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Interactive whiteboards (IWBs) have been heralded by many as a valuable teaching tool offering innumerable opportunities for increasing student engagement and learning. Although research clearly shows IWBs have the potential to transform the way in which teachers teach, this potential is not realized simply by their installation into a classroom setting.
An interactive Whiteboard, also known as an electronic whiteboard, is a classroom tool that allows images from a computer screen to be displayed onto a classroom board using a digital projector. The teacher or a student can “interact” with the images directly on the screen using a tool or even a finger.
With the computer connected to the internet or a local network, teachers can access information around the world. They can do a quick search and find a lesson they used previously. Suddenly, a wealth of resources is at the teacher’s fingertips.
For teachers and students, the interactive white board is a powerful benefit to the classroom. It opens up the students to collaboration and closer interaction to the lessons. Multimedia content can be shared and used in lectures, keeping students engaged.
More and more teachers are using interactive whiteboards technology in the classroom. 
For schools struggling to connect students to classroom lessons, or keep students engaged, interactive whiteboards is an ideal solution. An interactive whiteboard in the classroom provides students with the technology they know and understand. It enhances collaboration and invites interaction with the lesson. Afterwards, students can see how the technology they use connects to the lessons they learn in school.

There’s no one-size-fits-all answer for ideal classroom display solutions. Fortunately, schools have options. Most classrooms benefit (hugely) from at least one interactive touch screen display. Many find that more than one display is ideal for flexible classrooms that maximize active learning.
Interactive touchscreen displays – what some call smart flat-screen TVs – deliver loads of benefits. Here are the top advantages of using an interactive touch screen display in your school.
1.Support Interactive Learning
Interactive touch screen displays have an inherent ability to bolster active learning. (Provided teachers use them for more than showing videos and slides). It’s one of the greatest advantages these dynamic devices bring to the classroom.
2.Enhance Students Collaboration
Students working together consistently tops the list of active learning approaches. Interactive touch screen displays are masterful at enabling collaboration. Multi-touch capabilities let several students manipulate onscreen content as a team. It’s an ideal way to brainstorm. Present. Analyze text or images. Work through an experiment. Or engage with a learning game. (All of which, by the way, are recommended activities for active learning.) Add collaboration software and students can cast and share content from their seats. 
3.Developing critical readiness skills
Interactive touch screen displays help students of all ages develop critical life skills. The jobs of today and tomorrow demand greater adaptability, problem-solving and critical thinking. To prepare students for career and college readiness they need to be using tech tools. And they need to be using these classroom tech tools in ways that develop these critical skills.
4.Boosting Students Enthusiasm and Engagement
Students in classes that leverage an interactive touch screen display are more engaged. They pay more attention. They’re more positive about learning. Teachers often report that increased attentiveness and engagement are the top benefits of teaching with interactive display technology.
5.Enhance Classroom Management
Interactive touch screen displays can be a boon to keeping classes running smoothly. For one thing, the more engaged students are, the less likely they are to be disruptive. By making lessons more dynamic, students are inherently more captivated by the content. (Who doesn’t like learning with a game, video or lively discussion with onscreen annotation?)

Touch screens have exponentially enriched people’s personal and professional lives in ways that were once unimaginable. Beyond smart phones and tablet devices, this intuitive technology is enjoying considerable success as the focal point of modern collaborative classrooms.
Teachers are moving beyond a focus on content delivery and further towards collaborative lessons to engage students and encourage active participation within the classroom. Given that today’s students are completely at home with interactivity and touchscreen technology and its use is second nature to them, touch screens help to facilitate these goals.

Screens can be operated with a finger or stylus, allowing students to easily navigate applications, edit digital content, make annotations, brainstorm, give presentations, manipulate images and trigger multi-media content. Participation is further enhanced by the multi-touch capacity, whereby multiple students can operate a touchscreen at the one time, interacting with multi-sensory digital content (and each other) in ways that were not possible until now.

In terms of operating systems, mainstream touch screens support Windows (7 or above), while some models also operate with Chrome and Linux, such as IQTouch series. For schools using Windows, Windows 8 and the upcoming Windows 10 have been designed specifically with touch screens in mind, which will further enhance the user experience. 

Teachers have the freedom to choose their preferred software applications to support classroom learning and specific tasks rather than being locked into using product-specific software. For schools operating on Windows, it is worth exploring the multitude of apps that complement the curriculum. There is also software available to help teachers, for example, share lesson plans and other materials across different platforms. For example, IQTouch series have IQ Interactive Education Platform software , IQClass Software etc. for teachers to use in classrooms.

To start using the touch screen, users simply turn on the panel, connect USB and HDMI cables to any laptop or PC using Windows 7 or above and the screen is instantly ready for action. Having pre-installed drivers on Macs will provide the same seamless plug-and-play experience.

Touch screens have integrated speakers, which are normally more than ample for the average classroom environment. They also produce bright, colour-rich images ideal for high-resolution video. Adding a web camera turns the screen into a low-cost videoconferencing unit, which, for example, allows collaboration between schools or enables teachers to reach remote students.

