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Title: Control Freak - John K. Waters, THE Journal Post by: Tanya on July 12, 2007, 01:36:48 AM Control Freak - John K. Waters, THE Journal
Got interactive whiteboards and control podia? Watch out: They're about to become obsolete. Here's the inside track on the new super-interactive electronic boards and New Age presentation podia --the ultimate in AV/IT control. The hottest technology trends in higher ed today can be boiled down to two roughly converse capabilities: the delivery of time- and space-shifted instruction to individual students (think podcasts), and the coordination of disparate-source content within the classroom, for enriched group experiences. The first is taking advantage of existing, mostly consumer-oriented platforms such as iPods, web browsers, and PDAs. But the second is driving innovation in two distinct product categories--electronic whiteboards and audio-visual (AV) control systems--whose feature sets are growing, and even beginning to overlap. Read More.. (http://campustechnology.com/articles/48242/) |