New technology in the 21st Century has had a significant impact in the way people communicate, learn and work together. As new communication and media technology have permeated our culture there is instant access to each other and a wide variety of media through smart phones, tablets, and video on demand. Schools and business can integrate this technology to significantly impact the way they educate and collaborate.
21st Century classrooms can keep learners plugged in and interacting with teachers, curriculum and each other. This is done by utilizing technology such as interactive white boards, tablets, iPads, iPods, student response devices which allow teachers to keep students engaged with interactive digital media, audio. This enables students to participate as content creators rather than just content consumers. With this technology motivated and trained educators can improve learning both inside and outside the classroom by engaging students in their native digital language.
In business 21st Century meeting and collaboration centers allow project teams to work together in new ways by dynamically interacting with data as a team. Interactive boards and projectors allow local teams to interact with the same data, while web and video conferencing technologies allow teams from across the world to work together effectively without travel. Collaborative online work spaces allow teams to work together off line by sharing ideas, tracking each other’s progress and sharing access to data and resources from home, the office and on the road.
Interactive White Boards
Panasonic eLite Panaboard UB-T880
The elite Panaboard is an advanced educational tool that helps you grab students’ attention. It makes it easy to create effective, eye-catching teaching materials and it promotes active, visual-based teaching and learning that make the classroom fun for both teacher and students. By connecting a PC with Internet access and a projector, you can bring the huge amount of information available on the Web or any information on your PC right into your classroom or meeting center. Panasonic’s elite Panaboard opens the door to a new kind of active, visual-based education.
Projectors
Epson BrightLink 455Wi Projector
In the past, you needed a projector and an interactive whiteboard to create an interactive learning environment. Now, make a table or almost any wall interactive with the BrightLink 455Wi Interactive Projector. This high-performance projector + pen combination integrates interactive functionality in one machine, without the constraints or expense of an interactive whiteboard. With ultra-short throw distance, extraordinary size flexibility, and fully-loaded projector technologies, BrightLink redefines a true all-in-one solution able to engage your learning community.
Software
RM Easiteach Available with Both Epson and Panasonic Products
RM Easiteach Next Generation is the latest whiteboard software that helps you create and deliver motivating and engaging lessons using your interactive whiteboard, slate, projectors. RM Easiteach provides a wide range of built-in content in ELA, math, science and social studies, as well as the tools and guidance you need to easily modify these activities or create your own to best meet the specific needs of your students.
Room Systems
Audio and Video
With any interactive learning and presenting experience there must be the proper systems in place to deliver clear audio throughout the room and have the ability to capture and record the session to make available at a later time. For the student this is crucial for learning with the capability to pull up lessons from past lectures. For the business world it is crucial that some presentations are captured and delivered to a wider audience to cut travel costs and increase collaboration between departments. This is done through the use of amplifiers and wireless microphone systems for audio and strategically mounted cameras for video feeds.
