Today, there are many companies providing Interactive whiteboards. But how do you determine what’s right for you?
To help, we here list the advantages of some of the leading brands in this space, for example, what their interactive whiteboards’ offer and why they should be viewed with higher acclaim when up against their competitors.. Here are the answers.
MAKE: AVOCOR
MODEL: E Series – a new product series, which was launched at BETT 2018.
TARGET MARKET: Education environments of all ages, disciplines and environments.
KEY BENEFITS OFFERED? The Avocor E series is optimised for Windows 10, rather than the industry standard Android. This is to combat the common hesitancy in education of user adoption. By utilising a familiar and open operating system, we can ensure teaching staff feel confident using Avocor technology, rather than reverting back to more familiar habits.
WHAT IS YOUR USP? The E series incorporates a first-to-market optically bonded glass on a 4k IR display. This means the user inking experience is the best of its kind on an IR screen, but crucially it features object recognition for pen, finger and palm. This means in an education environment the screen intuitively recognises which function you wish to perform without manually selecting, therefore ensuring the teaching experience is as seamless as possible.
WHY CHOOSE IT OVER A COMPETITOR? Avocor product development is built upon end user feedback, and this is telling in the features available on the new E series. This feedback has led to our product being different by design, such as the Windows 10 optimisation, best-in-class touch technology, unique object recognition, guest input access and connectivity options to complement existing devices for classroom activities.
Price: MSRP for the three size options are as follows. 65” £2,495. 75” £3,750. 86” £5,395.
Make: Ricoh
Model: D8400
TARGET MARKET: Business or learning environments
KEY BENEFITS OFFERED: Flexibility and adaptability are essential, especially as teacher preferences, student requirements and best practices are constantly changing. We know students thrive in engaging learning environments that combine visual aids and interactive teach methods, which is why it’s critical for teachers to have access to new methods and tools that enhance the learning experience.
The Ricoh IWB offers smooth writing in different colors, high-resolution display and easy, remote image sharing capabilities that bring clear communication and interaction to lessons. Rather than having to turn lights off or close curtains, Ricoh has developed technology that enables the IWB to be visible in all scenarios, with different colors.
Ricoh’s IWB is able to adapt to a variety of education and training objectives using its ability to develop, record, and share ideas visually among groups of all sizes and age ranges. It also allows teachers and students to easily pick up their lessons where they left off, allowing teachers to seamless bridge the learning experience from lesson to lesson.
The Ricoh range is also video conference ready, with built-in speakers and microphone.
WHAT IS YOUR USP? Ricoh D8400 combines a unique blend of interactive, display and security functions that provides teachers with a powerful teaching tool that enhances classroom learning experiences and student education.
PRICE: Prices start with £2,000 for a 22” Huddle board, increasing up through the range to the D8400 from, £11,000.
MAKE: Microsoft
MODEL: Surface
TARGET MARKET: Quite simply, Microsoft Surface Hub is for people working together with the aim to achieve more. Whether it’s a brainstorming session, running a productive meeting or presenting the next big idea, the Surface Hub is designed to optimize the time we spend collaborating with others.
KEY BENEFITS OFFERED? The Surface Hub is designed to be simple and intuitive, so anyone can instantly interact with the device. The whiteboard experience is robust and functional, allowing for real-time collaboration across multiple devices, which means that teachers can view student updates in real time.
With the pen-first, touch-first technology, users can also make fluid gestures with their fingers or draw out finer details with the pen. Here, they can use intelligent ink to recognize freeform drawings and turn these into standard shapes. At the end of their work, students can also automatically save boards, so they can pick up where they left off and/or share links, so others can build on top.
WHAT IS YOUR USP? While Microsoft Surface Hub can also be used for video meetings through integrations with apps such as a customized version of Skype for Business, this revolutionary device expands far beyond video conferencing.
Users can of course utilize the full Microsoft Edge browser experience, including applications such as One Note to pull up content used in personal devices and it also has integrated multi-media and unique camera configuration optimized for “at screen experience” and “in conference room” experience.
