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<DIV>You should checkout the Smartmarker. We have just started using it with our visually impaired students.</DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://www.myequil.com/smartmarker/">http://www.myequil.com/smartmarker/</A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><STRONG><FONT color=#800000 size=2>Liza Eldred</FONT></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=1><EM>Assistive Technology Specialist<BR></EM>Assistive Computer Technology Service</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1 face=Arial>Services to Students with Disabilities</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Arial>MacEwan University<BR></FONT></STRONG><FONT size=1 face=Arial>7-198D-2, 10700 - 104 Avenue<BR>Edmonton, AB (780) 497-5826</FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">The following links to the product web page for the Mimio Teach Interactive Whiteboard device:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><A href="http://www.mimio.com/en-NA/Products/MimioTeach-Interactive-Whiteboard.aspx">http://www.mimio.com/en-NA/Products/MimioTeach-Interactive-Whiteboard.aspx</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">The annual call for budget requests is in and I’m considering asking for funds to test this system as a (cheaper than a traditional whiteboard) way students with low vision might be able to better discern what the instructor is writing on the board. The idea being that the device transmits what the instructor writes\draws on the board to the student’s laptop. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">Has anyone tested this already or know of anyone who’s used similar technology for this purpose? Thanks!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt"><A href="mailto:joseph.m.nast@lonestar.edu"><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; COLOR: windowtext">Joseph M. Nast</SPAN></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt">Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt">office phone: 281.290.3207<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt">office room number: CASA 109j<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><U><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt"><A href="http://cyfair.lonestar.edu/">Lone Star College Cy Fair</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></P>
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