Jeremy, That's sort of what we thought getting all of our teachers tablet pcs and wireless projectors. However, most are reluctant to use the technology as we intended. So, we have rethought the situation and have decided to try the Mimios knowing full well the limitations you suggested. We had a salesperson come up and do a day of demos during one of our PD days and the teachers seemed to prefer the Mimios. As did I for the very simple reason that they are portable and I hate seeing technology sit around doing nothing.
That being said, I would like to see one of these tablets you talk about in action. One of our math teachers won teacher of the year and received a similar product. She tried it, but did not continue using it. Chad Frerichs Director Of Technology Okoboji Community Schools Milford, IA 51351 -----Original Message----- From: Pearson, Jeremy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: May 30, 2008 8:41 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [info-tech] smartboard - electronic white board Well, to throw another kink in the situation, we went a different way. Since we already had multimedia rooms setup with a permanent projector and 8' screen in place, we have started integrating an interactive tablet. We are using the Qomo RF Tablet, which we are getting from Berg Audio & Video for $325 each. We have looked at several versions of the tablets, and choose the Qomo version. We went this way for a couple of reasons. One, our maintenance department would have killed us should we have asked them to remodel the same rooms two years in a row. Second, as we looked at the Mimio product, which we thought we would like best, we didn't like standing in front of the screen and blocking the image. The Mimio would limit the size of our screen, plus would always display the shadow of me using it as I stood in front using it. We went the tablet way as it would let the teacher roam around the room, the teacher can walk up to a student and hand them the tablet and they can use it right from their desk. Finally, it is a lot more mobile than a Mimio, as you plug in a USB receiver module and start using it. There is no calibration. Just thought from Fort Dodge, and how we cheaply added the interactive piece to the classrooms that we had already done. Jeremy _______________________________________________ Jeremy Pearson Supervisor of Information Technology Fort Dodge Community School District 104 South 17th Street Fort Dodge, Iowa 50501 http://www.fort-dodge.k12.ia.us <https://www.fort-dodge.k12.ia.us/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.f ort-dodge.k12.ia.us/> (515)574-5676 voice (515)574-5324 fax ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Brad Kruse Sent: Fri 5/30/2008 7:41 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [info-tech] smartboard - electronic white board We have a teacher here that would like to use one of these next year. We do not have any in the district. Can anyone recommend one that is being used now or suggestions? Thanks. I started looking but so many different models. Manson Northwest Webster-Home of the Cougars! Brad Kruse ("`-''-/").___..--''"`-._ Tech. Coord. `6_ 6 ) `-. ( ).`-.__.`) 1601 15th St. (_Y_.)' ._ ) `._ `. ``-..-' Manson, IA 50563 _..`--'_..-_/ /--'_.' ,' 712-469-3919 (li),' ((!.-' Fax 712-469-3131 --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus on the server aea8.k12.ia.us] --------------------------------------------------------- Archived messages from this list can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------
