Hey guys,

So I am doing some research now but wanted to see if anyone has any exp. but I've been given about $4000.00 to get an interactive touch white board/monitor for a new comp lab that my organization is building.

Our options are, but not limited to:

Interactive touch whiteboard
Large HDTV uses as a monitor
Standard projector and screen used as monitor.

the $4000.00 needs to include install/speakers.

7/2/2010 2:29:52 PM

Now that this thread is about an hour and a half old, I'd like to derail it by asking whether "interactive whiteboard" is redundant. What I mean to say is that a whiteboard is by nature interactive. If you couldn't draw on it, it'd just be a wall.

7/2/2010 4:04:08 PM

My cousin is a teacher for a school in Yadkin county. They use Smartboard by http://smarttech.com/ and I was surprised at how versatile it was and how much it helped her teach.

Resellers around San Deigo

7/2/2010 5:27:19 PM

I enthusiastically second SmartTech stuff. Theirs set the standard, imo. I maintain about a dozen of them in my department, and they require no real maintenance or training to use.

7/2/2010 6:43:38 PM

the company i work for is moving to a new location next week, and we've got 80" smartboards installed. gonna be sweeeeet

7/2/2010 6:57:06 PM

if you go with smartboards try the LCD's instead of the projector setup. To me it's a WORLD better to use, with better controls and a better experience.

just my 2c - they're all awesome.

7/2/2010 6:57:27 PM

Maybe not relevant since you have a reasonable budget set aside for a real one...but this is something neat one of the R&D groups was playing with at work.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSDxc2kFjms

7/2/2010 8:02:08 PM

what does ncsu have in the classrooms now? smartboard? I know it's a computer monitor that you can draw on, etc. and then a projector+screen.

7/2/2010 9:22:02 PM