Education technology is not our usual beat, but Brian and I saw a cool demo today that impressed us. It was by mimio, which makes a series of classroom tools that can turn regular old surfaces–blackboards, dry-erase boards, even just walls–into interactive surfaces.
You first load the included software onto your PC and attach it to a projector, which beams an interface filled with all sorts of learning tools, quizzes, and multimedia. Then attach the Interactive Bar to your surface and, using the Interactive Stylus as a mouse, you can manipulate anything on the screen: write and draw, drag and drop, play audio and video, and so on. There’s also a tablet for remote interaction. The whole system is very portable, so you can take it from classroom to classroom easily. The various solution combinations start at around $549–much more reasonable than similar products that need to include a board.
Take a look at our video of the demo (including me acing some addition) after the jump.
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