Kingscourt/McGraw-Hill teams with Virtual Ink to offer schools free portable interactive whiteborad systems.

Maidenhead, Berks (May, 2006) — Kingscourt/McGraw-Hill, a leading provider of primary and secondary educational content, have engaged the support of pioneers of affordable interactive whiteboard systems, Virtual Ink, to give teachers greater access to interactive teaching resources.

Through the integration of Virtual Ink’s mimio whiteboard technology with Kingscourt’s digital resources, websites and books, teachers can create a more interactive classroom and impact students of all ability levels. A specially configured mimio system, exclusive to Kingscourt, gives teachers the ability not only to bring Kingscourt materials alive, interactively, but also to create, manage and share classroom materials and interactive lesson content. The portable system is easy to use on any dry-erase whiteboard (or even wall surface) and seamless in its integration with the Kingscourt’s curriculum materials.

“Research shows interactive elements, such as whiteboards, when integrated into lessons, generate higher levels of pupil interest, greater interaction and an increased performance,” said Rob Ince, General Manager of Kingscourt/McGraw-Hill. “We are pleased to combine our digital content with mimio whiteboard software to provide teachers with an easy to use tool to help improve pupil achievement.” 

“Virtual Ink is proud to work with Kingscourt/McGraw-Hill, to bring interactivity to more classrooms throughout the UK” said Geoff Jackman, General Manager of Virtual Ink Europe. “And this initiative is all the more relevant given that the wish to deploy whiteboards across a broader spectrum of curricula and age levels can be hampered by budgetary confrontations and constraints. Our alliance with Kingscourt will, therefore, provide more educators with the opportunity to address this challenge head on by combining Kingscourt’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 Kingscourt/McGraw-Hill

Kingscourt/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 primary and secondary schools, 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 pioneered a cutting edge, portable interactive whiteboard technology, known as mimio, which is used in classrooms and conference rooms worldwide. Mimio technology turns virtually any whiteboard or flat surface into an interactive platform capable of capturing, managing and sharing information anytime, anywhere. Strongly committed to the ongoing development of interactive and assistive learning and training methods, Virtual Ink’s mimio hardware and software brings improved teaching methods to users not only in education and government institutions, but also in the corporate world.  

Virtual Ink Corp - http://www.mimio.com - is a privately held company headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., USA, with Virtual Ink Ltd’s UK & European operations based near Reading, UK. The mimio product line is distributed worldwide.

Contact:  
Katie Donnison
Tel 01628 502 2561
katie_donnison@mcgraw-hill.com