INTERACTIVE

HARDWARE
AND SOFTWARE
SOLUTIONS
FOR INSPIRED
EDUCATION

INTRODUCTION
i3-Technologies................................................................................................................... 4
A new world of learning.................................................................................................... 6
i3-Technologies learning environment......................................................................... 8

i3-TECHNOLOGIES LEARNING SOLUTIONS

Hardware............................................................................................................................ 14
Software..............................................................................................................................30
Content and resources...................................................................................................38
Development and community...................................................................................... 42
Training................................................................................................................................44
Services and support......................................................................................................46
Network...............................................................................................................................46

i3-TECHNOLOGIES
i3-Technologies is a global company. Every day we gain new impressions about the
accelerators behind the shift that is happening in learning and meeting environments.
This shift influences the way we at i3-Technologies think about furniture and technology.
And ultimately it drives change and innovation in our designs and the way we envision our
interactive, integrated and inspiring solutions for both meeting and learning environments:

This book is a brief summary of our vision and offer for the education market. It is meant to
be a source of inspiration, for you to reform your learning environments.
In our hyper-connected world, it is only logical that learning are connected to the world
outside. As a consequence, traditional learning environments need to be transformed into
a social hub for interaction and connectivity, in which both cyberspace, computing devices
and traditional and digital tools blend perfectly to enable the optimal interaction experience.
When crafting tools and products, or delivering know-how to the customer, i3-Technologies
integrates 3 principles as the fundament to enable the optimal learning environment:
interactivity, integration and inspiration. Above this, we cherish 3 design principles to ensure
maximal satisfaction of the customer and minimal impact for the environment: User-based
Design, Universal Design for Learning and Cradle-to-Cradle.
i3-Technologies aims to stay in touch with our customers expectations and objectives by
offering fully integrated technology solutions for any learning environment. We strive for
a clear communication between people and a smooth synergy with the i3-Technologies
products.
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A NEW
WORLD OF
LEARNING

REFORMING EDUCATION IS RIGHTLY SEEN AS

They will live longer and have more freedom than ever to choose their

ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES OF OUR

experiences, social networks, and values. The rollercoaster of scientific

TIMES. IN MY VIEW, REFORM IS NOT ENOUGH:

irreversibly toward a very extraordinary future. Our planet is wiring up into

THE REAL CHALLENGE IS TO TRANSFORM

Todays lifelong learners face a very different world than their parents did.

and technological (sci-tech) change runs faster every year, spinning us

one vast, instantaneous, transparent and increasingly intelligent global
network, which creates amazing new opportunities for business and

EDUCATION FROM A 19TH CENTURY INDUS-

society.

TRIAL MODEL INTO A 21ST CENTURY PROCESS.

Yet there are great challenges ahead as well. The world is now so

Sir Ken Robinson

interconnected that big problems in any given place are becoming

everyones problem. This constant change will require todays learners to

ticket to all levels of the job market. In addition, the same studies indicate

change their future faster, learn new technology and networking skills

that most European workers see the gap between the expectations of and

more frequently, and consider the environment they live in from an

requirements for ICT skills of their future employers and their own actual

entirely different perspective. They will also be challenged to keep learning

skills increase year by year.

every day and thus should experience these educational duties as a right
to learn. The Internet and technological growth have induced a paradigm

The gap between demand & supply for ICT literate employees imposes

shift, changing the way business is conducted. The specialized training and

costs on business in the form of lost productivity, hiring and recruiting

education requirements for current and future employees and the lack of

costs and limits on growth. This calls for a different approach than the

access to diverse employee pools contribute to the problems companies

actions taken so far, such as changing the place of ICT education in our

experience in employing a strong and diverse employee base. According

curriculums, and boosting social inclusion through innovation and training.

to recent studies, ICT skills are becoming an increasingly important entry

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i3-TECHNOLOGIES
LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
An environment where all participants can teach
and learn without constraints and achieve better
outcomes. i3 ( iii ) trickles down to every level of
our offering: from the total solution down to each
feature of the individual products.

iNTERACTIVE
iNTEGRATED
iNSPIRING

iNTERACTIVITY
iNTEGRATION
iNSPIRATION

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INTERACTIVITY

INTEGRATION

Social dynamics, collaboration and feedback drive new ideas and help us

Properties that merge rooms, furniture, technology and facilitators into a

progress,decide and learn. By Interactivity we mean features that stimulate

seamless, inspiring environment that makes it easy to access and exchange

the accessibility and exchange of information and knowledge. Face to face

information, collaborate and use technology to foster 21st century learning

or distant, live or virtual, synchronously or asynchronously.

skills.

