Interactive White Boards

Interactive whiteboards allow the user to:

• Write over the top of programs to highlight and annotate points.
• View and navigate the Internet from the whiteboard. Surf and display websites which the entire room will be able to see.
• Audience members can approach the whiteboard and add their contribution to the discussion by writing directly on the whiteboard.
• Present ideas to large audiences.
• Display multimedia from the PC or document camera (Visualisers)
• Work on word processing documents, spreadsheets and presentations or connect to video conferencing systems.

The key technologies for interactive whiteboards are the following:

• Resistive technology (finger touch) - Two pieces of resistive material with a small gap between them are used to detect where a person touches the screen. The co-ordinates correspond to the area on the computer monitor. The advantage of whiteboards based on resistive technology is that you do not require a special stylus to write on the board, a finger can be used just as well. SMART Boards interactive whiteboards use this technology.
• Electromagnetic scanning technology (pen) - This uses special pens and the frame of the whiteboard detects where the pen is on screen. Because of this, if the whiteboard screen is damaged you can just replace the screen. The electromagnetic interactive whiteboards normally come with several pens. Hitachi and Promethean interactive whiteboards use this technology.

CDEC's available range:

• SMART Boards - resistive technology
• Hitachi Boards - electromagnetic scanning technology
• Promethean Boards - electromagnetic scanning technology

SMART 660 (64")
SMART 680 (77")
SMART 660i (64") with unifi 55 projector
SMART 680i (77") with Unifi 55 projector
SMART 685 (Widescreen)
SMART 685iX (Widescreen) with Unifi 55 projector
Hitachi 77" Board - **SPECIAL OFFER PRICE AVAILABLE OF JUST £550.00 + VAT
Hitachi FX Duo Board 77"
Hitachi FX Duo Board 63"
Hitachi FX Duo Board 88"

Promethean ActivBoard 378 (300 Series 78")
Promethean ActivBoard 378 Pro (78" - With inbuilt Speakers, Dual Touch & ActivArena)
Promethean ActivBoard 164 (100 Series 64")
Promethean 378PRO Activ +2 Pro (With Speakers) 78" (Fixed Solution)
Promethean 378 Activ +2 (NO Speakers) 78" (Fixed Solution)
Promethean 164 Activ +2 (NO Speakers) 64" (Fixed Solution)
Promethean 378Pro Activ +2 Pro (With Speakers) 78" (HAWM Option)

For further details and the range available, please call 0870 220 3231 or email iwb@cdec.co.uk

SMART TABLE

SMART Technologies have recently launched the very latest in interactive technology. The SMART Table is a first of it's kind product which has been designed for primary and special Educations needs and offers both multi touch and multi user interactive functionality.

This product comes with ready to use activities to help children develop a wide range of skills, as a whole class or in groups to encourage collaborative learning.

To find out more about this product please call 0870 220 3231 or email smarttable@cdec.co.uk