Event Highlight: Education Technology Exhibition - July 2024
In the heart of the latest educational technology showcase, a myriad of innovative products took centre stage, promising to revolutionise the learning experience. Here's a roundup of some standout offerings that caught our attention.
First up, the Epson ELPCS01 Mobile Projector Cart, a game-changer when paired with the PowerLite 810E or 815E projectors. This dynamic duo transforms any wall into a collaborative meeting room, projecting a 100- to 160-inch image inches away from the wall.
Moving on, Cooler Master's MasterHub Stream Kit offers a modular setup that caters to customisable control, macros, scenes, and on-the-fly audio adjustment. Although specific details about this exact kit in the event context are not found, Cooler Master products are renowned for their elegant design and effective cooling through ARGB fans, promising improved system stability and visual appeal for streaming setups.
Next, the Tribit StormBox 2, a portable outdoor speaker that delivers 360° audio with 34W peak power and boasts a impressive 24-hour playback time.
Discovery Education is offering a free, year-long trial for Mystery Writing, a differentiated writing curriculum for elementary educators. While direct details about this specific product in the event context are not found, typical Discovery Education products suggest an interactive, multimedia-supported curriculum tool designed to engage students in creative writing and mystery storytelling, enhancing critical thinking and literacy through interactive challenges and digital resources.
Samsung's AI Class Assistant adds artificial intelligence capabilities to its WAD series interactive displays, including automatic transcriptions and generative summaries.
The new offering from Eaton, the Tripp Lite series cloud-connected UPS, includes cloud-based monitoring for up to 10 years, enabling customers to manage, control, and monitor either a single UPS or an entire fleet. This solution offers reliable power backup with remote monitoring via cloud services, helping ensure uninterrupted power supply for educational technology infrastructure and enabling IT admins to track power status, battery health, and receive alerts remotely, thus minimising downtime.
Philips Genius is a GDPR compliant platform for creating and delivering professional lesson plans, compatible with any interactive display.
The Epson ELPCS01 Mobile Projector Cart works with the projector to display a 100- to 160-inch image just inches away from the wall.
Optoma Creative Touch 5-Series Interactive Displays allow real-time collaboration with the Google Suite without external PC compatibility issues.
Hal Leonard & Muse Group have developed MuseClass, an assignment, grading, and music content platform for instrumental teaching (grade 6-12) in the U.S. This platform allows music educators and band directors to share, collect, and grade assignments, and provides AI-powered practice tools for immediate feedback on timing and pitch.
Lastly, the Sonnet Solo2.5G PCIe Card is a low-profile 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet adapter card for Windows and Linux computers, supporting 2.5GbE connectivity. The Just Add Power MaxColor MC-TXWP1 PoE thin two-gang HDMI wall plate transmitter distributes 4K UHD video from connected sources with no downscaling or subsampling over a 1Gb managed network. This transmitter also includes control of endpoints with CEC and the ability to view a live MJPEG stream up to 30fps as well as a snapshot image in any web browser or control system.
The Yamaha VXC2P Dante/PoE ceiling speaker offers signal processing and CTL-BN1 for mute control of ADECIA microphones and external controllers. It also includes a setup wizard for easy connection and setup for up to four rooms.
In summary, the showcased products emphasise enhanced performance and reliability, convenient integration and remote management, and engaging educational content. These new edtech products aim to improve the educational experience, connectivity, and infrastructure support, with a focus on technology that enhances learning and collaboration.
- The Epson ELPCS01 Mobile Projector Cart, partnering with the PowerLite 810E or 815E projectors, allows a teacher to transform a wall into an interactive learning space, displaying a 100- to 160-inch image just inches away.
- The Cooler Master MasterHub Stream Kit offers customisable control and on-the-fly audio adjustment, enhancing the learning environment with sophisticated streaming setups.
- The Discovery Education Mystery Writing curriculum, available for a free, year-long trial, engages elementary students in creative writing by providing interactive, multimedia resources that enhance critical thinking and literacy.
- Samsung's AI Class Assistant, integrated with its WAD series interactive displays, provides automatic transcriptions and generative summaries, improving student learning by offering smarter tools.
- The Eaton Tripp Lite cloud-connected UPS offers reliable power backup with remote monitoring via cloud services, ensuring uninterrupted power supply for school's technological infrastructure.
- Hal Leonard & Muse Group's MuseClass platform, designed for instrumental teaching (grade 6-12), allows music educators to share and grade assignments, as well as offering AI-powered practice tools for immediate feedback on timing and pitch.
