Alliance Will Benefit Educators and Students
Atlanta, GA — Jan. 28, 2005
Promethean, manufacturer of the ACTIV board Collaborative Classroom System, and Inspiration Software® Inc. today announce an exclusive offer for educators in the United States. Beginning immediately, every Promethean interactive whiteboard sold in the United States will be accompanied by a certificate for one complimentary copy of the award-winning Inspiration or Kidspiration. Please note: This offer is no longer vald.
Last week, Inspiration Software launched Inspiration® 7.6 and Kidspiration® 2.1, updated versions of the leading visual learning software products. Designed to enhance support for interactive whiteboard technology, teachers and students can now use Inspiration and Kidspiration to draw symbols and write text to create graphic organizers directly on the ACTIV board. Teachers can also move program toolbars to the bottom of the whiteboard so that smaller students can reach and view the tools.
Inspiration and Kidspiration will serve as an outstanding addition to the all-encompassing ACTIV board Collaborative Classroom solution as they will allow teachers to seamlessly use the premier visual learning tools across all curricula to help students develop, organize and build critical thinking skills on interactive whiteboards.
"Promethean and Inspiration Software share a similar philosophy -- to constantly strive to provide the best tools for teachers and to positively influence student outcomes," said Sandee Casey, Promethean US director of sales and marketing. "By joining together to bring both world-class products to market in a superior and distinctive way, we are confident that the shared benefit for teachers and students will be immediate and significant."
"At Inspiration Software, we are committed to ensuring that students and teachers can use graphic organizers to support teaching and learning across the wide spectrum of technology used in today's schools," said Mona Westhaver, president and co-founder, Inspiration Software. "We are proud to share that commitment with Promethean and to have worked together to develop updates for Inspiration and Kidspiration that are optimized for Promethean ACTIV boards."
About Inspiration Software, Inc.
Recognized as the leader in visual thinking and learning, Inspiration Software, Inc., develops and publishes innovative software tools that inspire learners of all ages to brainstorm, organize, plan and create. With more than 15 million users worldwide, the company's award-winning software is revolutionizing visual learning in education — inspiring students to develop strong thinking and organizational skills and improve their academic performance. Founded by Donald Helfgott and Mona Westhaver, the company's mission is to support improvements in education and make a positive difference in student's lives by providing software tools that help students learn to think.
About the Promethean Collaborative Classroom System
Designed exclusively for the education market, the Promethean Collaborative Classroom System is the next generation of group learning environments for whole group teaching, interactive learning, and real-time assessment. The system includes: the ACTIV board, an interactive whiteboard for Macintosh and Windows; and ACTIVstudio2 software, which offers teachers an extensive library of images, background and annotation resources to present powerful, engaging curriculum to the entire class. Additional system components include the ACTIVslateXR, an accessory which promotes real-time interaction by allowing teachers and students to direct and control the whiteboard from anywhere in the room, and ACTIVote student response system, a radio frequency student hand-held peripheral that provides teachers with instant student feedback during instruction. In addition, the Promethean Collaborative Classroom System includes the ACTIVtablet, giving teachers the flexibility to develop their lesson plans and flip charts when away from the board, or at home. Promethean also has a special application for the ACTIV board called ACTIVprimary, an exclusive, award-winning design for teaching young learners.
About Promethean, Inc.
Part of the Promethean Technologies Group Ltd., Promethean, Inc., is a systems integration company, which specializes in the use of information technology to support learning and knowledge transfer. It specializes in supplying interactive whiteboard systems to K-12 and Higher Education, and sells through a channel of re-sellers. The company's headquarters are based in Blackburn, UK; and there are overseas offices in the USA (Atlanta, Ga.), France and Germany. For the rest of the world, Promethean International works together with a chain of over forty partners, providing ACTIV solutions to every continent in the world. For more information, please visit www.prometheanworld.com
