As mentioned before in this blog, Clarity are the new distributors of Promethean boards in Ireland. Part of this takeover involves a bit of charity so they’ve teamed up with the Jack and Jill foundation in order to give a free Promethean IWB to any school who supplies them with a load of mobile phones. There’s several charities-come-companies offering to exchange phones for things – the best one being Gifts4Fones, (http://www.gifts4fones.ie). Anyhow, 300 schools have seen fit to register for this scheme and the Jack and Jill foundation are a worthy cause so the best of luck to them. Their web site is: http://www.jackandjill.ie/phonesforboards.
Their press release to schools indicated that if every school were to take up their scheme, it would raise €3.6 million for the Jack and Jill Foundation. They continue saying that in that case every school would own a Promethean Interactive Whiteboard. As much as I’d love another Interactive Whiteboard, I’d be steering clear of Promethean’s until they decide to make a touch sensitive board. I guess there’s no end to their PR machine even if it is in the name of charity.
