Orin’s brother Trenton teaches math here at D-W. When we were looking into purchasing boards at the end of last year Trenton called Orin (without me knowing) and he showed up out of nowhere. As Michael said, your description is spot on, Orin actually came to the school twice, both times he went to the principal first who then sent him to me, he also kept emailing me. I finally told him we were going to purchase a different brand and not Promethian and it seemed like he then got a little rude.
Just my 2 cents. Russ Gowin System Administrator Technology Specialist DeLand-Weldon CUSD #57 304 E. Illinois Route 10 DeLand, IL 61839 217-736-2311 From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Michael T. Bendorf Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 9:44 AM To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] FYI Rant - In case anyone is considering purchaseing a UF-65 model smartboard - Your description of Orin is spot on. --Michael T. Bendorf-- Technology Administrator A-C Central C.U.S.D. #262 Google Voice: 217.408.0043 "I'm trying to teach myself to ask the same questions that you do during your lectures so that I do not need you any more." A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for others. "The computer revolution hasn't started yet. Don't be misled by the enormous flow of money into bad defacto standards for unsophisticated buyers using poor adaptations of incomplete ideas." - Alan Kay On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 8:52 AM, Mike Oliveri <mike.oliv...@student.rb60.com> wrote: I've received very little love from Smart vendors, even a local one I use for servicing other equipment. We currently have a Polyvision board, but the teachers haven't really been happy with it. Also, their rep for their Easiteach software was supposed to come down and show us the ropes, but had to cancel and then never made a new appointment. Haven't heard from her since. A Promethean vendor from Bloomington has been contacting me. His name is Orin Roth, company is Haddock Education Technologies. www.gohaddock.com o...@gohaddock.com, 309-533-1735 He comes off a bit pushy IMHO (he even chased me down across two buildings to introduce himself), but he seems eager to please and he worked with our new principal when he was interim principal in Ottawa last year. The principal had good things to say about the company and the boards. Ottawa has several of them installed, and I seem to remember good things being said about Promethean boards here on TG. Mike Oliveri Tech Director Roanoke-Benson CUSD #60 On Oct 14, 2010, at 8:38 AM, Bruce Brewer wrote: I would re-consider. Reasons- The cabling harness on longer comes with an integrated VGA cable form the control box to the projector – You have to supply your own VGA cable. The VGA loopback port is disabled – therefore no allowing a return signal to the monitor – They except the customer to provide a VGA splitter. The cabling harness was defective – the very one they de-designed with out the VGA run. Plus, they actually wanted me to spend my time and money to re-package and return the defective cable to them in Canada When attempting to resolve these issues, tech support was rude and uniformed on the model changes. Up until now, I have not had much negative experience with Smarttech. Now, I am looking for another interactive white board vendor. | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org |
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