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Presentation systems buyer's guide: rely on this easy-to-use supplier guide for information on presentation systems products for higher education. (Special section: presentation systems).


Bulletin Display Systems
cTech Electronics, Inc. (TEi)

6420 Atlantic Blvd., Suite 145
Norcross, GA 30071
770-446-1416 phone
800-572-4935 toll free
770-448-5724 fax
www.techelec.com
email: salesteam@techelec.com


AxisTV(TM) Networked Bulletin Display Systems can bring new levels of communication into your school(s). Building a creative message bulletin is as simple as launching your Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. , entering your message, choosing a suitable background, and clicking Submit!

Users gain access to AxisTV with a valid user name and password, and all display submittals are approved by a system administrator before being displayed on televisions or monitors.

* Simple Web browser interface allows easy access via LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. , WAN, or Internet Internet

Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the


* AxisTV Systems can easily support multiple schools through modular design In the context of systems engineering, modular design — or "modularity in design" — is an approach aiming to subdivide a system into smaller parts (modules) that can be independently created and then used in different systems to drive multiple functionalities.

Contact TEi for a free Web demo demo - /de'moh/ 1. A demonstration of a product, often of an early version or prototype. A demo is a far more effective way of inducing bugs to manifest themselves than any number of test runs, especially when important people are watching.

2. demo version.

3.
 today!
Tightrope Media Systems

6417 Lyndale Avenue South, Suite B
Richfield, MN 55423
(866) 866-4118 toll free
612) 866-4118 local
(612) 861-2204 fax
http://www.trms.com
mailto:andrew@trms.com
Contact: Andrew Alan Starks


Tightrope has created Carousel, a video messaging system Software that provides an electronic mail delivery system. It is made up of the following functional components, which may be packaged together or independently.

Mail User Agent
 designed exclusively for K12! With its web-centric Having to do with the Web. A Web-centric view of something means that the application or system has been designed for the Web. See Webified.  interface, anyone with network access and a password can create messages from any web browser on any platform! Carousel comes complete with everything needed to plug directly into your school's cable network and it includes over 50 high quality backgrounds to get you started! With so many features that target K12, be sure that you call Tightrope before you purchase your next bulletin display system!

Document Cameras
Dukane Corporation

2900 Dukane Drive
St. Charles, IL 60174
888-245-1966


Dukane offers the longest warranties in the industry for all data/video and overhead projectors, five years for the data/video projectors and lifetime for the overhead projectors. You won't won't  

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won't will not
won't will
 spend a dime for under warranty repairs, thus saving you money.

For over 75 years our affordable, world class lineup A criminal investigation technique in which the police arrange a number of individuals in a row before a witness to a crime and ask the witness to identify which, if any, of the individuals committed the crime.  of audio/visual equipment including data/video projectors, overhead projectors, document cameras, visual presenters and plasma panels have helped bring learning to life for your classroom, lecture hall lecture hall nsala de conferencias;
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lecture hall lecture namphithéâtre m

, or auditorium auditorium

Portion of a theater or hall where an audience sits, as distinct from the stage. The auditorium originated in the theaters of ancient Greece, as a semicircular seating area cut into a hillside.
. For more information contact Jim Locascio at 888-245-1966.

Electronic Whiteboard The electronic equivalent of chalk and blackboard, but between remote users. Whiteboard systems allow network participants to simultaneously view one or more users drawing on an on-screen blackboard or running an application.  Systems
Dukane Corporation

2900 Dukane Drive
St. Charles, IL 60174
888-245-1966


Dukane offers the longest warranties in the industry for all data/video and overhead projectors, five years for the data/video projectors and lifetime for the overhead projectors. You won't spend a dime for under warranty repairs, thus saving you money.

For over 75 years our affordable, world class lineup of audio/visual equipment including data/video projectors, overhead projectors, document cameras, visual presenters and plasma panels have helped bring learning to life for your classroom, lecture hall, or auditorium. For more information contact Jim Locascio at 888-245-1966.
PolyVision Corporation

PolyVision Corporation
4888 S. Old Peachtree Rd.
Norcross, GA 30071
Phone: 800-620-POLY
Fax: 770-446-5951
www.polyvision.com
info@polyvision.com


PolyVision Corporation is the global leader in visual communication solutions for collaborative learning Collaborative learning is an umbrella term for a variety of approaches in education that involve joint intellectual effort by students or students and teachers. Collaborative learning refers to methodologies and environments in which learners engage in a common task in which each  environments. In college and university settings, PolyVision provides leading products such as traditional whiteboards, interactive whiteboards An interactive whiteboard 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 or other device. , and multimedia whiteboards to enhance the way people learn, work, and communicate.

