Infrastrusture

=Interactives=

**Looking at puchasing an Interactive Whiteboard...? Need help choosing which one to buy...?**

 * < == Types of IWBs == ||= == Plus ==

||= ==Minus== || Mimio Interactive is a portable and low cost device that attaches to any whiteboard (up to 4'x8' in size)
 * = [[image:http://icttoolkit.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/smartlogo.gif link="http://www2.smarttech.com/st/en-US/Products/SMART+Boards/"]] ||< * The world's first interactive whiteboard.
 * Popular brand being used by a large number of schools.
 * Resource Library (Lesson Resources, Lesson Activities, Teachers' Hub)- Over 700,000 classrooms around the world use Smartboards.
 * Front projection and Rear Projection.
 * Comes with Interactive Tablet ||< * Needs wallmounting - while they come portible on stands, the alignment will drive you nuts! ||
 * = [[image:http://icttoolkit.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/TBLogo_54.gif width="60" height="63" link="http://teamboard.com.au"]] ||< * Popular brand being used by a large number of schools.
 * Runs Easiteach® Softward which includes a comprehensive resource library enabling teachers to easily incorporate graphics, video, flash files, animations and graphs.
 *   TeamBoard sets you free to use any third-party software on your PC or Mac
 *      TeamBoard IR is setup to display your 16:9 ratio presentation without cropping or distortion.
 *    Action Bar means that you don't require pens....less pieces to lose or break.
 * Interactive Tablet available. ||< //Under Construction// ||
 * < [[image:2touch.png width="116" height="47" link="http://www.twotouch.com"]] ||<       *The 2Touch interactive whiteboard uses technology developed down-under
 * Anyone can use a **2Touch ** enabled surface immediately. Because **2Touch ** solutions touch-enable ordinary "hard" whiteboards they can be used with conventional ink markers too.   * No special pens to lose or break; no batteries to run out.
 * With no drivers to maintain, support issues are eliminated.
 * The 2Touch whiteboard is 2.4m wide. ||< //Under Construction// ||
 * = [[image:http://icttoolkit.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/promethean.gif width="121" height="27" link="http://www.prometheanworld.com/us/server/show/nav.2462"]] ||< * Developed by and for education professionals.
 * The company supplies Activboard and the latest Activboard+2, the world's most durable interactive whiteboard technology; Activstudio, a software platform for secondary teaching; and Activprimary, the leading whiteboard software designed specifically for use in primary schools and kindergarten. ||< //Under Construction// ||
 * = [[image:http://icttoolkit.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/mimio.gif width="93" height="28" link="http://www.mimio.com"]] ||<  *   Turn any whiteboard into an interactive whiteboard        * 
 * Much cheaper alternative to purchasing a board * Portable: can be taken down and used on any whiteboard ||< //Under Construction// ||

**IWB Software**
Interactive Whiteboard Software || It’s an easy to use, interactive whole-class teaching software package for all your curriculum needs. -Inspired by teachers, Easiteach software has been designed jointly with teachers and teaching experts. -The breadth and scope of Easiteach makes it ideal for developing lateral and literal thinking. -It is a family of innovative, flexible tools and adaptable curriculum-focused content. Easiteach also works with every interactive whiteboard, making teacher skills and lessons transferable between classrooms or schools, and it provides the interactive software standard, saving schools time and money on teacher professional development. -Easiteach software is simple to use and quick to learn and is designed specifically for use on all types of interactive whiteboards.
 * = [[image:easiteachsmall.jpg]]

There are two elements to the Easiteach family:
-Subject-specific teaching tools to aid lesson delivery in the classroom. -Content Packs of ready-made teaching activities for use in lessons. ||

Click here to see how to create an Interactive Whiteboard under $100 using the Wii Remote.

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 * Notebooks || http://www.education.vic.gov.au/management/ictsupportservices/ictproducts/desktopnotebooks.htm#2 ||
 * Notebook Trolleys || [[image:laptop-cart.jpg width="90" height="179"]] [[image:laptop_trolley_1.jpg width="151" height="155"]] ||
 * Ultra Mobile PCs
 * Tablets

Have you Con**sidered...**
[|www.eiki.com/Products/Default.aspx] ||  ||   || http://uk.wii.com/software/16 || This rethinking of the popular Nintendo DS game will test players’ brains with fun problems and allow people of any age to play together. With 15 new activities that challenge the brain in single-player Test and Practice modes, Big Brain Academy for Wii sees how players measure up in five categories: Identify, Memorize, Analyze, Compute and Visualize. All activities are designed around the Wii Remote's pointer. Players can play solo with one Wii Remote, take on a friend with another remote, or pass remotes around like a relay baton in group competitions. Who in the family has the biggest brain? ||  || http://dslite.nintendo.com.au/ ||
 * **Interactive Digital TV's** ||  ||   ||
 * **Interactive Projectors**
 * **Touch Screens** ||  ||   ||
 * **Nintendo Wii**
 * **Nintendo DS**

Just like exercising regularly helps maintain our physical strength, we can keep our brain power from deteriorating by providing daily stimulation for our brain.

More Brain Training from Dr Kawashima: How Old Is Your Brain? is packed with all new brain training techniques. With more new ways to train your brain. Players can train their brain through exercises such as Memorise 5 x 5, Speedy Symbols, Correct Change, Days Missing Symbols, Masterpiece Recital or the classic Rock, Paper, Scissors, that features voice recognition. ||  ||

**Video Recording**

 * Video Recording, Digital Storytelling, Digital Portfolios, Video for Blogs, Wikis, Websites, etc.

[|www.theflip.com] || **Digital Video Recorders** ||
 * **Flip Video**

**Mp3 Players / Digital/eBooks**
||= **iPod Nano ** ||= **iPod Shuffle ** ||= **eBook Reader** ||
 * Listening to audio/ebooks, podcasting, listening post activities, watching video, voice recording and even connecting to the internet.
 * = **iPod Touch**

**Voice Recording**

 * Creating podcasts, digital e-books for other students, radio programs, evidence of reading or speaking and listening skills for digital portfolios or recording notes,, etc.

|| **iPod Microphones** || **Digital Voice Recorders ** ||
 * **USB Microphones**