1. The Iowa AV Co-op Catalog has offered the eInstruction CPS RF and
IR audience/student response systems for many years. We have had great
support from the company and Sandy Wolfe, our eInstruction
representative can be reached at 402-750-0288. Give her a call. She
will be happy to discuss the eInstruction or Interwrite products.
2. The Spring AV Catalog also offers a classroom response system from
Renaissance Learning, www.renlearn.com/2know/
Troxell Communications, Inc. is our vendor for this product, contact
their sales rep Gina Schneider at 952-474-1868, or contact
Ken Kirkley
Renaissance Learning
350 W. Burnsville Pkwy, Suite 435
Burnsville, MN 55337
cell 651-249-5197
I know that both companies will be happy to send out demo units and
are able to visit your location or provide a WebNR to show products
and answer questions.
3. So far, the AV Co-op has not been able to obtain any special
pricing from Smart Technologies. We do have Promethean, PolyVision,
Hitachi, InterWrite, Mimio, and AV Rover whiteboard products and
solutions listed in our catalog this Spring.
There are a couple of Iowa vendors who also are Smart Dealers and I
know that Bradfield's has been working in Iowa also, if you want a
Smartboard.
Let me know if I can be of assistance.
Bud Carruthers, Coordinator x1157
Mary Allaman, Secretary x1287
AV&Computer Co-op
http://av.co-op.k12.ia.us
Iowa Educators Consortium
www.iec-ia.org
3601 West Avenue Road
Burlington, Iowa 52601
319-753-6561
319-752-7525 fax
bcarruth...@iec-ia.org
On May 8, 2009, at 9:41 AM, Anderson, Chris wrote:
During my last year teaching @ Storm Lake, 3 classrooms @ the middle
school, including mine, were given the clickers and the
"chalkboard"(tablet).
I liked them, but they were, like all the others, very labor
intensive up front. Entering student names and assigning clicker
#'s was almost more than they were worth. I was the only room of
the 3 that made it through the setup process and tracked student
data. The other 2 just used them randomly without recording who was
scoring what.
I'm sure they have come along way since the Spring of 07.
Technology Integration Coordinator
Fort Dodge Community School District
chander...@fort-dodge.k12.ia.us
Office phone (515) 574-5362
Cell phone (712) 299-3028
________________________________
From: info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us on behalf of Timothy A. Limbert
Sent: Fri 5/8/2009 8:56 AM
To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us
Subject: RE: [info-tech] Smartboards
Does anybody have any experience with eInstruction products? I have a
former student working for Office Elements who is really pushing
them, and
I'm setting up a demo.
www.einstruction.com
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Timothy A. Limbert
Technology Coordinator
Newell-Fonda CSD
712.272.3324
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iChat/AIM: tlimbert65
Twitter: limbert65
Skype: limbert_65
-----Original Message-----
From: info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us [mailto:info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us
]
On Behalf Of Stanzel, Matt
Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 4:02 PM
To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us
Subject: RE: [info-tech] Smartboards
We've been through support nightmares with SmartTech at Sheldon. Parts
take 6-8 weeks to arrive, phone calls and emails go unanswered, and
when
they do reply (by phone or email) it takes days or even weeks to get a
technician who is familiar with the issue. In other words, it takes
significant trouble to get to a higher-level support technician at
Smart
who does something other than read from their canned-answer book.
One of
the power supplies inside of the 2000i and 3000i mobile Smartboards
has
gone out on almost all of the units, and of course, this part isn't
covered under warranty, and the only place to get one is from
SmartTech
themselves for $120+. The 600i units have been nothing but trouble
also,
and it appears that they have gone so far as to cancel that line now.
I think between the front- and rear-projection units, Sheldon owns
about
32 Smartboard products, and the only units that we haven't had trouble
with are the standalone wall-mounted boards with a separately-
purchased
projector. Needless to say, we're researching alternatives.
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Johnson [mailto:mjohn...@west-bend.k12.ia.us]
Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 3:19 PM
To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us
Subject: RE: [info-tech] Smartboards
We just had a mimio demonstration by Travis Wiltgen Tuesday. It was
very impressive. We have been using tablets for several years. I
think
we are going to purchase a few whiteboards of some type for next year.
Anybody have any horror stories about any brands/models/ What are
some
of the best features that I should be looking for? (also brand/model)
Mark Johnson
West Bend-Mallard Community Schools
-----Original Message-----
From: info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us
[mailto:info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us] On Behalf Of Frerichs, Chad
Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 3:07 PM
To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us
Subject: RE: [info-tech] Smartboards
We are looking at getting the tablets instead of the full-blown
whiteboard. Jeremy seems to like them at Fort Dodge.
Chad Frerichs
Director Of Technology
Okoboji Community Schools
Milford, IA 51351
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Kerns [mailto:jke...@spencer.k12.ia.us]
Sent: May 07, 2009 1:08 PM
To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us
Subject: [info-tech] Smartboards
FYI,
If anyone is looking at Smartboards, a representative from Bradfield's
just stopped by here and had some good information. They are one of
the
authorized dealers for Iowa.
Chloe Eidson
(309) 676-0404
(800) 747-7453
chl...@bradfields.com
www.bradfields.com