PolyVision's NEW Impulse impulse, in mechanics: see momentum.
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LTX Lane Training Exercise
LTX Laptop Expansion (Slot) 
 Multimedia Whiteboard is the latest product in a new category of intuitive products that require no training, peripheral computer, or pre-meeting set-up. LTX meets the needs of users who desire walk-up-and-use simplicity. The LTX serves as an interactive hub for recording, storing, and redisplaying captured notes.
SMART Technologies Inc.

Suite 600 1177-11 Avenue SW
Calgary, AB T2R 1K9
1-888-42-SMART
www.smarttech.com/ub


Trying to integrate technology into your teaching? Join thousands of educators using the SMART Board[TM] interactive whiteboard to teach dynamic computer-based lessons. Help your students succeed in a digital world with the SMART Board interactive whiteboard The SMART Board interactive whiteboard is a product of SMART Technologies. It is a large, touch-controlled screen that works with a projector and a computer. The projector throws the computer’s desktop image onto the interactive whiteboard, which acts as both a monitor and an input .

* Touch the interactive whiteboard's surface to access and control any computer application or the Internet.

* Write notes in electronic ink.

* Save notes and images to a computer file.

SMART products let you and your students communicate more effectively through technology. Order your free video CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc.
CD-ROM
 in full compact disc read-only memory

Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser).
 to see the SMART Board interactive whiteboard in action. Visit www.smarttech.com/da or call 1.888.42.SMART.
Virtual Ink Corp. (mimio)

1360 Soldiers Field Rd.
Boston, MA 02135
877.my.mimio (696-4646)
www.mimio.com


mimio is a portable and affordable device that turns any whiteboard into an electronic whiteboard. Simply attach mimio to any whiteboard, connect to your PC and everything that is written and drawn is electronically recorded so that it can be saved and shared. Class notes, distance learning materials and course aids can be saved and posted to a website, emailed or printed so they can be reviewed by students anywhere, anytime.

Add a projector and mimio also turns that same whiteboard into an interactive touch screen allowing users to control their desktop and applications directly from the whiteboard.

Instructional Software
NetSupport

6815 Shiloh Road East, #A-7
Alpharetta, GA 30005
1.888.665.0808
www.netsupport-inc.com
Contact: David Auwarter


Control your Networked Computer Lab with NetSupport School, The Complete Classroom Instruction and Monitoring Software Solution. NetSupport School is a complete software-only solution for providing classroom instruction and monitoring. With NetSupport School, Teachers can Demonstrate applications in real time, Show their screen to students' screens, Monitor student progress, Nominate nom·i·nate  
tr.v. nom·i·nat·ed, nom·i·nat·ing, nom·i·nates
1. To propose by name as a candidate, especially for election.

2. To designate or appoint to an office, responsibility, or honor.
 group leaders, Send out and Collect coursework coursework
Noun

work done by a student and assessed as part of an educational course

Noun 1. coursework - work assigned to and done by a student during a course of study; usually it is evaluated as part of the student's
, Annotate annotate - annotation  the screen, Perform online chat and much more. NetSupport School puts teachers & corporate trainers A corporate trainer is a specialized skill development position in a corporation where the goal is to help improve the "soft skills" or "people skills" of the workers in the corporation.  front and center in networked classrooms allowing full control of classroom technology at all times. For Windows classrooms. Download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer.  a free classroom trial today.

DLP (Digital Light Processing) A data projection technology from TI that produces clear, readable images on screens in lit rooms. DLP is used in all types of projection devices, from data projectors that weigh only a few pounds to large rear-projection TVs to electronic  Projectors
Dukane Corporation

2900 Dukane Drive
St. Charles, IL 60174
888-245-1966


Dukane offers the longest warranties in the industry for all data/video and overhead projectors, five years for the data/video projectors and lifetime for the overhead projectors. You won't spend a dime for under warranty repairs, thus saving you money. For over 75 years our affordable, world class lineup of audio/visual equipment including data/video projectors, overhead projectors, document cameras, visual presenters and plasma panels have helped bring learning to life for your classroom, lecture hall, or auditorium. For more information contact Jim Locascio at 888-245-1966.
InFocus

InFocus Corporation
27700B SW Parkway Avenue
Wilsonville, OR 97070
(800) 294-6400
www.infocus.com/education


Mission Statement:

InFocus[R] Corporation is the worldwide leader in digital projection technology and services, including designing, manufacturing and marketing award-winning products for education use. InFocus provides projection solutions for a broad range of education applications. From mobile classrooms to large auditoriums, InFocus has a projector that's right for you.

