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Technological Teaching Gadgets

NumberNet High-Tech Desks Help Kids Raise Their Aptitude in Math

— December 6, 2012 — Social Good
Britain’s Durhan University has been pursuing a three year project based on improving children’s competency in math by using high-tech desks.

The desks are touch screen and operate through a system that is able to detect infrared light. These innovative tables allow for students to interact with its other classmates in a much easier and efficient way, which will result in improving their math skills. The teacher has main control over the desks and is able to hand out math problem sets to the desks as well as control. The project has been found to be largely successful as collaborating with other students have been helping children increase their fluency in understanding math.

The success of these high tech desks is all in the number: “86 students showed that 45 percent of the students using the desks increased the number of unique mathematical expressions they can solve, while only 16 percent of students working on traditional paper saw the same sort of increase.”
Trend Themes
1. Interactive Learning - The use of high-tech desks with touch screen capabilities allows for interactive learning experiences, leading to improved math skills.
2. Collaborative Education - High-tech desks enable students to collaborate more easily, fostering teamwork and enhancing math fluency.
3. Technology Integration - The integration of innovative desks with infrared light detection showcases the potential for technology to enhance math teaching and learning.
Industry Implications
1. Education Technology - The development and manufacturing of high-tech desks for educational settings offers disruptive innovation opportunities within the education technology industry.
2. Mathematics Education - The implementation of touch screen desks in math classrooms presents disruptive innovation opportunities for improving mathematics education.
3. Classroom Furniture - The demand for innovative desks with interactive capabilities creates disruptive innovation opportunities within the classroom furniture industry.
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