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How many ways can you use a ceiling mounted projector and screen in a school hall?

One of the biggest impacts that I’ve seen technology make on a school this year is the installation of a simple but powerful projector and electric screen in the school hall.

The hardware depends on the size of the hall but the application is similar for Secondary and Primary schools. We usually do a demonstration on completing the install and I love to see the faces of the staff as its potential begins to dawn. The gasps and smiles alone as the electric screen descends almost make it worthwhile. (I even had a round of applause from a hall full of children seeing it for the first time – we hadn’t even switched the projector on!)The sound system has got to be good and blowing the roof off is often the aim.

The installation must result in easy use for the staff and (dare I suggest) pupils and so complicated mixer desks and permanent connections are out.So imagine a multi media cabinet with high quality components that can be wheeled in and out of the hall. Put in a mixture of hardware

CD and/or tape player for assemblies, discos, dance

A DVD for showing cinema style to more than one class

PC or laptop for powerpoints to governors, parents or classes

Visualiser for quickly displaying hymns or ‘Top work’ to the whole school

School plays might need a microphone and backdrop

A Wii for use in Breakfast Clubs and after school clubs

etc

As the teachers begin to discuss and see the impact that this presentation system can have on learning we soon see it used every minute of the day. Now we need a solution for the booking sheet!What do you use yours for?please leave your comments here

What we recommend from a supplier:

High lumen projector, Automatic Screen, Lockable AV cupboard, AV equipment, High quality audio system,Projector security, Education aware installation, training session for staffSolutions from under £2000 at www.smartmoveit.co.uk or www.lamphouse.co.uk

ViewSonic Europe has announced the launch of five new projectors in its already extensive projector range, directly targeting the education and training sectors

(Source: hexus)

The interactive PJD7383i and the PJD7583wi negate the need for costly interactive white boards as teachers are able to write directly onto the projected image with the included interactive pen without the need for alignment or calibrationAn additional teacher-friendly feature is evident in the 7 Series’ “short throw” projection, allowing 80-inch images to be projected from less than one metre away. This will put an end to teachers being blinded by the Projector Lamp.

Buying projector lamps from Lamphouse and Smartmove raises money for leading children’s charity!!

We at Lamphouse and Smartmove have decided to give a little back to show our appreciation for choosing us as your supplier.
We intend to do this by donating two percent of the money we gain from the sales of our projector lamps from 1st September to 31st October.
There are many charities that are worthy of our donations so choosing which charity to give to proved to be difficult.

Ofcom report highlights ‘multi-tasking media users’

(Source: BBC)

The average Briton spends almost half of their waking life using media and communications, data suggests. The statistics from regulator Ofcom suggest people in the UK spend seven hours a day watching TV, surfing the net and using their mobile phones.

Will the loss of Becta give schools a fresh chance to make technology click?

Will the loss of Becta give schools a fresh chance to make technology click?

Becta, the education technology quango is on its way out. Is this an opportunity to be more creative about how we use computers at schools?

The parents’ evening at our local secondary was going well until we came to the art department. I pointed out that our 12-year-old greatly enjoys making videos — cutting together films taken with a Flip video camera, choosing songs for the soundtrack, and synchronising them with frame-quality accuracy. Could she, I asked, do a film-making course? The school had some computers apparently dedicated to film-making. And it is art. Sort of.

New Micro Projector to compliment smartphones and laptops on the go

If you travel around with a smartphone and/or laptop and watch a lot of movies or give presentations, then the emerging pico projector technology should be fascinating to follow. Though the technology has appeared in phones and cameras, it hasn’t really been given much attention. We really are hoping that this product is going to change that (MPro120 pico projector),

Samsung Halo i8520 with Micro Projector

This phone’s features are simply amazing have a micro projector included with your phone which plays HD videos.
Samsung Halo Specification
3.7″ WVGA Super AMOLED screen
8 megapixel autofocus camera with flash
front-facing VGA camera
720p / 30fps video recording and playback
DivX and Xvid playback support
Bluetooth 2.1
802.11b/g and n WiFi
3.5mm headphone jack
aGPS
16GB of internal storage plus microSD expansion
stereo speakers
DLNA support for seamlessly sharing photos and videos across other DLAN-equipped gadgets
integrated DLP pico projector plus specialized projector UI
HSDPA
Quad-band GSM and EDGE

