Hace tan sólo 6 días me encontraba dando una presentación sobre el Proyecto de Innovación Tecnológica del Colegio San Jorge de Miraflores. Uno de los asistentes me preguntó: “¿Cuál es el futuro de las pizarras digitales inteligentes y la tecnología?” Mi respuesta fue que no sabía con exactitud, pero que podían llevarse a cabo innovaciones de tamaño e interactividad. Pues, el futuro no nos hizo esperar mcho. Ese mismo día, la compañía SmartTech, fabricante de las pizarras Smart Board que utilizamos en el colegio lanzaba a los medio de comunicación un nuevo producto: The Smart Table, o Mesa inteligente.

Quizás incorpore aquello que la pizarra carecía, más de un usuario tocando e interactuando con la pizarra al mismo tiempo. Una gran novedad, definitivamente muy útil. Sobre todo para los alumnos de los años de primaria que siempre quieren intervenir todos a la vez.

Esta es una opcion muy interesante de considerar. A continuación el video subtitulado de la presentación del producto.

When you learn a new thing, whatever it is, takes some time. That is called the learning curve, once yo get over the curve things turn out to be easier than initially imagined. That is so true for learning how to ride a bike, reading, writing or using Web 2.0 technology in your classroom.

As an eduator, you are under the obligation to be ahead of the curve, and technology is as powerful as a tool as any other new tool previously implemented (paper, chalk, acrylic board, Smart Board, etc.)

Educating is an ever-changing practice, sometimes slowly and other times very fast. As a technology user, I think that the trends of technology use in students puts us in the situation of becoming techology learners so we can become technology-guiders.

That´s why becoming familiar with current Web 2.0 tools is a necessity, because with or without us students are using technology more and more, and there’s no sign that its use will be reduced any time soon.

Training is our motto. At St. George’s College we offer training to our teachers in many aspects, and technology is not an exception. On July 21st, we continued a solid trend of technological training, offering sessions that covered how to use a Smart Board or Interactive White Board, to web 2.0 tools to achieve bookmarking, handling of image and video-capturing and editing software, RSS feeds tools, and the implementation of these resorces in the classroom.

There is still a long road to go. But the first solid steps have been taken. This blog is our portal to share our experiences, if you want to know more about our institution, please visit www.sanjorge.edu.pe