Glencoe/McGraw-Hill Teams With Virtual Ink to Expand Classroom Use of Whiteboard Technology With Secondary Curricula

Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, the nation's leading provider of secondary educational content, and whiteboard pioneer Virtual Ink are working together to give teachers a powerful classroom learning tool to engage students and enhance learning and academic performance.

Through the integration of Virtual Ink's mimio whiteboard technology with Glencoe's digital curricula, software, and Web sites, teachers can create a more interactive classroom and impact students of all ability levels. The system, exclusive to Glencoe, gives teachers the ability to capture, manage and share classroom material from whiteboards with students and parents and easily customize lessons.

The portable system is easy to use on any wall surface and seamless in its integration with the Glencoe curricula. It can be used with or without a projector and for activities beyond the classroom such as geography activities and coaching templates.

"Research shows interactive elements such as whiteboards, when integrated into lessons, generate higher levels of student interest, greater retention and better student performance," said Steve McClung, president of Glencoe/McGraw-Hill. "We are pleased to combine our digital content with mimio whiteboard software to provide teachers an easy to use tool to help improve student achievement."

"Virtual Ink is proud to work with Glencoe/McGraw-Hill to deliver cutting edge, interactive and affordable options to more classrooms throughout the United States," said Mel Jackson, president of Virtual Ink. "As the measurable impact of interactive whiteboards on student learning continues to grow, the benefit of extending their use across a broader spectrum of curricula and grade levels often confronts budget constraints. Our alliance with Glencoe will provide more educators with the opportunity to address this challenge head on by combining Glencoe's market-leading digital content, which is already integrated with core curriculum textbooks, with the power, affordability and portability of mimio interactive whiteboard systems."

About Glencoe/McGraw-Hill

Glencoe/McGraw-Hill is a unit of McGraw-Hill Education, a leading global provider of electronic and print products that enhance teaching and learning in the pre-K through 12th grade, higher education and professional markets. McGraw-Hill Education is a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, a global information services provider meeting worldwide needs in the financial services, education and business information markets through leading brands such as Standard & Poor's, BusinessWeek and McGraw-Hill Education. The Corporation has more than 300 offices in 40 countries. Sales in 2005 were $6.0 billion. Additional information is available at http://www.mcgraw-hill.com/.

About Virtual Ink

Founded in 1997, Virtual Ink Corp. delivers cutting edge interactive whiteboard technology, known as mimio, to classrooms and conference rooms worldwide. Strongly committed to the ongoing development of interactive and assistive learning and training methods, Virtual Ink's mimio hard- and software brings improved teaching methods to users not only in education and government institutions, but also in the corporate world. Mimio technology turns virtually any whiteboard or flat surface into an interactive platform capable of capturing, managing and sharing information anytime, anywhere. Mimio helps educators create, organize and implement interactive lessons more dramatically, efficiently and collaboratively than ever. This privately held company is located in Cambridge, Mass., and can be reached at (877) my-mimio (696-4646) or on the Web at http://www.mimio.com/. The company distributes its products worldwide through a network of resellers and distributors and has a UK subsidiary and offices in London.

SOURCE: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill

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