What is an interactive whiteboard?
An interactive whiteboard (IWB), is a large interactive display that connects to a computer and projector. A projector projects the computer's desktop onto the board's surface where users control the computer using a pen, finger, stylus, or other device (from wikipedia). The Interactive Whiteboard is a technology that promises to truly transform the classroom.
The market leaders at the moment are Promethean, Smart and Luidia e-beam and mimio.
Smart technologies seems to have been around the longest and is very common in the USA, and this is why many people still call IWBs Smartboards, but this is the equivalent to calling a vacuum cleaner a Hoover.
Promethean appears to have gained more ground recently and is very popular in the UK and Australia.
Luidia E-beam and Mimio seems to have become popular of late because they offer the possibility of turning regular whiteboards into IWBs, thus being a lower cost solution.
Luidia’s eBeam hardware and software products allow text, images and video to be projected onto a variety of surfaces, where an interactive stylus or marker can be used to add notes, access control menus, manipulate images and create diagrams and drawings . The presentations, notes and images can be saved and emailed to class or meeting participants, as well as shared in real time on local networks or over the Internet.
Mimio, on the other hand, does not offer so many features. Many user reviews prove that Luidia'E-beam is the better among the two. This is one such user review.
http://www.visualedtech.com/eBeam/ebeam_edge_vs_mimio.htm
Evoluer is the authorized dealers for e-beam products in Coimbatore, India. Free demo will be given and training upto 15 hours will be provided. We also have interactive whiteboards in our product range, but we recommend E-beam considering the cost and ease of use.
www.evoluer.in
info@evoluer.in
+91 9940 9954 76
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