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SMART board SMARTY pants

Marketing — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:30:50 +0000

SMART board SMARTY pants

At Solutions House we do not just ship the SMART product range, we know so much about it we consider ourselves to be real SMARTY Pants. Whether your needs are educational or corporate we pride ourselves on the getting the cleverest use out of the SMART products for your budget. To find out what our SMARTY pants can do for you please follow [Education][Corporate]

A SMART board installation from Solutions House comes with the following advantages:

We have our own engineers

Solutions House engineers are CRB checked

We can do all of the electrical installation

Solutions House can deliver specialist installs, such as adjustable height board systems for smaller or less able SMART board users

We are very flexible in terms of installation hours and schedule, fully taking into account the school or working day

We can offer a wide range of product choice, and if you are not completely sure of SMART, we can compare, contrast and install a number of alternatives

Solutions House are a network infrastructure specialist, so full network and device integration comes as a standard part of our expertise

We deliver the SMART collaboration solutions, however as a Microsoft Gold Partner in Unified Communications, Solutions House can let you explore all you collaborative working options.

We are real SMARTY pants

To find out more about how SMART and Solutions House can benefit your organisation please ring 01928 515 600 or email contact@solutionshouse.ltd.uk

How to buy a SMART board

Marketing — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:58:39 +0000

We have prepared a checklist of the things to consider when choosing a SMART board product. There are a number of different SMART offerings, and it has just expanded again with the SBD600 series, so if you need a bit of guidance on what to consider please gather your answers to the questions below and get in touch:

Have you already thought about what size SMART board or board options you would like? Do you know which series you wish to go for; 600, 600i, 685ix or the new SBD600 series? We will also take into account the bundle deals currently offered by SMART to make sure you get the most you can for your budget.

What is the SMART board being used for, meetings, training, display or collaborative working and video conferencing…? What level of interactivity do you want to take place at the board?

In what sort of area is the board being used?

Does the SMART board need to be portable, or is it being permanently installed? It is possible to get both portable mounts and temporary/free standing mounts.
Is it a large space, or a compact space in need of a short throw projector?
Is it a dimly lit room or does it have plenty of windows and light? This will effect the kind of projector you need.
Do you have suspended ceilings or cable management in the walls and floor?
The 600i Series has an integrated projector so there is no need to have a separate projector in the ceiling? This can be ideal if you have unusually high ceiling or lots of girders etc? It’s also ideal for less physically able users or nurseries, as you can have a height adjustable board (50cm up/down) so it can be lowered down to accommodate.

The most common SMART board sizes are 47″, 64″ or 77″, however they do have an 85″ and 90″ which are 87″ and 94″ wide screen?

For the 600 series do you have a preferred Projector manufacturer? We recommend Epson for education users, as you get a special education lamp warranty included.

Do you require speakers?

Would you like us to quote installation, all our engineers are CRB checked and have lots of experience of installing all types of boards and AV solutions?

Would you like us to quote on electrics for any projectors that will be ceiling mounted?

Training – if you have never used a SMART board then Solutions House would recommend a training package for half a day introduction to the Smart Notebook Software so that you get the full benefit from the board?

Do you have a laptop/pc to control the board via USB?

Does the computer need to run any specialist software for your industry that will effect if specification; CAD, GIS…?
Would you like the USB connection to the board to be Bluetooth wireless?
SMART boards can come as a standalone solution where the PC is replaced by one of the SMART hub solutions. The PC functionality is integrated right into the board installation, and can run without intervention from IT.

For advice on SMART board products get in touch - call us on 01928 515 600 or email contact@solutionshouse.ltd.uk

SMART Guide – Choosing a SMART Hub/Meeting Pro/Bridgit collaboration solution?

Marketing — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:50:37 +0000

Multi user systems can result from: Users in different locations needing to collaborate, Different users needing to use one location or a combination of the two.

The SMART collaboration tools have been developed to tackle those scenarios, but this flexibility can lead it to be very difficult to understand what each one does. So here we are going to look at a few different scenarios, and hope fully you will find one that matches your requirements.

I want a standalone Interactive Whiteboard that lots of different people can use. I don’t always have control over these people, and I definantly don’t want them all logged on to my network. Moreover, I don’t want helpdesk called every time it is used.

This scenario is exactly what the SMART Hub series of products has been developed for. The Hub removes the need for a PC to run the SMART Board, and its software is developed to be intuitive so nearly all users can use the board immediately. This is so important in this scenario, because you cannot afford to be training all the potential users of the solution. Particularly as they can often be under a great deal of pressure in a meeting/presentation environment, and you do not want the technology to become the focus of that frustration. The Hubs are very successful in the following examples:

Meeting rooms where visitors will contribute, or there is limited network access
Rented or Managed office environments
Conference Facilities
Hotels
Training Centres
Public Access or Information
Events
Feel free to add your own scenarios for us to consider into the comments at the bottom of this article

The SMART Hub products grow from very simple SMART board management with the SE, through the PE which is a software upgrade to the SE that give greater network functionality, and finally to the VE which include multiple inputs for full peripheral and mobile PC integration.

I want groups to be able work on SMART board documents across multiple locations and sessions.

