We bought a total of 13 Promethean boards down here and the HS people are working with them really very good, kind of surprised me. local guys down here are very good and we had the intro training and a few have gone on and are trainers. Very little problem with them. Of course we couldn't have done it without the EETT, but I feel we made a good choice.
On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Russ Gowin <rgo...@dwschools.org> wrote: > 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 | > > > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > -- Daniel E. Ragen District Technology Coordinator Dupo CUSD 196 600 Louisa Ave Dupo, IL 62239 Phone - 618-286-3214 x2141 dra...@dupo.stclair.k12.il.us ''Life's tough ... it's even tougher if you're stupid." - John Wayne | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org |
