Equipment

Equipment =**1. Interactive Whiteboards** = The benefits of a Interactive Whiteboards in a classroom are huge for children. The following are a just few examples of how Interactive Whiteboards serve as valuable tools for instruction:


 * Prepared Materials:** Good teaching requires a lot of planning and Smart Boards make the planning extremely easy to organize. Teachers can prepare the materials for an entire unit on their computer and then easily put each day on the Smart Board. Materials are organized, typed, visually pleasing, and help students fully understand the material as it is presented.


 * Endless Space: **Unlike a chalkboard or whiteboard, teachers will never run out of space with a Smart Board. Instead, the teacher only has to pull up another slide and continue writing. Also, teachers can save material from each day, so that the next day he or she can pull up yesterday’s slides to review or to easily catch up a student who was absent. No information will be lost.


 * Engaging Media: ** Children need to be engaged in classrooms and Smart Boards make it easier to keep them interested. Photos, sound, and video are easily integrated into lessons with the Smart Board, ensuring that students learn all that they can.

I recognize that Interactive Whiteboards are costly. However, it is also important to take into account how Interactive Whiteboards maximize the use of classrooms with limited computer access. Students in classrooms with only one or two computers have the ability to interact individually or collaboratively with the computer via the whiteboard. The use of this "setup" can be viewed as a cost-cutter when it allows one computer to serve multiple students.

For more information on the benefits of interactive whiteboards in education please follow this LINK.

===**2. IPad __OR__ IPod Touch Learning Lab ** ===

**IPad**

Apple iPad Learning Labs
iPad and iPod touch are powerful education tools that put anytime, anywhere learning directly into students’ hands. With iOS devices like these, students have access to the Internet, as well as productivity tools and core curriculum content in a mobile, media-rich style that lets them learn as they live—on the go. And with Apple mobile learning solutions—the Apple iPad Learning Lab, Apple iPod Learning Lab, and Bretford PowerSync Case for iPod—educators can manage multiple devices in the classroom with ease.

IPads in Schools
IPod

Apple iPod Learning Labs
An Apple iPod Learning Lab provides a simple and cost-effective way to manage multiple iPod devices in the classroom. Each lab includes 20 iPod touch devices and a sturdy and secure mobile cart. The cart can store and charge up to 40 iPod devices, sync up to 20 iPod devices at a time to the same computer, and store up to four MacBook computers as well as iPod accessories. For even more iPod portability, the Bretford PowerSync Case organizes, charges, and syncs up to 20 iPod devices and keeps them securely stored in a durable hardshell case. Purchase a predesigned Apple iPod Learning Lab or let us help you build your own iPod mobile lab.

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