To find out more, please get in touch: call 01928 515 600 or email contact@solutionshouse.ltd.uk

SMART Bridgit – Link desktops and SMART boards via data, voice and video

Marketing — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:52:09 +0000

* It is important to note that you do not need a SMART board to use Bridgit. A meeting can include computers without a single SMART board involved. However, its integration with SMART boards means that you have an amazingly diverse set of options to collaborate and share information.

Complete conferencing solution

Whether you’re meeting and working with people across town or around the world, Bridgit is a complete conferencing solution.

SMART Meeting Pro – Sophisticated collaboration from a system that’s child’s play

Marketing — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:57:06 +0000

* Currently we can offer great pricing on bundles of the SMART Meeting Pro and the SMART audio and video conferencing solution, creating a leading multi location solution at a sensible cost.

Meetings run smoothly – from start to save

Whether you’re working with team members in the same room or across the globe, SMART Meeting

SMART Boards and the SMART Classroom

admin — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:19:37 +0000

Rather than going into loads of detail about the full product range, here we would like to outline something about our approach to getting you a really SMART classroom.

What is the best way to delivery SMARTs integrated tools without compromising your ability to use other technology?

Choosing the SMART board to fit your physical environment and budget is the easy part, its how you work with it to deliver the curriculum that needs more thought. How much time do you invest in developing materials that make the most of the technology? Do you build an assessment strategy built around SMART response? Do you bother setting up lessons that involve visual touch response, or input by hand through a tablet? Does all of this take me down a single road technology wise?

The smartest SMART classroom we can advise at the moment is combining the SMART board with the Fizzbook Spin. This total classroom solution gives you not only SMART technology at the front of the classroom, but as the Fizzbook Spin comes with SMART Notebook SE, SMART Sync and SMART Response as standard you have a classroom with all of these features:

All the lesson delivery features you would expect from a SMART board at the front of the classroom. However, with the latest generation board you have touch and pen input from two users at one time.
All students with access to a fully featured mini laptop, designed for and to survive being used by children.
A good reason to invest in making in-depth lesson and homework materials in the SMART notebook software, as the students can utilise them on their Fizzbook Spins during and after the lesson.
The ability to build assessment right into the lesson material, receiving feedback at a whole class level and tracking individual progress.
The ability to take the individual assessment and set personalised learning goal that students can undertake on their own Fizzbook Spins.
Full control over all of the computers in the room, including the ability to lock or monitor screens. Making the technology all about the lesson, not the laptop.
The ability to integrate technology across the curriculum in a way that leaves the teacher in control and makes it worth their while to invest their time and effort in adopting new technology.

To find out more about how SMART and Solutions House can benefit your organisation please ring 01928 515 600 or email contact@solutionshouse.ltd.uk

SMART board technology for corporate environments

Marketing — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:14:14 +0000

At Solutions House we can provide an end to end solution, from choosing the right product and selecting the best manufacturer deals for your budget, through to installation and training. We did not get to be SMARTY pants without training ourselves, and it can make a big difference to the impact a SMART board will make to your organisation.

The applications of SMART technology for corporate communications are wide and varied. Below are just some examples of how SMART solutions have been used:

An Architects practice sharing and working on plans in house and between practice offices
A retail chain working on planograms between head and regional offices
A software house, handling project handoff between project offices, whilst running a 24 hour software development program
Academy Schools supporting feeder Primary Schools with specialist lessons, and providing student video conference support to medical and social services
Training organisations providing individualised training session notes on USB key at the end of training sessions
Technology Channel marketing managers delivering combined seminar/webinar events

These kind of solutions are enabled by three key features of the SMART board technology:

The collaboration and note distribution features a physical SMART board
SMART meeting technology that enables content to be shared and manipulated on multiple SMART boards in different locations at the same time *GREAT DEALS currently available
SMART Bridge technology that enables your SMART Board to be a video conferencing bridge and webinar tool

SMART Sync – classroom management software

admin — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:08:43 +0000

SMART Sync now comes as standard on the Fizzbook Spin 1:1 computing initiative netbook…

Students are gazing intently at their screens

SMART Board – interactive display frame

Marketing — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:31:20 +0000

SMART board 600i – Interactive whiteboard system

Marketing — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:10:29 +0000

Lively lnteraction

With the SMART Board 600i interactive whiteboard system, you can take your students to

Multi users AV solutions

admin — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:09:39 +0000

You would be truly amazed where our engineers can get a light to shine from! They have mounted AV equipment in difficult, unconventional and architecturally sensitive areas. They are also used to working in fixed timescales in and around your operations, whether its fast turn around, out of hours, or the solution can only be installed between this date and that date scenarios. We have in-house engineers and they are all CRB checked and always attend site in uniform so you can easily identify our teams.

As a full network infrastructure solutions house, we can provide complex networked AV solutions, from wireless projectors to SMART video conferencing solutions. We are also able to undertake highly customised installations with members of our engineering team having a background in “pimp my ride” style custom automotive AV installations. With Solutions House there no need for multiple subcontractors, as we can install your AV, Network, Wireless and Electrics all in one project. A full report containing implementation and testing documentation is submitted at the end of each installation.

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