LCD touch panels have emerged as accelerators in the learning and development of students within schools, colleges, and universities. Students of all ages are comfortable with the interface and are natural touch screen users.
Students with disabilities, including those with cerebral palsy and those suffering from complete paralysis, have been able to continue learning, thanks to advancements in touch screen solutions leveraging specialized software.
Touch screen devices have proven to be a complementary addition to traditional learning within the educational system. Instructors can use touch screens to increase student participation and improve overall collaboration within the classroom.
Studies have shown that students learn faster and learn more when they are active participants.

Used as digital whiteboards
Ideal for education environments, touch interfaces allow students to intuitively use pens and fingers to write, and erasers or palms to erase, just like with a normal chalkboard. With no complicated dropdown menus to navigate or buttons to press, the learning process can become fun and engaging as well as collaborative, as these whiteboards support multiple users.

Used as interactive displays
Can help teachers and students work collaboratively on projects and presentations. Many productivity applications such as Microsoft’s OneNote and PowerPoint have native support for both touch and styluses so using a touch technology that supports both can ensure that the maximum capability of these programs is utilized.

With nearly 20 years in the specialty display industry, IQ is a leader in durable, vibrant touch screen display solutions. IQ offers a wide range of LCD touch screen display solutions from small custom LCD displays to large LCD video walls.

Durable and dependable, IQ touch screen displays enhance customer experience when used in demanding point-of-sale, point-of-purchase, and high traffic public access environments. Enabling a venue to instantly become state-of-the-art, the use of IQ touch screen displays change the experience of a customer, enabling them to seek information or perform on-site transactions. To enhance any public space, retail environment, or hospitality venue, IQ touch screen displays come in a variety of sizes, performance options and configurations.

With one to 20 touch points, IQ touch screen displays can allow multiple people to interact with the display while not affecting other users. With well-integrated touch technology, IQ touch displays enable pinpoint accuracy and prevents false touch points.

There are many benefits in selecting a display with touch screen technology. Touch technology provides a fast and intuitive interface for users and simplify customer interactions. Users do not have to know how to use a computer and can simply touch the display to make selections. 

There are several uniquely different types of touch screens of IQ, each with their own set of advantages and disadvantages. Here are the three latest ones.

IQTouch C Pro Series

IQTouch C Pro will create a collaborative and interactive atmosphere in the classrooms or workplaces, where partners could work together by casting their mobile devices wirelessly. With IQShare Lite, it could realize no cable, no set-up no waiting to join in to share and display the laptop screen to IQTouch C Pro screen instantly.

20 points touch

4K display

Support group video conference with the third-party application and external camera

Cast mobile devices on the IQTouch C Pro screen wirelessly or use them to control the screen smarter

With IQShare Lite to join in to share and display the laptop screen to IQTouch C Pro screen instantly

Plug-n-play multimedia devices for fast presentation with rich ports

IQTouch K Series

IQTouch K series features 20 point touch and Android 8.0 system. 4k crystal clear display delivers the highest image quality. Optional multi-device casting software allow the wireless screen casting on IQTouch K series. IQClass 6.0 and installation-free IQClass plus software help make an interactive teaching in classroom.

4K UHD image display

20 point touch

Dual system: Android 8.0 & Windows 10 Pro

Free annotation on built-in OPS, Android system and external connected computers.

Fully compatible with Chromebook & Mac computer.

IQTouch L Pro

IQTouch L Pro features 20 point touch and Android 6.0 system. It supports 4K UHD crystal clear presentation. With multi-screen casting projection software, it can create a collaborative and interactive atmosphere in the classroom or workplaces, where partners could work together by casting their devices wirelessly.

20 point touch

4K UHD image display

Built-in Google Play Store to download all your favorite apps.

Built-in screen recording function

Free annotation for all input sources

Returnstar Interactive Technology Group Co., Ltd, with IQ as main brand, has been dedicated into educational industry since 2006. So far, IQ products have received wide acknowledgement from international market.

IQ mainly provide 3 solutions for education and business: IQClass solution, IQSchool solution, and IQHome solution (in the near future).

IQClass solution includes a holistic set of hardware and software designed specially for education, including IQBoard Interactive Whiteboard Series, IQTouch Touch screen Displays series, IQBoard all-in-one infrared interactive whiteboard series, IQ Interactive Education Platform software, IQ Class V6.0 Software, IQClass Plus Software etc.

Hardware includes: Interactive whiteboard, all-in-one interactive whiteboard, interactive flat panel, document camera, wireless presentation system, laser projectors etc.

Software includes:

IQBoard Software (with IQBoard)

IQ Interactive Education Platform (with IQBoard, IQTouch, IQClick)

IQClass Software (with IQBoard, IQClick, IQPad)

IQView Visual Presenter and Evaluation System (with IQBoard, IQView)

IQSchool solution includes IOT (Internet of things), and Audio and Video transmission.

IQSchool is a unique technology solution that gives education administrators and teachers streamlined control and automation of multiple technologies, commonly operated independently - such as classroom control, distributed audio, video on demand, digital signage, P.A. (public address), bells and emergency alerts – all from a single platform.

Here are some examples of international schools which has used the IQSchool solution: 

Relying on IQClass and IQSchool solutions, mission of IQ is to transform education with technology.

Along this road, we would like to develop long term partnership with you, and grow up together.