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Product News
Total interactive learning
Viking Direct launch
at TVU
2010 schools catalogue
competition
Saville Audio Visual has helped Thames Valley University to create a totally
interactive learning environment.
The Learning Innovation Room is equipped with a total of five SMART Boards,
each running SMART Notebook software, plus five LCD data projectors around
the edges of the room. Students work in small groups, each allocated to a laptop
and SMART Board combination. A matrix switcher allows lecturers to select
You know your pupils are bursting with creativity and fresh ideas,
which image is displayed on which board. David Guthrie, Head of AV Services,
and so does Viking Direct. The UK’s leading supplier of classroom
said: “The totally interactive experience gets the students out of their seats and
and office equipment wants to showcase
involved!” Saville is now installing a second facility within the Brentford campus.
the artistic talents of the next
generation,
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rewarding them
(and your school)
New information kiosks for schools
with some
amazing prizes.
Viking’s own
designers are
working hard on
the 2010 Schools
catalogue, but
with over 8,000
bestselling products
to fit in, they’re
exhausted! So, they’ve
decided to hand over the
front cover to people who
use the products everyday,
and need budding artists to come
up with a winning design. The lucky
winner will have their idea made into reality – and it’ll be seen by
The Childcare Act 2006, states that provide access to information for
be seen by thousands of teachers and bursars across the country!
local authorities are required to parents and carers about their child’s
There are three age categories allowing children to pit their
provide information to parents and progress and development. Using PIP,
creative wits against their peers nationwide – with fabulous prizes
carers about childcare and other parents can easily find the information
for each of the three winners and their schools. And of course, the
related subjects and, in response to or contact they are looking for using
overall winner will have his or her design used on the cover of the
this Kiosks4business has launched the interactive touchscreen. We
catalogue!
Parent Information Point (PIP) for understand that some parents who
John O’Keeffe, marketing director for Viking Direct, said:
schools. PIP is a kiosk-based need the information most may not be
“Excellence in art and design is something we’re eager to
information system to make family as computer literate as others, so we
encourage, which is why we offer such a great range of classroom
information and services easily have been very careful to ensure the
essentials. As we expand our range of educational supplies we
available to parents and carers. It system is as democratic as possible,
want to do everything we can to support schools and this exciting
offers a touch screen ‘virtual avoiding any baffling computer
competition is the first of many such initiatives.”
receptionist’ helping parents to language or messages. Users can
To enter, simply register your school’s interest at www.viking-
answer simple enquiries unaided and access the information in four ways; on
direct.co.uk/sub/ designourcover and a free competition pack will
allowing team members to focus on screen, by email to account at home,
be delivered to you in September. The closing date for registrations
more complex problems. via a print job or by a free phone call to
is the 18th of September 2009, so fill in the online form today and
Mike Powell, divisional director of a service provider.”
make sure your school doesn’t miss out!
Kiosks4business (providers of PIP),
comments: “Schools notoriously face
uwww.kiosks4business.com
uwww.viking-direct.co.uk
the difficult challenge of how to u0118 976 9077
September 2009
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