AV & Presentation


Hitachi Rolls Out Wireless Tablet, Interactive Display, Mac Whiteboard Software

Hitachi recently announced the release of several new classroom technologies, including StarBoard Software 9.0 for Mac OS X, a new wireless tablet, and a new SXGA widescreen interactive display.

Digital Signage: Beyond Campus Emergency Notification

Digital signage systems often come to mind as part of a campus emergency notification system. But they actually have far more prosaic uses on numerous campuses, where they are used daily to inform and even entertain students on a variety of issues.

Walden Rolls Out Mobile Learning Platform for Adult Students

Walden University has begun deploying a new course content delivery system for its students. Dubbed MobileLearn, the system is designed to allow mobile students to tailor the way they receive course materials.

Panaboard Interactive Whiteboards Integrate Stereo Audio Systems

Panasonic has released three new models in its Panaboard line of interactive audio and video whiteboards.

Promethean Refreshes ActivClassroom Lineup

Education technology developer Promethean this week introduced a range of hardware and software for the ActivClassroom, the company's lineup of classroom learning tools.

InFocus Debuts LiteBoard Interactive System

InFocus has debuted a new system for interactive whiteboards, the InFocus LiteBoard, which is currently undergoing beta testing.

Acuity UnWired Ties Formative Assessments to Classroom Clickers

CTB/McGraw-Hill (a unit of McGraw-Hill Education) has released Acuity UnWired, a new tool that allows the company's Acuity InFormative Assessment to integrate with interactive classroom response systems (also knows as classroom clickers). The announcement was made at this week's National Education Computing Conference (NECC) in Washington, DC.

Modesto JC Overhauls '50s-Era Facilities for State-of-the-Art Audiovisual Production

In order to accommodate new state of the art equipment for its audiovisual programs, California's Modesto Junior College (MJC) was looking not just at rewiring a building, but bringing 1950s-era building construction up to 2009 standards--a huge undertaking by any measure.

Casio Revamps Projector Lineup, Intros WXGA DLP Projector

Casio has debuted several new models in its lineup of "Super Slim" micro portable DLP projectors, including a new WXGA model that weighs in at 3.96 pounds.

NEC Launches Stackable Installation Projectors

NEC recently introduced four new LCD-based installation projectors in its NP series. The models are stackable, allowing them to overlap images and project a combined total of 20,000 lumens.