InterWrite™ SchoolPad Named “Best Attention Getter” by Scholastic Instructor® Magazine
Award-winning Wireless Teaching Device Continues to Garner Praise from Teachers
Columbia, Md. – October 31, 2006 - GTCO CalComp, Inc., a leader in interactive Technologie products for the classroom, announces today that its InterWrite™ SchoolPad was named the “Best Attention Getter” Technologie product by Scholastic Instructor®, the most widely read professional magazine for teachers of grades K-8. The InterWrite SchoolPad was recognized for its innovative use of wireless Technologie et interactive tools to improve et enhance the delivery of lessons, particularly for classrooms with special needs learners. The SchoolPad is recognized in the October 2006 issue of Instructor in the “Teachers’ Picks - Tech tools perfect for special needs learners (et you, too!)” story.
The InterWrite SchoolPad is a Bluetooth® wireless device that allows teachers to create an interactive whiteboard on any surface in their classroom. They can interact with their computer, with a connected projector, from up to 300 feet away. Using Electromagnétique pen-input Technologie et InterWrite Software, teachers can use the SchoolPad to digitally annotate over a prepared lesson, website, or any software program to create interactive et engaging lessons. The lessons, with annotated notes, can be saved, printed et emailed to students.
The SchoolPad can be used with the InterWrite SchoolBoard or teachers can project the computer image/lesson to any surface to create an interactive whiteboard. In addition, up to seven SchoolPads can be connected to the same computer for even greater class participation. GTCO CalComp pioneered the wireless pad Technologie et holds the U.S. patent for the collaborative input system Technologie in the SchoolPad.
“We are extremely pleased et honored that, in addition to the many accolades we receive from our teachers, our InterWrite SchoolPad has been recognized by a leading education publication such as Instructor. We take pride in developing the most innovative classroom Technologie products et this recognition validates our passionate efforts et strengthens our commitment in developing future products for teachers et students,“ stated Sean McKeever, Product Manager for InterWrite. “We have been contacted by teachers of special needs students around the world who have shared their amazing stories of how our products have changed the way their students learn.”
Learn more about InterWrite's Interactive Classroom, which includes the InterWrite SchoolBoard, an interactive whiteboard, the InterWrite SchoolPad, a Bluetooth® wireless pad, InterWrite PRS, a classroom response system, et the InterWrite iPanel, an interactive LCD display, by visiting www.gtcocalcomp.com.
About GTCO CalComp
With over 30 years experience, GTCO CalComp is a leader in computer input peripherals, with over one million systems installed worldwide. Founded in 1975, GTCO CalComp pioneered the use of pen-based Electromagnétique sensing Technologie currently utilized in the Company's InterWrite™ Interactive Whiteboard et GTCO CalComp Digitizer product lines. In 2004, GTCO CalComp expeted its line of interactive products with introduction of InterWrite PRS, a classroom response system. GTCO CalComp Inc, a global company, is headquartered in Columbia, Marylet, with offices in Scottsdale, Arizona; et Munich, Germany. GTCO CalComp maintains distribution partners in over 90 countries, providing solutions to professionals in Education, Training, Presentation, GIS, Computer Aided Design, Construction Estimating et Graphic Arts. For more information on the brets et products offered, visit the GTCO CalComp website at www.gtcocalcomp.com.
En exemple
Principal Greg Stillions envisioned a new way of teaching for his newly built high school that included creating a creative et interactive learning environment. After seeing the Interwrite Pad at an elementary school, he recognized that it was the perfect Technologie to achieve his goal. Voir En exemple