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SAN CARLOS, CA – May
31, 2007 – Luidia, Inc., a leading global
provider of idea capturing technology and manufacturer of
eBeam® interactive systems, today announced the release of a
new software bundle for the eBeam® product line. The package
includes a variety of educational content recommended by teachers
across multiple grade levels. These include Quia Web, Encyclopaedia
Britannica, and Discovery Channel.
“Educators
across the
nation have been long-time supporters of eBeam technology, amazed at
how easily
it can be incorporated into a lesson using their existing projectors
and
software,” said Jody Forehand, Vice President of Product
Planning, Luidia. “Now,
thanks to the rich array
of ready-made content available in this bundle, their
students’ learning
experience will be transformed into an entirely new interactive
experience!”
The
Software Bundle includes:
- A one year subscription to Quia
Web – A virtual gold mine of activities and
resources for K-12 teachers that includes: templates for creating 16
different types of online activities (such as flash cards, word search,
battleship, and other exercises); online testing tools for creating and
grading quizzes; and access to online activities and quizzes created by
teachers from around the world.
- 2007 Encyclopaedia Britannica
Ultimate Reference Suite CD – Contains content
from The Encyclopedia Britannica, the Britannica Student Encyclopedia,
the Britannica Elementary Encyclopedia, and The Collegiate and Student
dictionaries and thesauri from Merriam-Webster. The CD also includes a
variety of other resources and tools for K-12 students, including
Homework Helpdesk, Virtual Notecards, and Atlas.
- Discovery
Channel School Image Gallery CD-ROM – Offers
more than 3,000 clip-art images, as well as animal and nature
photographs, organized according to five curriculum areas: science,
social
studies, math, language arts and health.
Also
included in the bundle
are a sampler CD from Evan-Moor Educational Publishers and a 30-day
trial of EverNote
2.0 from EverNote Corporation.
Paul
Mishkin, President of Quia Corporation, adds, “Keeping
students engaged and
focused is a constant challenge for teachers. With the eBeam
interactive hardware
and a digital projector, an instructor can bring any of Quia's three
million
Web-based educational games and quizzes into the classroom so that that
the
whole class can participate at the same time. What a wonderful, not to
mention incredibly
easy, way to get an entire roomful of students working together and
immersed in
learning!"
Availability
The Software
Pack will be available from Luidia’s U.S.
dealer channel and web store (www.luidia.com)
in late June.
About Luidia
Luidia provides its award-winning Idea Capturing
Technology™ to industry leaders such
as 3M, ACCO, Hitachi, NEC, edding Lega, and Uchida, who incorporate the
technology into compelling new interactive presentation and display
products. Luidia also produces eBeam® portable
interactive display solutions that work with existing writing surfaces
to
capture meeting notes as they are created and, in conjunction with
digital
projection, can turn traditional whiteboards into interactive
ones.
Formerly a division
of Electronics for Imaging
(NASDQ: EFII), the world’s foremost maker of imaging
solutions for network
printing, Luidia was incorporated in July 2003.
About eBeam Technology
The eBeam hardware works with a projector to turn
any flat surface into a giant virtual touch screen. The eBeam stylus
acts as a
mouse, while the eBeam software captures your notes and drawings and
lets you
share them with anyone over the Net in real time. Teachers
and presenters can control any mouse or keyboard function from the
front of the
room while actively engaging the audience. A PowerPoint specific tool
palette gives users the flexibility of annotating slide shows on the
fly and
saving the mark-ups back to the original file. The
software enables presenters, consultants and educators to collaborate
via the
Internet, making remote meetings and teamwork not only possible, but
much more
efficient, productive, and cost-effective.
For more
information contact:
For Luidia, Inc:
Joe Tringali
(732) 758-1100
jtringali@mrb-pr.com
For Quia Corp:
Tara Robenalt,
(650) 372-4040
trobenalt@quia.com
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