InterWrite™ SchoolPad Named “Best Attention Getter” by Scholastic Instructor® Magazine

Award-winning Wireless Teaching Device Continues to Garner Praise from Teachers

Columbia, Md. – October 31, 2006 - GTCO CalComp, Inc., a leader in interactive technology products for the classroom, announces today that its InterWrite™ SchoolPad was named the “Best Attention Getter” technology product by Scholastic Instructor®, the most widely read professional magazine for teachers of grades K-8. The InterWrite SchoolPad was recognized for its innovative use of wireless technology and interactive tools to improve and enhance the delivery of lessons, particularly for classrooms with special needs learners. The SchoolPad is recognized in the October 2006 issue of Instructor in the “Teachers’ Picks - Tech tools perfect for special needs learners (and you, too!)” story.

The InterWrite SchoolPad is a Bluetooth® wireless device that allows teachers to create an interactive whiteboard on any surface in their classroom. They can interact with their computer, with a connected projector, from up to 300 feet away. Using electromagnetic pen-input technology and InterWrite Software, teachers can use the SchoolPad to digitally annotate over a prepared lesson, website, or any software program to create interactive and engaging lessons. The lessons, with annotated notes, can be saved, printed and emailed to students.

The SchoolPad can be used with the InterWrite SchoolBoard or teachers 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. GTCO CalComp pioneered the wireless pad technology and holds the U.S. patent for the collaborative input system technology in the SchoolPad.

“We are extremely pleased and honored that, in addition to the many accolades we receive from our teachers, our InterWrite SchoolPad has been recognized by a leading education publication such as Instructor. We take pride in developing the most innovative classroom technology products and this recognition validates our passionate efforts and strengthens our commitment in developing future products for teachers and students,“ stated Sean McKeever, Product Manager for InterWrite. “We have been contacted by teachers of special needs students around the world who have shared their amazing stories of how our products have changed the way their students learn.”

Learn more about InterWrite's Interactive Classroom, which includes the InterWrite SchoolBoard, an interactive whiteboard, the InterWrite SchoolPad, a Bluetooth® wireless pad, InterWrite PRS, a classroom response system, and the InterWrite iPanel, an interactive LCD display, by visiting www.gtcocalcomp.com.


About GTCO CalComp
With over 30 years experience, 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 InterWrite™ Interactive Whiteboard and GTCO CalComp 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 website at www.gtcocalcomp.com.