Compared to commercial IWBs, Doceri costs thousands less. Instead, I’ll address a few items that stood out for me. Sam did a great job describing the useful features of Doceri, so I won’t repeat them here. For example, Tim Tyson’s videos and an article by Wes Fryer have been generating considerable buzz. I’ve since spent some time reading comments on Sam’s article and checking other sources for suggestions on creating inexpensive interactive whiteboard systems based on the iPad. Doceri generated considerable interest among those attending. Steve led the demo, addressed questions and stayed during lunch to handle any follow up queries. I was impressed with what I learned and invited Steve to lead a demo for my workshop participants.
18) so he could walk me through a few of the features of Doceri by phone. A short time later, I received a message from the CEO and Chief Architect of Doceri, Paul Brown, offering personal help and encouraging me to arrange a private tutorial with Steve. Within one hour I had two email replies from Doceri staff, including the regional sales rep, Steve James. What first impressed me about the company was the speed of their response. 16) to learn more about it and perhaps get support for a demo for my workshop group. I liked the capabilities and the cost (a price/performance combination I refer to as a value buy) enough to contact the folks at Doceri (Mar. The cost for the Doceri software? Just $50. You can view, navigate and annotate applications running on the desktop of the computer using the iPad, similar to an interactive whiteboard (IWB) with a wireless slate such as a SMART Board or Promethean board. The two work together to make the iPad a remote screen and control surface for the computer connected to a projector.
One resides on your computer, Windows or Mac, and the other is a free iPad app called Doceri Remote. I was leading a workshop for a group of educators at the end of March on using the iPad as a display device, so I downloaded the trial version of Doceri. Though I’d heard about Doceri before, I was intrigued by Sam’s description and several of the comments that followed. On March 15, Sam wrote about a software package called Doceri and how it might be used as an inexpensive substitute for an interactive whiteboard system. Sam Gliksman’s iPads in Education Ning is one of the best sites on the web for thoughtful commentary and discussion on using the iPad for teaching and learning.
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