Product Highlights:

InFocus X1: Anyone who spends time in a classroom knows that there is a careful balance between learning and fun. InFocus unveils the latest projector that walks that line perfectly! Powerful enough for presenting the information you need to get across AND outstanding video quality so that you can engage your students at the same time! A low acquisition price, plus extra-long lamp life make for the lowest cost of ownership.

* InFocus LP240 and LP250: Give your lectures a major upgrade with the LP240/LP250. Just plug one of these versatile and affordable projectors into your computer, VCR VCR: see videocassette recorder.
VCR
 in full videocassette recorder

Electromechanical device that records, stores on a videotape cassette, and plays back on a TV set recorded images and sound.
, DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc.
DVD
 in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc

Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology.
, or digital camera, and your lesson plan possibilities are suddenly endless.

* InFocus LP650: With the LP650, you get a fully loaded projector that's truly easy to use. State-of-the-art technology delivers an 800:1 contrast ratio, flexible image placement, and cinema-quality video processing Video processing techniques are used in video codecs, video players and other devices. For example—commonly only design and video processing is different in TV sets of different manufactures. .
Sharp Electronics Corporation

One Sharp Plaza
Mail Stop 1
Mahwah, NJ 07430
1-888-GO-SHARP
www.sharplcd.com


Sharp Electronics Corporation, the world leader in LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) A display technology that uses rod-shaped molecules (liquid crystals) that flow like liquid and bend light. Unenergized, the crystals direct light through two polarizing filters, allowing a natural background color to show.  technology, offers a full line of LCD based projection and display products for use in education and training for multimedia applications. New models include our compact or ultra-portable high-resolution, high-brightness Notevision Projectors, our large venue Conference Series Projectors and our industry leading LCD Video monitors in 10 inch, 15 inch, 20 inch and 30 inch versions.

LCD Projectors See LCD TV, data projector and LCD panel.  
Canon

One Canon Plaza
Lake Success, NY 11042
1 800 OK CANON
www.canonprojectors.com


Canon's full line of presentation products from Mini DV Camcorders, to Digital Cameras, to LV-Series Projectors and more, allow educators to communicate more effectively, while making it more interesting and exciting for students to learn. By incorporating full motion video into their PowerPoint presentation, or connecting their Canon camcorder directly to their Canon projector, students and teachers can capture an audience while they present their message (Canon's new LV-7355/50 and LV-X2/S2 projectors can display a theater-like 100-inch image from 9.2 feet). A free Q&A booklet, "The End of The Boring Presentation" is online at www.canonprojectors.com. Copies are also available by calling Canon's Education Sales Group at 516-328-4602.
Dukane Corporation

2900 Dukane Drive
St. Charles, IL 60174
888-245-1966


Dukane offers the longest warranties in the industry for all data/video and overhead projectors, five years for the data/video projectors and lifetime for the overhead projectors. You won't spend a dime for under warranty repairs, thus saving you money. For over 75 years our affordable, world class lineup of audio/visual equipment including data/video projectors, overhead projectors, document cameras, visual presenters and plasma panels have helped bring learning to life for your classroom, lecture hall, or auditorium. For more information contact Jim Locascio at 888-245-1966.
InFocus

InFocus Corporation
27700B SW Parkway Avenue
Wilsonville, OR 97070
(800) 294-6400
www.infocus.com/education


Mission Statement:

InFocus[R] Corporation is the worldwide leader in digital projection technology and services, including designing, manufacturing and marketing award-winning products for education use. InFocus provides projection solutions for a broad range of education applications. From mobile classrooms to large auditoriums, InFocus has a projector that's right for you.

Product Highlights:

InFocus X1: Anyone who spends time in a classroom knows that there is a careful balance between learning and fun. InFocus unveils the latest projector that walks that line perfectly! Powerful enough for presenting the information you need to get across AND outstanding video quality so that you can engage your students at the same time! A low acquisition price, plus extra-long lamp life make for the lowest cost of ownership.

* InFocus LP240 and LP250: Give your lectures a major upgrade with the LP240/LP250. Just plug one of these versatile and affordable projectors into your computer, VCR, DVD, or digital camera, and your lesson plan possibilities are suddenly endless.