Why these features matter

2007 – 2008 was all about software. Apple redefined the mobile phone market with the focus firmly on software and the user experience that could be had when using a mobile phone. iPhone apps extended the benefits of focusing on software by enabling a mobile phone to be extended in limitless ways.
2009 was about the rest of the mobile phone world catching up with Apple and also focusing on software. The result has been a raft of new smartphones, operating systems and user interfaces (not to mention different app stores), all of which aim to recreate the iPhone experience (not all of them having success in doing this).
But there’s only so much you can do to make one smartphone different from another. The latest iPhones and Android phones for example, now have very similar applications.
So why is this phone so amazing and also so different from its other competitors?
This is because Samsung have thrown all of its technology into this phone and improved it where possible making it easy to use.

Imaging

Take imaging, for example. The Samsung Halo doesn’t just have a 3.2 megapixel camera, like the iPhone – it’s got a 8 megapixel camera, and as Samsung’s Pixon range feature some of the best quality camera phone technology on the market. Video is excellent. This phone feature’s 720p HD video playback. With the Hero, not only do you get 720p playback and recording, you can watch it on the new SuperAMOLED screen that Samsung’s developed, which is unbelievably clear and bright, with contrast levels that are Amazing to say its from a mobile phone.

The Pico Projector (the coolest thing on this phone)

Probably the best feature to accompany the HD video is the Pico projector. At the touch of a button, your phone’s UI, photos, videos – anything you like – can be beamed onto a wall or any flat surface. This phone will impress everyone including the iphone users especially with the micro projector that doesn’t need replacement lamps. The one this this phone is missing is 3D features when are they coming to phone’s?

How to recycle your projector lamp

Recycling is becoming increasingly important, not only for the environment but for animals and people. The Projector Lamp found in projectors should be recycled, not thrown away. Besides being breakable, they contain mercury which is harmful to the environment, causing a safety risk. There are several ways to recycle your Projector Lamps, whether you are a business with lots of bulbs or a homeowner with only one projector bulb. Below are four simple steps to recycling your projector lamps

• · Step 1

Remove each lamp as instructed in the projector’s user manual. Always wait for the bulb to cool down before removing.

• Step 2

Once the old Projector Lamp has been removed place inside the new replacement lamp box check the new lamp works okay and securely fit it inside the box. Bubble wrap if possible.

• Step 3

If your employer recycles projector Lamps (certain businesses recycle their bulbs and will gladly take bulbs from employees to recycle as well).  Then please just hand over your old projector lamp to them however if they don’t please continue to step 4.

• Step 4

Go online to http://www.lamphouse.co.uk/enviromental to find the address you need to post your old projector lamp back to.

Please check back in a few weeks to see our new video on how to Pro-Long your Projector lamp and a small video on recycling.

Lamphouse New website admired by schools

Lamphouse New website admired by schools

Lamphouse has been admired by schools for its new website and its features. Lamphouse is a company which sells Projector Lamps and Projector Bulbs but they have now started doing articles and Videos for schools on how to replace a Projector Lamp and how to pro-long your projector.
Lamphouse have also been writing articles and reviews for new educational technology for schools. This is so they can have an unbiased review to see if the product is worth buying for the school. Their best article to date is there eSafety. This article has been aimed at schools and parents and shows that the company cares about their customers, below is a snippet of the article.
“Banning a child from certain sites may only motivate them to spend more time on them, whereas educating your child on how to keep safe will give them the tools they need to navigate their online world without being hurt. Please make sure they know and understand the reason for not posting personal information on websites. Also that people they are talking to may not actually be who they are. If the parents know the dangers themselves, this sets an example to the child to understand them as well.”
Please do check out their website http://www.lamphouse.co.uk and have a look at their blog section for these articles you may find these useful.