INSPIRATION
Ergonomic, aesthetic and functional features that provoke a sense of excitement and well being which breaks
down barriers standing in the way of an optimal gathering and exchange of knowledge and information.
Interactive and integrated environments and tools, experienced trainers and the right resources inspire learning
and collaboration.
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i3-TECHNOLOGIES
LEARNING
SOLUTIONS
Digitizing workflows, an always on society, ubiquity of internet access
and productivity software, These are some of the many factors that
influence our daily occupations as learners, teachers, and workers. They
bring new requirements to the environments we are active in, and to
us as individuals and groups. We often lack, however, the right easy to
use tools, equipment and interfaces to work most effectively in these
new, blended analog and digital environments.
Our mission is to provide every learning environment in the world
with affordable, easy acces to inspiring ways of working by means of
integrated solutions that foster interaction.

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These solutions may consist of hard- and software technology products integrated with
classic visual communication products and accessories that aid the environments users
in presenting and collaborating effectively. Hence the brand name i3-Technologies (iii):
interactive, integrated, inspiring

i3PROJECTOR

i3BOARD

i3TOUCH

i3 iMO LEARN

i3HAWM

i3FLOORSTAND

i3SYNC

i3LIGHTHOUSE

i3MOMENTUM

i3LEARNHUB

OKTOPUS FOR i3

i3LENS
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HARDWARE
SOLUTIONS

In our vision, interactivity is important in different ways. Most obvious are the
interactive IT products in our product line: all products allow interactivity in global,
single user or small group collaboration setups, both inside the working or learning
environment and at home.
Although we are fully convinced of the need for and the benefits of these technologies,
we believe that a number of classic, less dynamic interactive means can support, or
if cleverly used, even enhance the effect of technological interactivity. Whiteboards,
blackboards, magnetic boards, flip charts and pin boards all provide instant access,
are approachable in different creative ways.

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SOFTWARE
SOLUTIONS

At i3-Technologies, we see software as the glue that brings hardware, content,

information and people together. From our point of view, information and content
work better when they can be visualised, shared, discussed and interacted with.
Ease of use, low total cost of ownership and anytime, anywhere, any device access
are fundamental to the software solutions we develop - eliminating barriers that
stand in the way of a smooth learning process.
In short, our aim in developing i3-Technologies learning solutions is to allow you
to focus on the task at hand, not on how to manage your new piece of hard- or
software, where you stored that important file or how to share your screen with
your students...

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CONTENT
AND
RESOURCES

Content is king. A recent survey by European Schoolnet demonstrated that a lack of

localized resources, pedagogical support and pedagogical models stand in the way
of a proficient use of interactive classroom technology.
i3-Technologies addresses this issue by a structured approach based on four
pillars: in-house development of curriculum specific learning objects and tools,
collaboration with national educational publishers, federated search integration
with existing content portals and free access to an i3 specific moderated content
portal containing lesson plans, learning objects, interactive teaching tools and best
practices.

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i3-TECHNOLOGIES CREATED RESOURCES

Every i3-Technologies whiteboarding software comes with a library filled with a collection
of general and curriculum specific localized content resources. Rather than focus on and
The power of digital and interactive learning

quantity and fill the library with content you will never use, our local teams of educators took

resources is astonishing. Take your students on a

great care of selecting only the appropriate materials. Select i3 software offers advanced

trip to the Sahara desert, let them relive the moon

filtering and labeling options, so finding the specific content you need is a quick and easy

landing, simulate chemical or physical experiments

process. No more looking for a needle in a hay stack!

and much more. Digital assets make it easier

for teachers to motivate their students, too. The

i3-TECHNOLOGIES LEARNING COMMUNITY

challenge is often to find those resources that will

Teachers are often the authors of great localized content, and dont need to be convinced

work well in your given situation. At i3 we adopted

of the benefits of sharing. i3-Technologies fosters content sharing for its platforms through

EUNs LRE for Schools evaluation criteria for Travel

content repository that is available for all to use. Upon free registration, you immediately

Well resources:

gain access to the community. If you dont posess a software license, just register for
i3LEARNHUB, the free web based whiteboarding software that allows you to view, edit and
topics

create lesson plans without functional limits.

Trans-national

Language

Platform

No

Intuitive

Interactivity

a digital environment

educators keeps adding quality content and tools every day. When you need to find less

Clear

common content, the SearchOnline function launches a search in several renowned content

independence

independent

need for methodological support

and easy to use
with or without feedback in

license status

FEDERATED SEARCH
Why reinvent the wheel? Instead of bloating our software with large static library collections
of images, audio, video and interactive tools, we choose to develop a limited amount of
quality resources that are localized for your specific needs. Our team of specialized

providers repositories, straight from your familiar library environment.

