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    Good morning!

   I'm joining the SAGE sales team specifically to support higher education. I've been in this field for over 20 years, and have previously represented both Panasonic and JP Lilley as Sales Manager. I've spent considerable amounts of time on advising committees in schools and universities. Most recently, these have included PEPPM, Dauphin County Vo-Tech, and PSU-Capital Area Institute of Mathematics and Science. In short, I am prepared to help you!

    Today's technology can blur the line between home and work, sometimes for the better. In this month's eNewsletter, you can see the efforts of two companies — Qwizdom and Crestron — to reuse the devices we use in our free time. With the Qwizdom Q6, students can put text-message habits towards their education. Similarly, Crestron's free applications can use 2010's hot new thing, the Apple iPad, for media control at your office, school or hospital. To learn about similar solutions, or to find new ways to simplify the technology in your life, please call me at 717.653.6641.

    Lin Speck, CTS
    Systems Specialist

In this issue:

Make a splash with new Qwizdom Q6
Crestron on iPad? (Yes.)
Avaya IP Office Release 6.0
exacqVision 4.0

   The Q6 student remote is Qwizdom's greatest leap towards full classroom collaboration. Like the Q5, it supports text input, replicating a major form of communication for the PlayStation generation. (SAGE is currently howling for T9 support to mimic mobile text-messaging even more closely, and Qwizdom is looking into it).

   While the Q6 unit maintains the affordability of the Q4, it's got a bigger screen and additional premade curriculum slides. What does this mean for your classroom? It means that whether you present questions on paper, on-screen or out loud, your students can enter responses with even more familiarity than you have, allowing easier lesson management and greater anonymity. If students need help, they can let you know without risking embarrassment or falling behind. And when they succeed, you'll record their triumphs instantly. Just don't try to use it underwater.

• 2-way RF technology based on 802.15.4 IEEE standard
• Large LCD display with right/wrong feedback capability
• Text questions display on screen
• Up to 100 meter range and 1,000 remotes per host
• Dimensions: 6 x 13.2 x 2.5 (cm) (WxHxD)
• Software integration with PowerPoint® (Actionpoint), Keynote® (Mactionpoint), and Qwizdom Connect authoring software
• Works with hundreds of thousands of premade curriculum resource slides
• Question options include: Multiple Mark, Numeric, Sequencing, Rating Scale, Yes/No, Numeric (including fractions, decimals, and mixed expressions), Multiple Choice, True/False, Text Input, and Text Edit.
• 2 AA batteries—last a full year in typical usage
  

Download the Qwizdom Q6 product sheet

Read the preview page (which includes a video)

Download the product sheet for Qwizdom's new document camera

Read more about Qwizdom

Read more about SAGE Classroom Technology

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   The Apple® iPad will function as a 2-way Crestron® touchpanel. The day it arrives, you can take advantage of the Crestron Mobile Pro™ app to turn the iPad into a entirely customized user interface. Use existing Crestron software tools to create GUI designs and seamlessly integrate with any Crestron control system, including Prodigy®. Access Crestron's vast library of Crestron graphics or import your own custom designs. Control sound, sight, temperature and voice, all from your iPad.

   The iPad connects to the Crestron controller via WiFi or 3G network. Crestron is committed to offering great solutions for integrating Apple products into any office or professional environment. Create touchpanel interfaces with XPanel for Mac® to take full Crestron control from any iMac® or MacBook®. Convert your iPod® into a Crestron controlled media server using the Crestron Interface for Apple iPod (CEN-IDOCV), Crestron iServer™ (CEN-ISERVER) or the Prodigy® Interface for Apple iPod (P-IDOCV). Regain complete control of your system, whatever and wherever it is.

Read more about Crestron integration with Apple products

Read more about the Apple iPad

Read more about SAGE Integrated A/V

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   The newest iteration of Avaya IP Office unifies communications from desk and mobile phones, email, text messaging, and much more, providing a single, essential work platform. Avaya's updated product quickly and accurately routes calls through the system and over broadband links. Crowded offices can allow additional staff to work from home. Distant partners can eliminate conference calling fees with built-in 128-party conferencing (up to 64 parties per conference). With these two technologies, your company can turn mobile and home phone into office extensions, letting workers collaborate with customers and staff by the dozen.

Read more about Avaya IP Office

Read other about SAGE VoIP/Telephony solutions

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   From the exacq blog:

   Version 4.0 of exacqVision Video Management Software has just been released. This latest release, compatible with all exacqVision Hybrid and IP video surveillance systems, incorporates new features and enhancements, and continues our quest for rapid, incremental updates.

   Version 4.0 is available for download here. Key features in the 4.0 Release: .

• New Mapping feature
• Enterprise Server option
• Active Directory/LDAP support
• Enhanced Webserver 2.0 browser-based thin client
• S2 Netbox support

Read more about exacqVision Video Management Software version 4.0

Read other about SAGE CCTV & Security solutions

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