>>Jena Fahlbush: Hi.
Welcome to another episode of PATINS TV.
Today I bring you a special 80th Episode from the Tech Expo.
Today we have Jennifer Marien here from CCS Presentation Systems, a CIM Integration Company.
She is here to tell us about the TAPit, as well as some other technology she has here
today.
Jennifer thanks for being here.
>>Jennifer Marien: Thank you.
This is the TAPit and the TAPit is a 42 inch screen that acts just like any normal computer
that you would find.
You can see this is my desktop, but what is unique about the TAPit is that if we touch
or lean on it you can still select a pen and you can annotate and write.
So it gives the flexibility of resting and leaning.
It also is adjustable over here on the side.
So if I want to have adjustability controls so I can adjust up, down.
I can tilt it different angles.
It does adjust zero to 90 degrees and it does go all the way to the floor.
It has a special powered coating so that the texture, as well as the color are appealing
to those with special needs, as well as to any classroom out there.
It also has locking casters, as well as a mobile stand.
The base is designed so that if you were to weight-bear that it evenly bears the weight
so that you could again, if you wanted to jump on top of it you could.
You can play any games you would like on the TAPit.
It also has adjustability control settings so if I exit out of this and go into my TAPit
I have a symbol calibration.
So it is quick and easy.
I can just tap this little button here, here, here and I can accept the changes to simply
calibrate the TAPit.
Then, I also have a TAPit control panel.
So in my control panel this gives me the flexibility of having a right click button or not having
a right click button.
I can also adjust the space of that an icon would be selected or deselected, as well as
how fast you would use the double click speed.
So this is the TAPit and on the back side of the TAPit we have if I turn it around here
you can see the controls, as well as the laptop shelf so you can tie any laptop, MAC or PC
to the shelf.
Again, it is an all-in-one unit for your classroom.
So this is the 55 inch Clear Touch Interactive Screen.
Currently we have it on a base that is mobile, as well as height adjustable.
You can move this from classroom to classroom, tilt it in or out.
We also have a base that is a table platform so it would convert entirely into a table.
With the Clear Touch you get the EasyNote software and the EasyNote software you can
use it just like any interactive whiteboarding software.
So I can write with a pen.
I have other applications where I can change my backgrounds.
I can also use different settings or interactive features, such as the graphing, calculator,
ruler and there is little mini tools that you can pull from in the TAPit, as well, whether
you wanted the calendar or spotlight and so on.
In addition to this software that the TAPit offers it also comes with the Snowflake MultiTeach
software and what is unique about this software is that you can use it in quadrants.
So if I wanted to select an activity, so we will just say I am going to use piano as one
activity, but I could then use this little snowflake application here in the corner and
I can select zones.
So I can choose from eight different zones and within those zones I could setup whether
it is in a table environment so four users or just two users; and then over here on this
side I could also select a different activity.
So maybe on this side I want to play the drums.
Then I would have multiple users.
So here I can play the drums or I can play the piano so each student would have their
own activity to participate in using the Snowflake software.
What else is unique is if this wasn’t a table platform I could go to four zones and
so then each other zone would be applicable here.
I also have the ability to flip this so that would then face the student on this side of
the panel.
This is a Smart Table Interactive Collaboration Station.
Here I have a jumpdrive that I can select and put into any one of the ports around the
table to launch teacher mode.
Within teacher mode I can select the number of users.
I can select the volume controls that I have with the table up or down.
I can also select activities.
You can see that I have a variety of activities already loaded to the table, but I also have
activities loaded on my USB drive that I have just added to the table, as well as activities
on a smart exchange.
There is about 135 pages of activities that you can use.
You can also search via categories, grade level, country, as well as file type.
Then open up any of those activities just by double tapping on the activity itself.
So if I wanted to open up an application or an activity I would just do a quick little
search and I would then double tap on the activity.
It would then launch here at the top and I would pull out my jumpdrive and wala, my activities
are present.
This then creates an interactive learning station where I then could open up an activity
and then…(device speaking)…as you can see it gives directions, currently grade out,
but what will happen is once the directions are completed I could then move this around
and then drop it into the correct spot.
Once it is dropped into the correct spot it does not allow for mobility.
So once the students have gone around and defined all the correct locations, see we
have an extra one on this table here, it will then say it is correct and move on to the
next activity.
If the students wanted to exit out it is setup for the number of users I would just click
the X button in the corners and then it would bring me back to the main menu and I could
do another activity.
>>Jena Fahlbush: Thanks Jennifer for being here today and showcasing your items.
I really appreciate your time.
How can we contact you if we want to learn more about what you have shown us today?
>>Jennifer Marien: You can reach me via our 800 number at 1-800-742-5036 or via email
at jmarien@ccsprojects.com.
>>Jena Fahlbush: Okay.
Fantastic.
Thanks again and thanks for watching.
We hope you tune in next time to another episode of PATINS TV.
Bye, bye.