Hardware Winners By Angela Pascopella February 2008

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SENTEO, Interactive Response System, 24 remotes, 1 receiver for $1,599 32 remotes, 1 receiver for $1,999

The Senteo Interactive Response System allows students to respond on easy-to-use remote handheld devices. Teachers can deliver quizzes, survey students, and test knowledge before, during or after a lesson. The system is compatible with PowerPoint and can import questions from Word and export answers to Excel. Its radio frequency technology does not require a line of sight to deliver questions or send answers, and the remote has a range of up to 98 feet. www.smarttech.com

SCHOOL ALERT, Security System, $300-$500

The School Alert security system consists of fixed panic/emergency buttons for common areas and classrooms and wireless emergency buttons carried by school administrators. When activated, the buttons trigger Sonitrol's verified audio sensors and/or video cameras. Sonitrol monitoring personnel can hear or see events occurring in real time and provide law enforcement with details on how best to respond. www.sonitrol.com/safeschools

VPL-ES4, Projector, $1,030

The VPL-ES4 3LCD projector was designed for use in classrooms and conference rooms. A short, focal-length lens allows largescreen projection from a very short distance, and low fan noise lets audiences concentrate on the speaker during lectures or presentations. The ES4 delivers SVGA resolution of 800 x 600 and displays images in about four seconds after being turned on. www.sony.com

TI-Nspire, Graphing Calculators, $135

Students can use the TI-Nspire graphing calculators to explore different representations of a math problem on a single screen. One comes with an interchangeable keyboard that provides the same keystroke functionality as the company's other graphing calculators. With the Computer Algebra System handheld, students can evaluate and express numeric problems and variables symbolically. The handhelds also link representations of a problem to see how changes to one affect others and they offer grab-and-move graphed functions to observe relationships and patterns. www.ti-nspire.com

TDP-EX20U,Projector, $1,599

The TDP-EX20U projector features DLP Brilliant Colors technology, 2,300 ANSI lumens, integrated wireless functionality for sequential presentations, management and multimedia capability. This portable projector has manual focus and extreme short projection capabilities that can produce a 60-inch image from just three feet, reducing eye glare and shadows. It features XGA 1024 x 768 native resolution, a sharp contrast ratio of 2,000:1, and PC-free USB thumb-drive presentation. www.toshiba.com

TurningPoint, Audience Response System, $695/24 IR keypads; $1,931/24-seat RF

The TurningPoint audience response system allows teachers to use interactive PowerPoint presentations for added student participation. With these IR wireless keypads, teachers can conduct digital testing, surveys, opinion polls games that allow every student the class to select a response. Teachers can evaluate the collective understanding of the entire class, track individual student learning at point of instruction, or display competitive standings of teams through dynamic scoreboards. www.turningtechnologies.com

EtherneTV, Media Distribution System 4.0, $12,500

VBrick's turnkey platform records, streams and manages digital video across Internet Protocol (IP) networks. It includes access logging, which allows administrators to manage compliance reporting and copyright enforcement automatically by tracking user access and recording of live and stored video assets. Expanded wizard/help functions simplify navigation of content and special features, and VBPresenter enables users to incorporate PowerPoint and other rich media into video presentations. www.vbrick.com

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