* InFocus LP650: With the LP650, you get a fully loaded projector that's truly easy to use. State-of-the-art technology delivers an 800:1 contrast ratio, flexible image placement, and cinema-quality video processing.
Powr Marketing, Inc.

6445 Palmyra Avenue
Las Vegas, NV 89146
Phone: (702) 876-2656
Toll-Free: (866) 800-POWR
Fax: (702) 434-2851
www.powrmarketing.com


Products/Services:

Imagine giving lectures or presentations without being tied to a computer or using additional help. Yes, that's right! The Powr Pointer pointer, breed of large sporting dog developed in England more than 300 years ago. It stands between 23 and 26 in. (58.4–66.4 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs between 50 and 60 lb (22.7–27.2 kg). 2 makes presentations easy and works 40 ft. (non-directional) from the PC. Just plug the receiver into your computer/laptop's USB port A USB socket on a computer or peripheral device into which a USB cable is plugged. See USB.  and away you go, without installing any software! Interaction between students is greatly improved while maintaining more one-on-one contact lessens discipline/control issues. Also, students can enjoy using the Powr Pointer to make their own presentations look and feel more "professional" and polished. Use the built-in laser pointer A laser pointer is a portable, pen-sized laser designed to be held in the hand, and most commonly used to project a point of light to highlight items of interest during a presentation.  to direct the audience's attention.

News:

Watch the Powr Marketing website for the introduction of exciting new products, exhibit events and give-aways. As a marketer of early-innovator products, you will be surprised at what we have discovered!

About Us:

Powr Marketing, Inc. is a female-owned company whose focus is early innovator computer accessories and other high-end products. First Class Customer Service is Powr Marketing's commitment.
Sharp Electronics Corporation

One Sharp Plaza
Mail Stop 1
Mahwah, NJ 07430
1-888-GO-SHARP
www.sharplcd.com


Sharp Electronics Corporation, the world leader in LCD technology, offers a full line of LCD based projection and display products for use in education and training for multimedia applications. New models include our compact or ultra-portable high-resolution, high-brightness Notevision Projectors, our large venue Conference Series Projectors and our industry leading LCD Video monitors in 10 inch, 15 inch, 20 inch and 30 inch versions.

Mounting Systems
Chief Manufacturing

Chief Manufacturing
12800 Hwy 13 S., Ste 500
Savage, MN 55378 USA
Telephone: 952-894-6280
Fax: 952-894-6918
Toll Free: 800-582-6480
www.chiefmfg.com


Mission Statement

Chief is the leader in Presentation Support Solutions. Chief designs, manufactures, markets and distributes worldwide, a broad product line for the audio/visual/video industry. "Ideas Supporting Ideas" is the motivational theme behind Chief's continued effort to be the leader in new product innovation and customer service.

Products/Services:

* LCD/DLP/CRT Projector Mounts: ceiling mounts, wall mounts, electric lifts, carts and stands.

* Large Flat Panel (Plasma Display Also called "gas discharge display," a flat-screen technology that uses tiny cells lined with phosphor that are full of inert ionized gas (typically a mix of xenon and neon). Three cells make up one pixel (one cell has red phosphor, one green, one blue). ) Mounts: wall mounts, ceiling mounts, electric lifts, carts and stands.

* Small Flat Panel (LCD Screen) Mounts: Wall mounts, pole mounts, ceiling mounts, desk clamps and table stands.

* Chief also has a full line of accessories for most installation applications.

News:

Chief's new exclusive Ali-Points[TM] Security System in the RPA RPA Remote Patron Authentication
RPA Rural Payments Agency (UK Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
RPA Replication Protein A
RPA RNAse Protection Assay
RPA Regional Plan Association
RPA Random-Phase Approximation
 Series projector-the top-selling mount for LCD/DLP projectors. All-Points[TM] is the first integrated security system that locks the projector and mount at all key connection points and uses a steel-into-steel design. Included in the RPA mount at no additional cost.

Chief's new Projector Guard covers projectors in an all-steel cage for ultra protection from theft. The Projector Guard easily installs on ceiling-mounted LCD/DLP projectors and secures with two padlocks. Quick unlocking and disconnect disconnect - SCSI reconnect  allows for easy projector maintenance. Also protects projectors from sporting equipment in gymnasiums.

