Interactive White Boards

BBx · 12-01-2010, 15:15

Hello all

I have been asked to get some prices for these... does anyone have any experience of them? Practical or purchasingwise?

Danke

BB x

kaiowas · 12-01-2010, 15:28

If you get no other leads you can always try PMing 'mininik' on here. He's not posted much so may not see the thread but he's a good chap, local to us and we know him from OcUK. He has a PC repair business and he's mentioned before that he supplies these to schools and the like around here so should know about them.

BBx · 12-01-2010, 15:32

Thanks K

BB x

Kitten · 12-01-2010, 17:34

We have one in work, use it a fair bit. Very useful for printing out brain dumps!

vix · 12-01-2010, 18:00

They are loads of fun

Garp · 12-01-2010, 18:04

I've fair experience with SMART Technologies whiteboards: http://smarttech.com/ though I haven't used them in about 4-5 years now.

I'm not particularly fond of front projection ones. Whoever is writing on the board is in between the beam and the board so forever having to work around their shadow, plus any time you turn to your audience you've got a projector beaming bright light straight into your face.

That said, they're awesome. The teachers that had them in their classrooms all became very enthusiastic about them and kept coming up with some pretty nifty ways of using them. Most resisted getting them to start with "We'll never find a use for it", but the ideas soon started to flow (e.g. Geography using Google Earth for a fully touch interactive, zoomable globe with all the links and data Google provides with it)
Great for brain storming sessions too, nice and quick to save and e-mail copies of the notes off to colleagues or print them as necessary.

Davey_Pitch · 12-01-2010, 22:22

We use the Promethean Activeboards in work, they're absolutely fantastic and really easy to use. If you'd like I can get the details of our supplier tomorrow along with a rough idea of price?

mininik · 12-01-2010, 22:36

Hello! Yes I do supply SMARTboards, they are sweet!

In what sort of situation is it going to be used? Does it need to be height adjustable? The two main options are a fixed board with seperate projector on either a boom arm (mounted on the wall) or ceiling mount (where applicable), OR a board and projector on a sliding wall bracket. Standing in your own shadow isn't too much of a problem nowadays with ultra-short throw projectors, especially in the boards with integrated projector.

There's plenty of teaching resources available from the net for SMART Notebook software.

I supply and install these to clients around East Anglia, but can always at least supply to further afield!

Pia pia pianoooo

Nik

BBx · 13-01-2010, 10:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by mininik

Hello! Yes I do supply SMARTboards, they are sweet!
Yay!

In what sort of situation is it going to be used?
Mainly in Boardroom/Meeting Rooms

Does it need to be height adjustable?
Not really. They will probably be fixed (less chance of it getting broken?!)

The two main options are a fixed board with seperate projector on either a boom arm (mounted on the wall) or ceiling mount (where applicable),

OR a board and projector on a sliding wall bracket. Standing in your own shadow isn't too much of a problem nowadays with ultra-short throw projectors, especially in the boards with integrated projector.
Please can I have a price for both?

There's plenty of teaching resources available from the net for SMART Notebook software.
Cool - will pass that on to IT

I supply and install these to clients around East Anglia, but can always at least supply to further afield!
We are London based - Liverpool St

Really dumb question alert: These are replacing whiteboards and chalkboards right? Would they be replacing projectors to. I.e. I have a lot of website meetings so need to see the www up on the screen and would want to use it in the same way we use computer/projector.

If everyone could supply details/prices that would be brilliant, I need to present 3 options to my Director.

Thanks everyone

BB x

vix · 13-01-2010, 12:20

The ones we have at college do 3 things - the whiteboard option where you can scribble on it, project what is on your computer screen on it, and also have projectors so you can use that too.

12-01-2010, 15:15	#1
BBx Reverse SuBo Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: London Posts: 8,673	Interactive White Boards Hello all I have been asked to get some prices for these... does anyone have any experience of them? Practical or purchasingwise? Danke BB x

12-01-2010, 15:28	#2
kaiowas The Stig Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fightertown USA Posts: 1,458	If you get no other leads you can always try PMing 'mininik' on here. He's not posted much so may not see the thread but he's a good chap, local to us and we know him from OcUK. He has a PC repair business and he's mentioned before that he supplies these to schools and the like around here so should know about them. __________________ Anal Fish Porn

12-01-2010, 17:34	#4
Kitten Spinky-Spank Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: 668. The Neighbour of the Beast Posts: 11,226	We have one in work, use it a fair bit. Very useful for printing out brain dumps! __________________ "You only get one life. There's no God, no rules, except for those you accept or create for yourself. Then once it's over... it's over. Dreamless sleep for ever and ever. So why not be happy while you're here?" Nate Fisher

12-01-2010, 18:00	#5
vix Penelope Pitstop Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,426	They are loads of fun __________________

12-01-2010, 18:04	#6
Garp Preparing more tumbleweed Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hawaii Posts: 6,038	I've fair experience with SMART Technologies whiteboards: http://smarttech.com/ though I haven't used them in about 4-5 years now. I'm not particularly fond of front projection ones. Whoever is writing on the board is in between the beam and the board so forever having to work around their shadow, plus any time you turn to your audience you've got a projector beaming bright light straight into your face. That said, they're awesome. The teachers that had them in their classrooms all became very enthusiastic about them and kept coming up with some pretty nifty ways of using them. Most resisted getting them to start with "We'll never find a use for it", but the ideas soon started to flow (e.g. Geography using Google Earth for a fully touch interactive, zoomable globe with all the links and data Google provides with it) Great for brain storming sessions too, nice and quick to save and e-mail copies of the notes off to colleagues or print them as necessary. __________________ Mal: Define "interesting"? Wash: "Oh, God, oh, God, we're all gonna die"?

12-01-2010, 15:32	#3
BBx Reverse SuBo Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: London Posts: 8,673	Thanks K BB x

12-01-2010, 22:22	#7
Davey_Pitch I iz speshul Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Liverpool Posts: 6,296	We use the Promethean Activeboards in work, they're absolutely fantastic and really easy to use. If you'd like I can get the details of our supplier tomorrow along with a rough idea of price? __________________ Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It's not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

12-01-2010, 22:36	#8
mininik Nice weak cup of Earl Grey Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Norwich, Norfolk Posts: 8	Hello! Yes I do supply SMARTboards, they are sweet! In what sort of situation is it going to be used? Does it need to be height adjustable? The two main options are a fixed board with seperate projector on either a boom arm (mounted on the wall) or ceiling mount (where applicable), OR a board and projector on a sliding wall bracket. Standing in your own shadow isn't too much of a problem nowadays with ultra-short throw projectors, especially in the boards with integrated projector. There's plenty of teaching resources available from the net for SMART Notebook software. I supply and install these to clients around East Anglia, but can always at least supply to further afield! Pia pia pianoooo Nik Last edited by mininik; 12-01-2010 at 22:39.

13-01-2010, 12:20	#10
vix Penelope Pitstop Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,426	The ones we have at college do 3 things - the whiteboard option where you can scribble on it, project what is on your computer screen on it, and also have projectors so you can use that too. __________________

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