ICT in my Classroom

I was delighted to receive a video this week from Andrew Hatch from Durham University and the SynergyNet Project. In it he explains and demonstrates some further features of networked multitouch desks that the team have been developing. Just to recap what was demonstrated: Menu hiding on student desks. Remote load of application or content. [...]

Before Christmas I was lucky enough to visit the Technology-Enhanced Learning team at Durham University and learn more about their extended research into multi-touch desks and building a classroom environment that made the most of this technology. Yesterday I returned for my second visit and caught up with their developments and also discussed my own [...]

Since mid-April I have been working with a SMART Table in my classroom and as the term winds down I wanted to post some of my reflections about the experience so far and my conclusions to date. I am writing this prior to any updates for firmware or for the Table Toolkit software, I am [...]

Three more pieces of video footage to help illustrate to you the ways we have been using the SMART Table in my classroom. In this post I also explore some of the topics arising from what is displayed.  Victorian Jigsaw – Media Application – SMART Table from Tom Barrett on Vimeo. This is a simple [...]