Multimedia Monitors
NetTV

2591 Kerner Blvd.
San Rafael, CA 94901
Ph. 800 440-6388
Fax 415-259-2828
www.net-tv.net


NetTVs high definition, computer ready digital displays enable teachers and students to use all their media to create a rich and interactive presentation experience. Installed in over 35,000 classrooms and conference rooms nationwide, NetTVs deliver bright and clear images of video, data, Internet, DVD, digital video, digital photography, and beyond. Designed for visual communication and collaboration Working together on a project. See collaborative software. , NetTVs are engineered with advanced connectivity and features including an RS-232 port for network control, and also include NetTVs exclusive Rapid Exchange Service (RES) Warranty. Expand your display possibilities with NetTVs award-winning Large Screen XGA (EXtended Graphics Array) A screen resolution of 1,024x768 pixels. The term stems from IBM's XGA display standard introduced in 1990, which extended VGA to 132-column text and interlaced 1,024x768x256 resolution. XGA-2 later added non-interlaced 1,024x768x64K.  Monitors, Brilliant LCD-TVs, Ultra-thin Plasma TVs A flat panel TV that uses the plasma display technology. See flat panel TV, plasma display and LCD vs. plasma. , and Micro-portable DLP[TM] Digital Projectors See data projector. . Contact: www.net-tv.net / 800-440-6388

Overhead Projectors
Dukane Corporation

2900 Dukane Drive
St. Charles, IL 60174
888-245-1966


Dukane offers the longest warranties in the industry for all data/video and overhead projectors, five years for the data/video projectors and lifetime for the overhead projectors. You won't spend a dime for under warranty repairs, thus saving you money.

For over 75 years our affordable, world class lineup of audio/visual equipment including data/video projectors, overhead projectors, document cameras, visual presenters and plasma panels have helped bring learning to life for your classroom, lecture hall, or auditorium. For more information contact Jim Locascio at 888-245-1966.

Presentation/Multi media Accessories
Powr Marketing, Inc.

6445 Palmyra Avenue
Las Vegas, NV 89146
Phone: (702) 876-2656
Toll-Free: (866) 800-POWR
Fax: (702) 434-2851
www.powrmarketing.com


Products/Services:

Imagine giving lectures or presentations without being tied to a computer or using additional help. Yes, that's right! The Powr Pointer2 makes presentations easy and works 40 ft. (non-directional) from the PC. Just plug the receiver into your computer/laptop's USB port and away you go, without installing any software! Interaction between students is greatly improved while maintaining more one-on-one contact lessens discipline/control issues. Also, students can enjoy using the Powr Pointer to make their own presentations look and feel more "professional" and polished. Use the built-in laser pointer to direct the audience's attention.

News:

Watch the Powr Marketing website for the introduction of exciting new products, exhibit events and give-aways. As a marketer of early-innovator products, you will be surprised at what we have discovered!

About Us:

Powr Marketing, Inc. is a female-owned company whose focus is early innovator computer accessories and other high-end products. First Class Customer Service is Powr Marketing's commitment.

Whiteboards
walltalkers

a division of RJF International Corp.
3875 Embassy Parkway
Fairlawn, OH 44333
Toll-Free: 1.800.820.9255
Fax: 330.668.7703
www.walltalkers.com


Fast, Cost-effective cost-effective,
n the minimal expenditure of dollars, time, and other elements necessary to achieve the health care result deemed necessary and appropriate.
, Brightens Rooms, Improves Visibility.

Resurfacing with versatile walltalkers ez*rite dry erase wallcoverings instantly transforms faded and outdated out·dat·ed  
adj.
Out-of-date; old-fashioned.


outdated
Adjective

old-fashioned or obsolete

Adj. 1.
 chalkboards into clean, bright, highly readable read·a·ble  
adj.
1. Easily read; legible: a readable typeface.

2. Pleasurable or interesting to read: a readable story.
 surfaces that actually enhance teaching and learning. Ez*rite is applied right over existing chalkboards, so it's fast, easy and costs considerably less. Other walltalkers presentation wallcovering options include projection screens you can write on, dry erase surfaces with pre-printed lines and grids, magnetic capabilities, plus various widths, colors, and finishes. Furnished fur·nish  
tr.v. fur·nished, fur·nish·ing, fur·nish·es
1. To equip with what is needed, especially to provide furniture for.

2.
 in flexible, easy-to-handle rolls, walltalkers installs like standard wall-coverings--including wall-to-wall and floor-to-ceiling--for a virtually seamless look. Perfect for any grade level.
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