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WHITEBOARDING PRODUCTS USED FOR TRAINING AND LEARNING

Digital Wall Display, from 3M Corp. (3m.com), = is a=20 multiple-function whiteboard. It is large (like a classroom = blackboard) and is=20 mounted on a wall. It shows whatever is written on it, as well as=20 anything=97text, charts, still and moving pictures=97stored in a = computer and=20 loaded onto the whiteboard. With a remote mouse, presenters or = teachers can=20 edit and move the material around on the touch-screen board. All of = this,=20 including audio, can be transmitted instantaneously to any connected = board,=20 anywhere in the world, making it useful for virtual, long-distance = teaching or=20 training. The system is also used for sharing research among = colleagues.=20

Intelligent Whiteboard from Smart Technologies Inc.=20 (smarttech.com) is especially designed to support teaching. It = has a=20 =93write=94 feature in electronic ink, a =93touch=94 feature for = controlling=20 applications, and a =93save=94 feature to save work to computer files. = A model=20 named Camfire is equipped with digital cameras that photograph what is = written=20 on the board and transfer it to a Web site or e-mail it to students. = Also, the=20 system can link up to devices, such as a microscope, for presentation = of=20 hard-to-see information. It is much cheaper than 3M=92s Digital Wall = Display.=20