The TAPit screen helps in the education of students with special needs

With large icons, an area of 24 inches and a touch input, TAPit helps students with motor delays, Australian School's Development and Hearing or Visual Impairments Kilparrin.

In the Kilparrin School in Adelaide, Australia, students with special needs have two interactive screens TAPit of Exertis ProAV to help in your education.

During a trial period of 30 days, the staff of the school witnessed how the students practiced through the method of trial and error to get the device to do what they wanted. The aim was to demonstrate the value of the TAPit solution to foster student creativity and promote independence in learning..

According to the educator Lindsey Patti, even a brief test with a single student was powerful enough to encourage the school to invest in technology to improve educational outcomes..

“Pude aprender sobre las habilidades de alfabetización digital del estudiante y las formas en que podemos aprovecharlas para desarrollar otras habilidades”, explains Patti. “La estudiante estaba familiarizada con el funcionamiento del iPad para ver los programas de Big Bang, and is able to use it as expected. However, when presented with the TAPit device, tried to launch the program by swiping the screen, and nothing happened. After many attempts to hit the screen, slide it in different directions and even slap, gently touched the screen and the program started".

Student benefited from TAPit's 'intentional touch' technology, that can recognize the difference between an arm resting on the screen and a finger or a stylus device.

Patti says this journey of discovery and achieving goals independently is crucial for students, regardless of your age, and could be used to increase literacy-related skills, arithmetic and communication.

The trial period was organized by the technology consultancy Leading Digital, a company dedicated to helping schools and staff implement new technologies to improve educational outcomes and provide educators with the latest tools.

“TAPit es un equipo bien diseñado y construido, especially for students with additional needs. Our job as a distributor is to prove your value beyond what other interactive whiteboards offer., y un período de prueba es una excelente manera de que los educadores y los estudiantes experimenten la diferencia de primera mano”, Clarifies Neil Tregenza, Director of Leading Digital.

TAPit is an interactive learning station designed to provide accessibility to all students with a convertible mobile stand, allowing multiple configurations to meet any need.

The platform is more accessible to students with physical problems than fixed or wall-mounted screens, and is ideal for students who use wheelchairs, walkers or other mobility devices.

With an 'intentional touch', large icons, a large surface area and a tactile input that allows hands to be free to sing language, TAPit helps students with motor delays, developmental delays and hearing or visual impairments.

With a screen of 42 inches and a motor that automatically adjusts its height and tilt for vertical or horizontal use, TAPit reinforces skills that transfer to other computer-based learning applications and connects to Windows and Apple computers to run familiar software applications.

TAPit is constantly updated based on user requests, and the latest Gen model 6 includes gesture selection and multi-touch capability of 10 points.

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