Multitouch in the Classroom

Back in October of last year I blogged about the SMART table, which is a multitouch table focused on the education market. I don't know much about this device, but I was delighted to find the blog of a teacher who is going to share his experiences with it in the class room.

In his first blog on the subject, Tom Barret, raises some great questions about the sustainability of the device with a limited number of applications in a classroom of technically smart kids with a limited attention span. In his second blog post he talks about receiving it and not being able to hook up the power because the Canadian company that makes it, forgot to send the specialized keys that open on the control panel.

Tom Barret is a good writer and even if you are not all that interested in education his blog is fun to read. It will be interesting to hear how the kids in his class react to the table, but more importantly whether or not the table is an effective learning tool not only in the first week or two, but after a couple of months.