Established in 1996, CYNNAL provides curriculum and technology support across 250 primary schools and 19 secondary schools for three local authorities in North West Wales. CYNNAL sources and installs ICT equipment across its schools, and has been installing projectors since 2000.
Epson recommended CYNNAL use the Epson EasyMPTM Monitor Suite. The system provides a more sophisticated way of managing the projector fleet as the software enables the technicians to monitor and operate each projector remotely. CYNNAL can programme each projector to turn off at a set time, at the end of the school day for example, ensuring that they are not left running overnight wasting energy and lamp life.
Each of the Ysgol Y Graig's twelve classrooms has a Smart board and an Epson EMP-400We short throw projector. The Epson EMP-400We model was suggested for the school because the vaulted roof of the school would have made ceiling mounting for the projectors impossible. The projector is mounted close to the screen so that teachers and pupils can work on the whiteboard without getting in the way of the projector, causing shadows.
The school hall has an Epson EMP-6110 projector. This higher brightness projector has been designed for bigger rooms and is networked to be monitored in the same way as the classroom projectors.
