital Boards have been created from the start to replace these relics with a better alternative, so today let’s look at five benefits teachers, students and other school stakeholders can look forward to with these devices.
Encouraging student engagement
Hisense Interactive Digital Boards are collaborative machines thanks to the fact that they can handle a whopping 20 simultaneous touches at once.
This means that groups or even entire classrooms can get off their chairs and come up to the board to write, draw or interact as they please.
This kind of tech is meant to be experimented with and elaborated on as teachers and students become more familiar with it. Maybe groups can take turns drawing diagrams, work on a collective art piece, solve large puzzles or more.
Connectivity for everyone
With built-in Android 9 operating systems the Hisense Interactive Digital Boards are a familiar, open platform that can not only install Android apps, but also come with the open nature of the ecosystem.
Many Android apps allow for collaboration in the classroom such as “game show” trivia software to test out student knowledge or even the ability to vote from student devices in games that teach democracy and collectivism.
Even simple actions such as a student presentation being sent wireless to the board for display becomes effortless with Android and features that will be hard to live without after experiencing them.
Outside of Android the familiar Windows operating system can also be used as an optional feature with an OPS computer module opening up the software connectivity even more.
Reduced classroom costs
Like many other avenues of going digital, there is an inherent cost saving aspect. Chalk, erasers, markers and more no longer need to be purchased by the school or the teacher.
This may sound like a small cost reduction, but it’s better to think of it on a grander scale. One box of chalk or a single eraser may be cheap, but over several years the costs pile up.
There’s also the saved time and the saved money that comes from that. No more wasting time clearing and cleaning the board, dusting erasers or sweeping chalk off the floor. A simple tap or swipe replaces that all.
While it’s clear that Hisense Interactive Digital Boards are made to replace blackboards and whiteboards, what isn’t immediately apparent is that they also supplant many other items which are used in teaching.
Video projectors for presentations, overhead projectors for following along with work and even TVs used for educational films.
All of these no longer need to be purchased in the first place or the cost of replacement can be avoided as the Interactive Digital Boards can do all their jobs but better.
