The TPMC-4SM packs our latest digital touchpanel technology powered by the groundbreaking Cores 3 OS, delivering amazing new control and graphics capabilities, plus streaming video and 2-way IP intercom, cohesively merged into one seamless user interface. Other features include dual-color backlit buttons, built-in proximity sensor, PoE network power, occupancy sensor inputs, and out-of-the-box room scheduling capability.

The long awaited Wide Format SB685ix is now shipping and we are pleased to say that we have installed a few. The mounting method is superior. The new above board integrated projector includes 2 VGA inputs, 1 VGA output, and an impressive HDMI input for HD signals. The projector adjustment for squaring the image works very well and is color coded for simplicity. The optional side speakers are powered so the sound is loud and crisp.


After only days of installing the Smartboard SB685ix in a Public Works City office, the calls have started coming in with requests for more to be installed.

Recognizing the value of true interactive meetings, with dynamic image capture, annotation coupled with drag and drop technolgy as well as multi-site data collaboration intrigues any executive. With the SB685ix notes and annotations can be distributed in real time and in modern formats. For immidiate response from an audio visual company that can not only install these Smartboards but also provide in depth training for you and your departmental teams simply contact us at sales@vicav.com and we will gladly offer assistance as well as our DIR Price List.

SMART training sessions are designed to help you discover what SMART products can do for you and your audience. Integrate the capabilities of SMART products with the work you do and ensure you get maximum results from SMART products and a return on your technology investment.


Email us to see if there are any discounts for these courses on either of our GSA or DIR contracts.

The catalog lists a wide range of face-to-face, live online and self-paced (Learning Management System) training options. In it, you will find information on the following types of training offered:

• Software training
• Technical training
• Professional development

Access the catalog here:
Download the course catalog

Access the SMART Learning Management System here:
http://smarttech.com/trainingcenter/LMS.asp

Telepresence and Video Conferencing
Leading environmental organizations highlight video as an effective “green” technology to reduce global warming.

The Nature Conservancy lists video conferencing as one of its
“Easy Things You Can Do To Help Our Climate.”

In addition to its benefit related to climate change, video conferencing also provides measurable results to help your company do more with less.

Ten Tips to Advance Business Goals and Reduce Environmental Impacts withTelepresence and Video Conferencing

• Telecommuting - Enable people to work from home while still being fully engaged in the workplace with a face-to-face connection. Save on real estate and operational costs, while increasing productivity and morale of employees who don’t spend hours in traffic.
• Access to Remote Experts - Connecting customers and employees to experts and advisors over video no matter where they are located saves time, money and carbon emissions, and increases customer satisfaction and loyalty.
• Global Meetings - Whether meeting with the board or your global team, there’s no need for a flight. Just a short walk down the hall or a quick call from the desk and everyone can meet face-to-face.
• Customer Briefing Centers - Video unites purchasers, clients, sales staff and engineers in real time without travel to facilitate instant decision making and collaboration.
• Work/life Balance - Employees who are always on the road often report more stress, less productivity and reduced job satisfaction. Video removes the need to travel, increasing morale, productivity, and collaboration.
• Distance Learning - Schools and training facilities get an added lesson in conservation when they connect via video to remote institutions to enhance learning opportunities and save on costs.
• R&D - Designers and researchers around the globe can hold video discussions about product design, carry out component modifications, and advance development timelines, without increasing their carbon footprint.
• Team Building - Multiple offices don’t have to mean isolated teams. Video allows remote teammates to see each other as often as if they were in the same office, building camaraderie without associated travel.
• HR Recruiting - Video-based screenings of out-of-town candidates cut costs and carbon emissions by eliminating travel, while allowing hiring managers to read candidates’ facial expressions.
• Real-time Collaboration - Organizations can deal with large amounts of rich data and collaborate in real-time from multiple locations with the visual and multi-media capabilities of video conferencing instead of losing productivity from rigorous travel out into the field.

LifeSize Passport available from Visual Innovations, an authorized reseller is the first and only HD video system to deliver telepresence-quality and unmatched simplicity at a price point that enables broad deployment to every knowledge worker in your organization. And with its compact form factor, LifeSize Passport is the first truly portable telepresence-quality system; Passport is so small, it fits in the palm of your hand. Contact Visual Innovations now to see a demonstration.

Ideal for individual offices, teleworkers, and collaboration rooms, Passport enables you to stay connected, anywhere, anytime. Easy to set-up, easy to connect, and easy to use, with LifeSize Passport, you will be communicating face-to-face in minutes.

Take advantage of thousands of SMART Notebook lesson activities for your classroom.

