Thursday, July 30, 2009

Panel Screen

Genee Classcreen
A panel screen is ICT (information and communication technology) presentation device optional to the digital interactive whiteboard with fantastic interactive capabilities to heighten learning and presentations from a lectern, podium or tabletop. Panel screen transforms your computer screen into an interactive screen allowing you to annotate over lessons, presentations and navigate your computer with a wireless pen. Panel screen is connected to your desktop / notebook computer and a projector through which one can remotely operate PC applications from a lectern, podium or tabletop by using special cordless pen known as stylus. The stylus also acts as a mouse. The functionality of panel screen is similar to that of a graphic tablet and interactive whiteboard. A panel screen comprises of two parts, flat surface for drawing graphics and a special pen known as ‘stylus’ to draw images on that flat surface. Whatever a user draws on a panel screen appear on its surface as well as on the attached computer screen. The panel image can be projected through a multimedia projector to various sizes onto a projector screen, making it excellent for large auditoriums and school halls.
Using the supplied software, Teacher can write, draw and annotate on its surface and navigates the computer functions from panel screen with stylus. Whatever teacher writes on its surface can be saved in the computer as an electronic file in various formats. These electronic files can be shared and used later for repeated sessions or mail to absent student as an attachment. The software has a built in library of images on different subjects which teacher can use into their lessons. Panel screen have lots of tools for presentation like spotlight, snapshot, reveal etc. Spotlight shapes helps to focus attention on specific part. Reveal feature allows you to hide information and reveal in any direction.