InterWrite™ School Suite to be Showcased in American Federation of Teachers’ 21st Century Classroom Exhibit

Award-Winning Interactive Technology Products part of Futuristic Classroom

COLUMBIA, MD – July 6, 2005 - GTCO CalComp, Inc. announced today that its award-winning suite of interactive educational products will be part of the American Federation of Teacher’s (AFT) 21st Century Classroom Exhibit, showcased during the  QuEST 2005 (Quality Educational Standards in Teaching) conference. The biennial conference will be held July 7-10 at the Hilton Washington in Washington, D.C., and is expected to draw more than 2,000 teachers from across the country. Included in the display will be the InterWrite SchoolBoard, a durable electronic whiteboard; the InterWrite SchoolPad, a Bluetooth® wireless pad that allows teachers to teach from anywhere in the classroom; and InterWrite PRS, a classroom response system.

“We are very pleased that AFT has invited GTCO CalComp to be part of their exciting 21st Century Classroom. This will be a great opportunity for teachers from around the country to see how our InterWrite SchoolBoard, SchoolPad and PRS products all help engage students and improve learning in the classroom – a key point that all classrooms in the future must encompass,” said Rob Meissner, Vice President of Marketing at GTCO CalComp.

About the InterWrite School Suite

The InterWrite School Suite is a collection of interactive learning products, including the SchoolBoard, an interactive whiteboard; the SchoolPad, a wireless pad that gives the teacher mobility while teaching with electronic whiteboard capabilities; and InterWrite PRS, a classroom response system. 

The InterWrite SchoolBoard is a durable, easy-to-use electronic whiteboard that comes with InterWrite annotative software for Windows® or Macintosh (Mac), and is designed to inspire students by turning classroom lessons into interactive experiences. The SchoolBoard, featuring electromagnetic technology, comes with a Bluetooth wireless option and is available in 60-inch and 77.5-inch diagonal sizes. 

The InterWrite SchoolPad allows teachers to control their computer with a connected projector from up to 300 feet away. The wireless pads, which come with InterWrite annotative software for Windows or Mac, can be used with the InterWrite SchoolBoard, or teachers can project the computer image to any surface to create an interactive whiteboard. In addition, up to seven Pads can be connected to the same computer for even greater class participation.

InterWrite PRS is the most widely adopted classroom response system in the higher education market, with more than 400,000 users at more than 600 campuses around the world. InterWrite PRS improves the ability of teachers, from elementary schools to universities, to accurately and instantly assess student comprehension of the lesson, and easily grade and record student results. Developed using Java, InterWrite PRS is a stand-alone application, built with a standards-based approach, that provides cross-platform compatibility for both the Windows and Mac OS X operating environments. 

For more information on the InterWrite School Suite family of products, please browse our Web site.
 

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.