But there are many other features that enable great collaboration, such as the ability to support up to three pens inking at the same time and 100 points of contact at one time. In addition, the device allows for up to three separate applications to run while simultaneously supporting split-screen inking and touch, truly enhancing the collaborative experience. The Surface Hub also features two wide-angle HD cameras and a four-element microphone array, including the ability for the device to detect when someone walks up to it and gaze detection software that switches between the built-in cameras depending on the speaker’s location.
WHY CHOOSE IT OVER A COMPETITOR? Surface Hub is a unique and comprehensive group collaboration device and its capabilities make it the ideal tool for professionals looking to improve their productivity and work better together.
One benefit of choosing the Surface Hub is that it comes with native Office 365 apps out-of-the box, bringing users the full Microsoft ecosystem. In addition, the ink to shape and ink to table allow for clean, crisp whiteboard collaborations. The functionality of the Pen with pressure sensitivity and opposite end eraser, along with the ability to undo/redo actions and select objects to move, takes the entire whiteboard experience well beyond its competitors. As for security, Surface Hub auto-deletes all user content at the end of each session.
PRICE: 55” model – $8,999 USD ERP; 84” model – $21,999 USD ERP
MAKE: NEC Display Solutions
MODEL: E651-T touch display
TARGET MARKET: Education
KEY BENEFITS OFFERED? Classrooms are well lit with natural and fluorescent light to keep students alert but this is not always conducive to viewing digital content. This display however has an anti-glare coating and high brightness of 400 cd/m2 so the teaching material is perfectly readable in all conditions. The screen is also protected against scratches and impacts with 4mm thick premium toughened glass – robust enough to resist the toughest classroom environment.
With 10-point touch support teachers can encourage students to get involved, with a screen size of 65”, a good number of students can gather round simultaneously, interacting using the finger-touch gestures they naturally use on their smart devices like pinch and zoom.
Conveniently, the USB media player allows the teacher or students to present videos or images without a PC simply by connecting a USB storage device so as not to disrupt the flow of the lesson. Supported by built-in 10W + 10 W stereo speakers, video is accompanied by good quality audio playback.
WHAT IS YOUR USP? We have an established partnership with DisplayNote, a software provider specialising in collaboration. The display comes with a free DisplayNote multi-user license turning the screen into a true collaboration tool enabling up to five students to connect, present, share and collaborate using their own devices! The E651-T is the interactive whiteboard, which is turning classrooms into future learning spaces.
WHY CHOOSE IT OVER A COMPETITOR? With NEC, there is no compromise on performance and reliability, yet this product offers excellent value making budgets stretch further. Teachers can enjoy the peace of mind that their visual teaching tool will just work, so they can get on with teaching.
MAKE: Returnstar Interactive Technology (IQBoad)
MODEL: IQ Aio GR511
TARGET MARKET: Class ; Education; Business Meeting
KEY BENEFITS OFFERED? Being a high end multi-media teaching equipment, IQAiO is integrated with central control system, computer, IWB, document camera and audio amplifier, forming a perfect multi-media classroom solution together with a projector.
Moreover, IQAiO has an advantage over the touch flat panel in terms of its large size reaching up to 102 inches to satisfy specific demands of the market.
WHAT IS YOUR USP? As a platform for demonstration and teaching, achieving powerful functions, such as annotation, handwriting recognition, screen record, interactive response, interactive exam and video conference. With IQ Interactive Education Platform, it becomes so easy to create a vivied and wonderful class and demonstration. Combined with built-in document camera, the software helps to make a intelligent evaluation system with multiple features, including IQView, Gallery, E-book, Comparison teaching and Answer sheet.
WHY CHOOSE IT OVER A COMPETITOR? With IQ Aio, teachers begin their class more conveniently and easily. Its software allow the interactive between teachers and students. It’s a double innovation technology in whiteboards technology and it provides IQ Dual screen solution for the class.
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