Half of the classrooms in Spanish schools will be digitalized in 2015

According to a study by Future Source, in the year 2015 more than 54% from the classrooms of the 26.000 Primary centers, Secondary and Higher Education in Spain will have interactive whiteboards.

The situation of the global interactive market corresponds to a growing market, according to the data provided by a rigorous study to which he has had access Charmex International, and which has been prepared by Future Source. At the level of implementation of interactive PDIs in classrooms, Gerard Uson, responsible for the interactive solutions department at Charmex International, has assured that they are installed mainly in primary schools, secondary and institutes, but to a lesser extent in universities. The reason for the low penetration in higher education is due to, according to Usón, to the absence of software adapted to university needs, while some dimensions of 78 inches of surface of the current blackboards become insufficient to satisfy viewing in the large auditoriums of numerous faculties.

Regarding the global progression in the implementation of PDIs in primary schools, secondary and institutes, The Future Source study indicates that it has maintained continued and consistent growth over recent years, as evidenced by the progression of the facilities Hitachi and a market share that moves around 43% worldwide. “To the digitalization process of Spanish classrooms, with about 26.000 centers, There is still a long way to go when it is proven that the degree of penetration of the PDIs is a 23% currently. In accordance with our forecasts, in the year 2015 more than 54% of Spanish classrooms will have interactive whiteboards”, Usón has pointed out. Nevertheless, The manager warns that, despite doubling the percentage within the next 3 years, The implementation of PDIs in Spain will continue to be scarce when compared to the situation in the 73% of British classrooms currently digitized; a volume that will grow more slowly than in the case of Spain, but that will surpass the 86% within three years.

From the perspective relative to the total volume of implementations planned for next year in Spain, The person in charge of interactive solutions at Charmex has referred to the important activity that is generated in our country around the digitalization of classrooms; a process that has suffered slight setbacks over the last two years that, nevertheless, will experience a rebound throughout 2012. "By the end of next year there will be around 22.000 installed units, which shows that the PDI market is still clearly active in our country.”

Another important aspect of the educational interactive market to which Gerard Usón alluded focuses on the evolution of technology.. “We are in the phase 4 of an evolutionary process that began with computers, continued with the projectors, Then the PDIs appeared and, currently, The market is in the phase of comprehensive solutions that are not based on a single product., but is committed to the digitalization of classrooms in general, which includes elements such as more reliable PDIs with integrated ultra-short distance projectors, connectivity and audio elements”, has highlighted.

The future, corresponding with phase five of this evolution will be accompanied, according to the executive, of complementary technological solutions focused on continued learning, such as displays, which are digital devices that allow three-dimensional objects to be displayed, and also voting or interactive participation systems that get students to cooperate more actively in the classroom.