Check out SMART’s online education community to find out how educators use SMART products and to share ideas of your own.

Find out how to participate in SMART's outreach programs, product promotions and contests.

InnoTech is the region's largest business technology event comprised of educational seminars, Special Events
(like the eMarketing Summit, specifically designed for marketing professionals, the Austin CIO Summit & IT Executive Awards, for top level IT professionals only), hands-on demonstrations at the InnoTech Exhibits and, of course, limitless networking opportunities.

Please stop by our booth. Click here for more details!

The SMART Learning Marketplace is so much more than a collection of digital resources – it’s a flexible service that enables teachers to quickly find and integrate learning objects, images, videos and other resources into their learning platform lessons or SMART Notebook software files.

There’s no need for additional software or storage solutions – this online service easily integrates with your existing technology. And the Marketplace is straightforward to use, so teachers with any level of ICT skills can quickly enhance their lessons without needing additional training.


Only trusted content providers contribute to the Learning Marketplace library, ensuring that your teachers have access to a diverse collection of high-quality resources that are globally and locally relevant.

Smartboards by Smart Technologies bring you so much more!

for Classroom Interactive Products

Visual Innovations, Inc. , Vendor ID 1742717463000, offers Classroom Interactive Products products to Texas governmental and public educational entities at discounted prices through DIR's Go DIRect Program.
Contract DIR-SDD-591 expires 09/28/2010

Available ProductsAvailable Brands
Classroom Interactive Products
3M
Smart Technologies


How To Order
For product and pricing information, visit the Visual Innovations, Inc. website or contact the vendor representative.
Generate a purchase order, made payable to the participating vendor.

Note: You must reference Contract Number DIR-SDD-591 on your purchase order.
Submit your purchase order directly to the vendor.
Fax your purchase order and quote forms to Visual Innovations, Inc. at 512-334-1133.

SMART Technologies announces the SMART Board™ 685ix interactive whiteboard system - a high-definition, high-performance collaboration tool that virtually eliminates shadows, glare and projector light in the eyes. The fully integrated system comprises a SMART Board 685 interactive whiteboard and the new wall-mounted, ultra-short-throw UX60 widescreen projector with a 16:10 aspect ratio and WXGA resolution (1280x800). As more and more developers of multimedia and video content shift to a widescreen aspect ratio, the projector’s widescreen format provide a future-proofed investment for school districts, post-secondary institutions and businesses. With high-definition image quality and easy access to other peripheral devices from the front of the room, the SMART Board™ 685ix interactive whiteboard system delivers a top-of-the-line interactive whiteboard experience.

Best-in-class resources
Like all SMART Board interactive whiteboards, the 685ix comes with award-winning SMART Notebook software, which sets the standard for creating, teaching and managing interactive lessons within a single application. You'll also have access to a comprehensive set of content and resources to help you create and deliver dynamic lessons that encourage student participation and interaction.

AVTEQ's RPS1000s Supports up to one 65" display.
All steel construction, (12" deep inside) comes standard with 8u 19" rack mount bracket, 6 port power module, superior audio module, and integrated adjustable camera shelf.
Features

• Standard 8U 19" rackmount bracket
• One interior shelf
• Optimized audio module
• 5" dual wheel casters, 2 with brake
• Integrated adjustable height v/c camera platform
• Tempered, tinted locking glass door

The Revolabs Classroom Wireless Amplification System allows the instructor to speak in a normal voice and the students will be able to hear every word. Avoid vocal fatigue and reach the last row.

Preserve your voice, maintain attention achieve retention.Studies show that an amplified voice maintains attention and aids in the retention of the subject matter. With the speakers distributed into the room, all students can hear the teacher equally well, no matter where they are seated in the classroom.

The Classroom System comes with everything needed for a complete audio enhanced classroom environment, including two powered speakers (available in black or white) with wall (or ceiling) mounts, a Charger Base, a Transmitter/Receiver, Wearable Wireless Microphone and all of the cables needed to install the system.It is as easy as one, two, three.

Your decision to enhance your classrooms is assured with Revolabs risk-free Buy & Try program. Your satisfaction is guaranteed!Purchase a system to evaluate and have 30 days to approve and keep or return.If it does suit your application, return it with no charges.

Fax your Eval Purchase Order to 512-334-1133 or email it to txmas@vicav.com for $799.00 and we will ship this simple and effective system right away to you!

Activity Toolkit for SMART Notebook software, and its question sets for the Senteo interactive response system were downloaded more than 1,500,000 times in 2008.

The download numbers confirm the value of SMART��s readily accessible, curriculum-correlated digital resources for teachers, which are available at no charge.

Request the download link here.