Last summer, we installed Promethean Interactive LCD Panels in all our middle school classrooms. This purchase and subsequent installation was all approved and arranged by my predecessor and frankly I wasn't all that sure about the screens. I had much more experience with traditional projectors and, more recently, interactive short-throw projectors and I was quite please with their performance in the classroom. Regardless, these boards were coming and were going into the classrooms. Well, it wasn't too far into the school year when I did a full 180 degrees on my opinion of the boards. The teachers really took to them and embraced both the hardware and software aspects of these devices. There are many advantages to them but one of the biggests advantageously different aspects is the fact that they are clear and highly visible from the back of the classroom and with the room lights on...and even when the bright sunlight makes its way into the room as well. 10 touchpoints a
So much content used or shared within the realm of EdTech is done so by projecting said content for the masses or classes to see and experience. I would venture to guess that most classroom spaces have fixed means of projecting content, Smartboard, Promethean Board or Interactive Projector. But what about the common spaces or collaborative spaces around campus where you may occasionally need to project content? We had a number of these spaces but there was not a convenient place to mount a screen and really, we didn't want to limit the space or the layout of the space by mounting a screen. So I found these, the Elite Screens ezCinema Plus Series, 84-inch Diagonal 16:9, Floor Pull Up Portable Projection Screen, Model: F84XWH1 . 84-inch Diagonal, 16:9 Aspect Ratio. View Size: 41.2" H x 73.2" W. Overall Size: 81.6" H x 80.4" W. Black Case Screen Material: MaxWhite, 1.1 Gain. Multi-layer weave, 180 degree wide viewing angle, fully black backed front pr