More information:
http://lreforschools.eun.org/web/guest/travel-well

PARTNERS
We are committed to giving our customers and content partners a platform that makes it
easy to distribute and use quality paid content resources. From a sinlge sign on option to full
content and tools integration, we engage with national publishers on your behalf.

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DEVELOPMENT
AND
COMMUNITY

Our experiences with interactive learning tools have taught us that, next to official
curriculum standard content, real teachers often create very relevant and engaging
educational resources. Others gain more from not having to reinvent the wheel and
still teach with top level relevant resources without sacrificing personal time.

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We regulary bring educators

together in co-creation
sessions under guidance of our
certified trainers. After participating
in such a seminar, teachers tend to
form a powerful community that shares
best practices, raises the bar for all, and lets our
best curriculum developers shine. After all, creating
resources is a great way to refine your skills. As you perfect
your
course materials, you also enhance your teaching.
i3-Technologies employs certified trainers to provide targeted
professional development.
In the end, everyone wins, especially students. And thats what its all about.

i3-TECHNOLOGIES EXPERTISE ON THE WEB

Studies have shown that people naturally gravitate to great ideas, passion and innovation.
Our 40 years of expertise in education and well trained and motivated collaborators will help
you define what kind of interactive learning environment will suit your needs. From planning
to implementation, training, development and raising awareness and buy-in in your organisation,
we can help. The content, resources, knowledge base and peer review opportunities offered by the i3Technologies learning community form an important part of any successful implementation.

ONLINE TIPS AND TRICKS

Sometimes, waiting for a training, a reply from a peer or an expert or an opportunity to partcipipate in a community
seminar just isnt quick enough. For many self starters, it may also be more than is really needed. Our self-serve section of
teaching tips, ideas, product tricks, features and inspiration is accessible 24/7, free of charge and uses only the most popular
video sharing formats.

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TRAINING

We develop our i3-Technologies learning solutions for and in conjunction with

educators and pay great attention to intuitivity and easy of use. As technology
enhanced education is relatively new to teachers in many countries, easy of use
alone is often not enough to ensure technology realises its full potential in education
and shows a satisfactory return on investment.
That is why we developed an extensive training program for our range of hardware,
software and content solutions. Our certified trainers guide you step by step. Learn
how to use our technology and the available content to explore digital pedagogy and
didactics. Discover how to create your own curriculum specific resources. Explore
additional technologies. Finally, complete the cycle and champion your peers on
their own path to transforming education.
Our belief in collaborative learning is reflected by the format of our training
workshops and the availabilty of custom, on-demand sessions addressing specific
queries.
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SERVICE
AND
SUPPORT

Studies have shown that insufficient availabilty of Interactive Whiteboards and other
classroom technology and issues with the reliability of the ICT equipment in a school
are considered the main inhibiting factors to their use by teachers and headmasters
alike. Among the other inhibiting factors, the highest ranking ones are a lack of interest
from teachers and most of all the lack of insight and understanding of the benefits
classroom technology can bring to teachers and students. i3-Technologies and its
authorised distributors and resellers have developed several services and support
measures which will help you overcome these issues.

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TECHNICAL SUPPORT
We consistently choose simplicity for our products. Using only the essential, tried and true components highly reduces
chances of failure. Our rigorous quality procedure ensures the products you buy are built to last. When Murphys law
strikes after all, our support team and resellers will minimize down time and put your user experience first.

PRODUCT WARRANTY
Most of our products are made in Europe and covered by a two year limited warranty. Some components are even
guaranteed 25 years! Our extensive reseller network means professional expertise is always nearby to provide quick
assistance when needed.

PRODUCT SUPPORT
i3 product support is provided in several ways. From the self serve section on our web site to the shared knowledge
base of our user community and ultimately our resellers support hotlines, you will never need to look far. Subscride to
our newsletter and social media feeds to actively follow the news concerning our product line.

GLOBAL RESELLER NETWORK

i3-Technologies extensive european and growing global channel of resellers ensures i3-Technologies products and quality
customer service, advice and sales support are available from knowledgeable professionals near you. Ask your advisor
for more information on the hardware and software products in our portfolio, or any of the services and accessories that
make sure your investment pays off.

CONSULTANCY
Planning for a large successful technology implementation requires time and focus and can be a daunting task. Our
specialized education and business consultants provide expertise and help you succeed. Experienced consultants can
help identify pitfalls and synergies between i3-Technologies solutions and other classroom technologies, and help develop
your implementation master plan. As the implementation progresses, they ensure that you have the right training and
professional development programs and the tools to undesrtand how to effectively incorporate the new solutions in their
teaching methods.

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NETWORK

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i3-Technologies products are being sold via

a network of authorized i3 distributors and
resellers.
Please visit www.i3-learning.com/contact to
find out where they are located.

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