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One of the newest projects for the IT department has been the
purchasing and installation of overhead
LCD projectors. Perhaps one of the
best purchases for the improvement of
education, these new projectors will be
hard mounted permanently to the ceilings
of all classrooms. Connecting
cables will then be run over the drop
ceiling and down to teacher stations.
LCD's offer the most effective visual presentation and
can be utilized in every subject.
Our goal is to have 1 projector in every
High School and Middle School Classroom
by 2010. In addition, overhead
projectors will eventually be placed in
strategic locations at the Elementary
School.
STATUS AS OF
4/11/08:
RHS: Math rooms: 1
Projector is now in place and 3 other
rooms have overhead brackets mounted.
RHS Social Studies:
4 projectors have been received and 4
rooms have overheard brackets mounted.
RHS Special Education: New
projector has arrived.
IHGMS: 1 Projector has arrived
for the Special Education conference
room and hardware will be mounted by the
end of April vacation.
Elementary School: 1
Projectors has arrived and installation
of mounting bracket is scheduled to be
completed by the end of April vacation.
STATUS AS OF
05/07/08:
RHS
RHS: Math Rooms: All 4 projectors
in place, calibrated and tested.
Now in use by teachers.
RHS Social Studies: All 4 Projectors in
place, calibrated and tested. Now
in use by teachers.
RHS Rom 225 - Projector installed,
calibrated and tested with Smartboard.
Now in use by teachers.
IHGMS
IHGMS: Rooms 225, 203, 150 & 128 Now all
have overhead projectors installed and
tested.
IHGMS: Special Education Conference Room
- Overhead projector now installed and
tested. In use by staff.
4 New
Smartboards
have been mounted in Rooms 225, 203, 150
& 128 for use with overhead projectors.
The overheard projectors at IHGMS are
now serving multiple rolls as Smartboard
projectors as well as
being used for presentation purposes.
As we continue with new installations
the projectors will be
used for many other things including:
Mulitmedia presentations.
LRES
LRES Conference Room: Overhead projector
installed, calibrated and tested.
In use by staff.
New LRES Conference Room Projector
LCD MODEL:
DELL 2400MP
- Bright
3,000 ANSI Lumens (Max)1
- Excellent
high contrast ratio of 2100:1
(Full on/Full off)
- 5.5 lbs.
(2.5kg) and only 4" (101mm) high
-
Integrated zoom lenses and
automatic vertical keystone
correction
- DLPTM
LVDS technology from Texas
Instruments
- Native
XGA (1024 x 768), with autosync up
to UXGA (1600 x 1200)
- Eco-mode
option for quiet operation and
extended lamp life (up to 2500
hours)
- Full
connectivity — Supports PC,
S-video, composite video,
component video via VGA and RS-232
connectors
- Supports
full range of television and video
standards, including NTSC, NTSC
4.43, PAL, PAL-N, PAL M, SECAM and
HDTV (480i/P, 576i/P, 720P, 1080i)
- Up to
5-years limited warranty23
with Advanced Exchange4
Service5
(90 days on bulb)
- Includes
all relevant cables, a remote and
a drop-tested hard carrying case.
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Why
Install Overhead Projectors?
The
overhead LCD projector is one of the
best values in IT technology today.
LCD projectors can help teachers
integrate the latest technology into
their classroom, such as PowerPoint
presentations, display internet
pages and when paired with
smartboard
technologies can create
interactivity between student and
multimedia.
LCD
projectors can also help the
district reduce costs while
improving educational materials.
For example, the Social Studies
Dept. can download and display the
latest world maps for free!
Many of the maps we have in the
district are outdated, through the
use of LCD projectors we can now
have the latest and most up to date
maps!
As
technology continues to improve and
change the overhead LCD projector
can grow with those changes.
Teachers will soon be able to
project live television and/or
movies in large format making it
easier for students to watch and
learn from educational videos.
It is
the goal of the IT dept. to install
overhead LCD projectors in all
classrooms throughout the district.
As of June 2008 we have installed
over 15 projectors throughout the
district with more scheduled soon!
How do
they work? The
overhead projector is mounted on the
ceiling and a long video cable is
run to the teachers user station.
From the user station the teacher
can project anything on their own
computer on to the LCD for students
to see. The image currently
being projected measures around 80
inches in width/height, so it is
pretty big!
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