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Ultimately, interactive displays offer an elegant solution to the problem of

blind digitisation of the classroom. The display is where classroom technology

comes together. SMART’s iQ technology lets teachers switch from SMART

Notebook lessons to whiteboard to game-based activities and more – right at
the board. The interactive display is the classroom technology hub for learning

software, lesson content and student devices, and comes with a one-year
subscription to SMART Learning Suite software. Waid Academy’s head teacher,

Iain Hughes, said that SMART Boards sit at the heart of the school’s bid to

transform digitally. “It has been a journey, though, because not everybody’s

skilled right from the very beginning,” he says. “You get the technology, but you

need to make sure the staff are upskilled for that, and that’s where we’ve had

to plan for that. It’s different ways of learning. We still have the traditional

learning that goes on. We still have traditional assessments, things like that,

but it’s about looking at ways in which you can actually inspire youngsters."

Refer to article here:

https://www.alphr.com/technology/1008467/the-evolution-of-

technology-in-the-classroom

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