Announcing the new Smart 685ix Interactive Whiteboard for Education

Introduced in the early 1990’s, Smart interactive whiteboards for education have now (along with other leading manufacturers such as Promethean) found there way into almost all schools in England.  With touch sensitive screens and interactive pen technology, a new dimension to teaching was born and, indeed, few classrooms in England seem to be without an interactive whiteboard now. The technology has continued to advance, of course, and the latest generation of interactive whiteboard for education has now been announced by Smart; the Smart 685ix.  The new Smart 685ix is an all-in-one interactive whiteboard will integrate an ultra short throw projector to almost eliminate shadow and projector glare in the users eye line when compared with ceiling or older wall mounted projectors.

The UX60 projector is positioned directly above the centre of the board and, Smart claim, will project ultra-crisp and bright images from only 12 inches away.  The result should mean vibrant, well defined images that students will find easy to see even with bright natural light.

The design also provides an extra 20% more space than a standard board with an aspect ratio of 16:10, native WXGA (1280 x 800) and an 87inch (221cm) widescreen.  This will give more opportunity to be inventive with teaching and also provide a platform for making video or images have much more impact.

The UX60 projector can also be connected to your network and, with its own IP address, be controlled remotely by your network administrator. Being virtually maintenance free sounds great too, with a filter-free design enabled by the use of DLP technology.  Not having to clean, maintain or replace filters will be a blessing for any ICT Co-ordinator not to mention a saved cost too.

Smart say that the 685ix will have an extended control panel to offer teachers more flexibility while ensuring that students can interact with lessons.  Teachers will be able to add multimedia devices, such as document cameras, DVD players and digital cameras, all of which can be controlled from the panel.  The extended control panel will allow access from two computers at the same time too enabling the user to switch between them as required.

The Smart 685ix will, of course, have all the usual features that teachers have become used to, such as being able to write with the digital pens, erase with your palm and move objects with your finger; all without having to use the buttons or screen menus.

So, with a three year warranty on the UX60 projector (estimated lamp life of 3000 to 4000 hours) and a five year warranty on the Smart 685ix interactive whiteboard, this new Smart 685ix is sure to find many schools keen to invest.

So, if your current whiteboards are now starting to show their age and your school is looking to upgrade to the latest generation of interactive whiteboard, the Smart 685ix could be just what you’re looking for.  Smart say that the release date of this new interactive whiteboard is due for mid-December but orders can be taken ahead of that time.

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