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Visual Learners Aided by AV and IT
Westfield High School Adopts New Approach to Venue Acoustics
QSC's AcousticDesign Series Adds Two Ceiling Speakers
Polycom Launches HDX Education Solutions
Westinghouse Introduces New LCD Displays
Hitachi Software Announces StarBoard Summer School Contest
Adobe CS3 Production Studio Premium Giveaway from Reel-Exchange

Top Story
Visual Learners Aided by AV and IT By Linda Seid Frembes
The use of teaching tools to help visual learners (students who learn by using visual aids) are plentiful thanks to the proliferation of AV technology in the classroom. While students of yore could rely on charts and graphs or pictures in a book, today's visual learner can experience live, dynamic models that can better demonstrate relational data. "When you can show the relationship between data, students can start to ask 'what if' questions," says Mona Westhaver, president and co-founder of Inspiration Software in Beaverton, Ore. more>>

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In Depth
Westfield High School Adopts New Approach to Venue Acoustics
On the surface, Westfield High School, located 20 miles north of Houston, seems to be a fairly ordinary public high school, with successful sports teams and National Merit Scholars. But below the surface, Westfield High is far from typical—in fact, it is at the leading edge of technology, housing one of the earliest installations of Meyer Sound's Constellation electroacoustic architecture—the first installed in a public school. more>>

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QSC's AcousticDesign Series Adds Two Ceiling Speakers
Built to bring both premium sound and value to background music and paging systems, the new AD-C42T and AD-C81Tw from QSC deliver wide-bandwidth, high-fidelity performance marked with low distortion and sonic clarity. These latest additions to the AcousticDesign Series of ceiling loudspeakers have been optimized for musical applications requiring wide and even coverage. more>>

Polycom Launches HDX Education Solutions
Polycom announced the availability of HDX Large Classroom and HDX Small Classroom, the first integrated classroom solutions for HD videoconferencing for the education environment, corporate training environments, medical facilities, and government agencies. more>>

Westinghouse Introduces New LCD Displays
Westinghouse Digital Electronics introduces a suite of high-end LCD HDTVs that includes displays in the following sizes: 26in., 32in., 42in., 47in., and 52in. All LCD HDTVs include an RS-232C connection that provides the controllability necessary for complex installations and multiple-panel configurations, making them ideal for use in a videowall. The RS-232C communication features read-in command control codes and send acknowledgement and allows for longer distance communication. All commercial LCD HDTVs include a base of commercial software that is part of the management of the TV that can be customized by the project or application. more>>

From The Briefing Room
Hitachi Software Announces StarBoard Summer School Contest
Hitachi Software Engineering America announced the StarBoard Summer School Sweepstakes, a program designed to encourage lesson sharing among K-12 educators via the Hitachi Software online Educators Resource Center. A strong supporter of open educator resources, Hitachi Software will offer prizes to the 10 most interactive and educational lesson plans, as determined by a third-party panel of judges.

The Summer School Content Contest will begin on July 25, 2007 and will close on Sept. 30, 2007. Open to any United States K-12 teacher 21 years or older, there is no purchase necessary to win. Teachers simply visit the Educators Resource Center at www.hitachi-soft.com and upload their lesson plan designed to optimize the use of an interactive whiteboard and/or LCD projector. more>>


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