Rest in Peace: The End of Interactive Whiteboards As We Know It

The End of Interactive Whiteboards

The ruins of an old, bulky interactive whiteboard hangs on in one corner of the classroom, and no one really cares. But tales of how it was brought in to change the way children are taught in school still lives on.

Every few years some new innovation hits the market, usually out of desperation to change the way teaching happens. Some never make it to classrooms, and those that do are mere props, and don’t add much value to the current situation.

Now that SparkTouch is here, time has come for all the other interactive whiteboards to rest in peace!

SparkTouch is like an 10x more powerful version of interactive whiteboards. It is a single-device complete smart classroom transformation system which comes with it’s own bundled AI-enabled LMS.

Instant Plug-and-Play Interactivity

SparkTouch, when connected to your laptop, desktop, Chromebook or even an Android Tablet, instantly turns the entire projection on a normal whiteboard or wall into a large touchscreen. It is surface independent, which means this device is capable of turning any flat surface completely interactive. The device offers high-performance interactivity and real-time lag-free writing so there are no hold ups during a classroom session. Teachers can take full control of their computer like a tablet directly from the big screen. They can also draw and explain things on the digital surface, like they’re using a pen and paper, but now with digital features.

Teaching Application

An intuitive teaching application, einsNOTE, lets teachers make the most of SparkTouch in the classroom. It is a custom designed software for teaching and knowledge work and has several features including copy-paste feature, automatic handwriting and shape recognition, spotlight and screen curtain, and mathematical tools. This is to ensure students get an immersive and fun learning experience.

Class Recording

There are times when students are unable to make it to school due to illness, extreme weather conditions, and family issues. With SparkTouch, teachers can record their sessions and share it with students who’ve missed out on their classes.

PC-Free Operation

Teachers have to move around from one class to another and don’t always prefer being bound to carrying laptops to class. SparkTouch comes in handy at such times. Even when you disconnect your computer or don’t want to carry a laptop to class, the device itself runs a version of teaching software called einsClass and connects to the display via an HDMI port. This is the world’s first interactive whiteboard system with an HDMI output port to directly connect to the projector without a PC. This software functions as a real-time canvas to draw upon and a plethora of tools to use. It comes with a ‘companion’ app, which you can download from the Playstore or App Store and use it to capture images and videos of real like objects and textbooks to send it to the board instantly.

Cast Your Screen on the Big Canvas

Have you ever imagined how great it would be if you could directly mirror your Android phone, iPad, or Mac on the interactive whiteboards in classrooms? Not only does it reduce the time required to share content with the students, but it also eases the whole process of sharing valuable data.

AI-powered Learning Suite

Along with the above functionalities, SparkTouch comes with a free 1-year license of einsOS, an AI-powered learning suite with full range of teaching apps.

einsLibrary

A virtual library full of free learning content from curriculums all across the world.

einsAssess

An exclusive application for preparing tests and auto grading. It’s a blessing in disguise for teachers as they can create various test papers manually or automatically from a piece of content that you upload or fetch from einsLibrary. These test papers can then be shared across to students and results can be seen in real time. For subjective questions, einsAssess also provides an automatic assessment functionality saving hours of your time and effort.

einsManage

With this app, administrators can check device utilisation, teacher attendance and much more. Real-time updates and notifications make a school administrator’s life easy in more ways than one. This way, it becomes easier for an administrator to track progress and calculate ROI with little or no effort.

einsConnect

Parents get access to a single dashboard to track their child’s progress at school. Everything from daily updates, important notifications, and test scores can be shared with the parents in real time, ensuring everyone’s on the same page.

einsAdvisor

Visual intelligence in the device scans the classroom for student response. This app not only helps with automated attendance tracking based on face recognition, but also helps in managing a class better. Thanks to classroom behaviour management feature, teachers can easily find out if a student is attentive, bored, sleepy or sad.

The latest version of SparkTouch is not only potentially the end of ‘interactive boards’. It could also be the end of ‘traditional teaching methodologies’ as we know it. It could be that transformative for the educational ecosystem.