Interwrite SchoolPad and InterWrite PRS Selected Media & Methods Magazine 2005 Awards Portfolio Winners

One of Few Companies to Win More than One Award in K-12 Instructional Technology Product Competition

May 23, 2005–GTCO CalComp Inc., a leader in interactive technologies for the classroom, announced today that two products from its InterWrite™ product line have been selected for inclusion in Media & Methods Magazine’s Awards Portfolio for 2005. The Award Portfolio recognizes leading products that promote instructional technology and service in the K-12 school system.

In announcing this year’s awards, Michele Sokoloff, publisher of Media & Methods magazine commented, “The quality and sophistication of this year's Award winners are impressive. They will definitely capture the attention of educators and students across the nation. These products represent the highest level of excellence in the field of education”. 

“We are excited that Media & Methods Magazine and the educators who judged our interactive products in this competition have recognized the value our InterWrite SchoolPad and InterWrite PRS bring to educators,” says Rob Meissner, Vice President of Marketing. “As part of our InterWrite School Suite, these products enable educators to create truly interactive and dynamic learning experiences.”

The InterWrite SchoolPad, a Bluetooth® wireless device, allows teachers to interact with their computer and lessons, with a connected projector, from up to 300 feet away. The SchoolPad 400 is the latest generation of GTCO CalComp’s pioneering wireless pad technology and comes with InterWrite annotative software. The SchoolPad can be used with the InterWrite SchoolBoard or users can project the computer image/lesson to any surface to create an interactive whiteboard. In addition, up to seven SchoolPads can be connected to the same computer for even greater class participation.

InterWrite PRS is an easy-to-use classroom response system where every student participates in answering interactive questions with remote control devices. Results are instantly charted and displayed for real-time student feedback and lesson refinement–allowing teachers to make the most of their class time. Teachers can also instantly grade their lessons and import them into their grade books, or export to leading grade book systems such as BlackBoard™, WebCT® or WebAssign™. 

The InterWrite SchoolPad and InterWrite PRS are part of a family of interactive educational products that transform classrooms into dynamic, interactive learning environments. The InterWrite Interactive Classroom will be showcased at the GTCO CalComp booth #3383 during the InfoComm Show in Las Vegas, Nevada from June 8-10, 2005 and at booth #440 during the National Educational Computing Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from June 27-30, 2005.

Please browse our Web site for more information on the InterWrite Interactive Classroom, which includes the SchoolBoard–an interactive whiteboard, the SchoolPad–a Bluetooth® wireless pad, InterWrite PRS–a classroom response system, and the iPanel–an interactive LCD display.


About GTCO CalComp
Celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2005, GTCO CalComp is a leader in computer input peripherals, with over one million systems installed worldwide. Founded in 1975, GTCO CalComp pioneered the use of pen-based electromagnetic sensing technology currently utilized in the Company's Interactive Whiteboard and Digitizer product lines. In 2004, GTCO CalComp expanded its line of interactive products with introduction of InterWrite PRS, a classroom response system. GTCO CalComp Inc, a global company, is headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, with offices in Scottsdale, Arizona; and Munich, Germany. GTCO CalComp maintains distribution partners in over 90 countries, providing solutions to professionals in Education, Training, Presentation, GIS, Computer Aided Design, Construction Estimating and Graphic Arts. For more information on the brands and products offered, visit the GTCO CalComp Web site at www.gtcocalcomp.com.