January 2010 - Visualise This

Archbishop Sumner C of E School In London, was full of praise for visualiser technology.

"The Elmo is an incredibly useful piece of equipment within the classroom and has been used on a daily basis for a number of different acclivities."

A visualiser is a digital presentation and teaching tool that connects directly to a large screen such as an interactive whiteboard (IWB). when an item is placed onto the visualiser viewing plate it is enlarged onto the IWB for everyone to see. It allows all types of content to be shown, from a pupils work or a 3D artefact. to the venous different steps of a science experiment.

Users can then zoom in and out on intricate details. move the head of the visualiser to give different views and angles, take photo still shots and annotate over the Image (for those of you who need a low tech definition, think of it as a small video camera on a long.