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SplashTop: An Interactive White Board Solution (Guest Post by Anthony DiLemme)

kcroy —  December 4, 2012 — 2 Comments

Today’s guest post is written by Anthony DiLemme, an 8th Grade Science Teacher from Hespe

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ria, California. I’ve included a short bio of Anthony at the end of this post. You can Follow him @anthonydilemme

If you’d like to write a guest post on Wired Educator please send us an email telling us a little about yourself and your proposal. All posts must be original content and unpublished anywhere else to be considered. 

 As a second year teacher in a fairly new school, I feel very fortunate to be equipped with a Prome

thean board which links directly to my laptop. I can write on the ‘smart’ board and manipulate my desktop from the board. These types of boards are pricey, and many teachers do not have the option of getting one installed. However, many teachers do have an option of creating their own ‘smart’ boards with a few affordable tools:

  • Ipad (or other tablet)
  • Laptop/ Desktop
  • Classroom projector with HDMI cable
  • WIFI Connection
  • Splashtop Desktop Connect (or similar remote desktop software)

Many teachers currently have access to these items. The Splashtop Desktop Connect software can be downloaded for fewer than ten dollars at http://www.splashtop.com/splashtop2. The streamer is downloaded to the computer, and the app is downloaded to the tablet. Follow instructions provided by the website to sync the two devices. The user can sync the tablet to multiple computers in any location as long as each device is powered on and hooked up to an Internet connection. 

Once synced, the user will be able to open the app and view and manipulate their desktop from their tablet. The Splashtop app has some very user-friendly hand gestures. Touching the tablet manipulates the mouse. There is also a keyboard tab that can be pulled up on the app. The desktop is being displayed via the projector, and the tablet controls the computer remotely. 



From the comfort of your mobile device, you can now:

  • View and edit files remotely (no transferring or syncing)
  • Use your favorite Mac and Windows programs
  • Watch HD movies, TV shows and Flash videos at up to 30 frames per second with low latency
  • Stream your music collection from another computer
  • Give presentations with full audio and video and engage your audience
  • Play graphic-intensive games


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  • Sheila

    I have used Splashtop Whiteboard for two years in my 4th grade classroom. I teach two 75 minute periods of math each day and this app is great. I had originally created all my lessons (hours and hours worth of work) on the Smartboard software but I got tired of being tethered to the board at the front of the classroom. When I received an iPad I learned about the Splashtop Whiteboard app and decided to give it a test run. I fell in love with it immediately! I now freely move about the room with my iPad in hand and that little bit of closer proximity to students has made a big impact.

  • Sara

    I use Splashtop all day every day in my second grade classroom. I love the freedom it gives me to move around the room and not be tied to the SMARTboard at the front of the room. It is definitely the most-used app on my iPad.