Monday, January 16, 2012
SCOTTSDALE, AZ (January 16, 2012) – Global education software and technologycompany, eInstruction Corporation, today unveiled its new eInstruction® Touchboardinteractive whiteboard. eInstruction® Touchboard, which has a pen‐and‐fingercontrolled surface, provides students with a hands‐on, collaborative learning experiencein the classroom. The new interactive whiteboard also supports multi‐touch gestures,enabling users to manipulate images with a simple touch, enhancing interactivity withlesson content.
eInstruction® Touchboard works in tandem with eInstruction’s award‐winningWorkspace™ software, which allows teachers to draw, insert images, highlight, interactwith and annotate over educational content. Workspace’s open architecture alsoenables users to incorporate and work with material in multiple formats from anysource, including ExamView® content and question banks, web‐based content and thirdpartycurriculum, eliminating worries about any importing or compatibility issues.eInstruction® Touchboard’s surface is also a dry‐erase surface, designed to withstandthe rigors of a typical classroom, and the board’s technology provides high accuracy inwriting and annotation.
“We know that educators seek software versatility and physical durability in aninteractive whiteboard, both of which are key features of the new eInstructionTouchboard,” said Rich Fennessy, CEO of eInstruction. “With eInstruction TouchBoard,we’re providing schools with a quality, affordable option for incorporating interactivetechnology into education.”
eInstruction® Touchboard works seamlessly with eInstruction’s Mobi™ family of mobileinteractive whiteboards, which foster a student‐centered learning experience. It istouch‐enabled with Windows, Mac OS and Linux, and multi‐touch enabled withWindows 7. eInstruction will also begin offering Adjustit™ Pro Stand in early 2012, anadjustable and mobile stand for interactive whiteboards that is compatible with a widerange of short throw and ultra short throw projectors.
eInstruction® Touchboard is available through eInstruction Authorized Resellers andSales Representatives in the U.S. and worldwide, starting at $1,126 USD for a 78” board.
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eInstruction is a leading education technology company dedicated to providing interactive teaching and learning technology and services that help educators drive academic progress every day, and give administrators the ability to monitor, aggregate, and analyze student performance data. The company offers educators and administrators a family of software, student response systems, interactive whiteboards, wireless interactive tablets, and powerful enterprise-based administrator tools.
eInstruction's research-based solutions have been shown to increase student engagement and achievement while providing real-time feedback and performance data to educators and administrators. Millions of students, teachers, and professors use eInstruction technology in 500,000 K-12 classrooms and more than 1,000 higher education institutions around the world. Available in more than 40 languages, eInstruction technology is enhancing education in over 90 countries worldwide.
eInstruction has offices in Denton, TX; Columbia, MD; Scottsdale, AZ; Cincinnati, OH; and Paris, France.