Robert Morris School
South Bound Brook, NJ

Smartboard 680i3

A mounted bracket from MaineAV.  They now make adjustable depth types.

 

The old part of the school had cork and a metal rail that had to be cut.

I used three lead anchor bolts, sometimes 4.  The bottoms holes were just plastic inserts.

The newer style Smartboards. Way easier to get aligned.

These are also just plastic plugs/screws. 
I cut out a cardboard rectangle with matching holes to make the drilling spots on the wall.

Smartboard installation SB680i2
As of July 16, 2008

Lower grade - using rails from www.whiteboardrails.com

Mrs. Miller's room
My idea was to place the board near the teacher's desk, not necessarily in the center of the room.

Ms. Drury's room
Math - used every day, every period
This is an older room with a very wide corkboard top.

Trudeau-Smith's room
3rd grade, you can see the cart/laptop

The rail system used to place the boards over the blackboards.
Yes, expensive at $340.. but then they are removable !

These just happen to fit right behind the whiteboard.  I will be screwing them in when final position is determined.
The large 10"X15" plywood board goes above the upper rail.  The large metal plate gets bolted to that plywood.
So weight on the screws were not a problem.  I used the plastic inserts and screws.
This also allows the boards to be removed if cleaning or replacement of the corkboard paper is needed.
Some classroom have the smartboards cover a bit of the corkboard.

Adjustable bottoms to level vertical. The white strip is double sided tape for final installation. (won't use)
I will be making two holes at the bottom of the chalkboard, the Smartboard has two brackets for mounting to wall.
I will bend them back and screw through that bracket and metal chalkboard.  Securing it from forward and side movement.

Make sure the smartboard hangs on the notch, not on the screw top... did that !
Thought I had it hanging right and I hit the Smartboard, fell right in my hands.  I still have good reactions !
Once correctly in the notch, it won't go anywhere.
These hanger are pretty strong, I put most of my weight to test one !
The smartboards are only 15 lbs.   None of the overhang LCD is supported by these brackets.

The metal plate holding the LCD and arm.  Plywood mounts on wall with two expanding anchor bolts.
Three big screws into the wood.

The biggie.   This hangs over the unit.  It's heavy and the LCD is not yet attached. 
I will find someway to get a SS wire from the end of this to the metal roof supports just above the drop ceiling !
That is an option.  I did one like that, but the drop ceiling hangers are thin metal and after a year feel confident that|
these are coming off the wall only when the mason wall is removed !
So remind the admin that system could move, but the wood bock will always remain in that room.

July 10

These are 3/4 plywood glued with "gorilla glue" and held for 6 hours with clamps.

The reason for this wood is to alignment the back wall and the smartboard. 
These two are suppose to be on a straight plane (smartboard and metal plate), this does works like the rail company states !
Nailed !  8 power gun nails, 6 mason screws and 2 expanding bolts.
The mason screws are actually oversized.  This is brick and the mason drill / bit combo that was sold did not give me a tight fit.
So I just got the next size larger socket head screw to the smaller mason bit. 
Then I counter sunk these and used my power screw driver with socket.  Then they really were a tight fit every time !

5 Screws hold up the metal plate that holds the arm.
All the screws were longer to go through both plywood sheets, but not hit the concrete 
Two expanding bolts go through the plywood into the concrete.
So the only way the metal plate can give loose is the two expansion bolts to give away from the wall.
These are deep expansion bolts since they had to go through the wood and mason wall.
The expansion bolts are the biggest I could get that still fit the holes in the metal plate.

Four screws holds the bracket to the plywood, the two mason bolt on the plate.
I later changed to washers on all the screws too !

The older building wing has a 9 1/2 deep corkboard at top and a aluminum rail.  That area of cork was cut out to the concrete.
I made one of the plywood boards 9 1/2 high and use wood nuts to screw in the top bracket so it's flush to the aluminum rail.
I guess if I do this again, that aluminum rail is going as these wood brackets aren't coming off the wall, ever.
I put two expansion bolts through the plywood into the mason wall lower on these units.
That metal plate is thick, so that bracket isn't going anywhere.

This shows the rooms with blackboard and a cork strip at the top using the above board.
I used a roofing tool to cut the cork top the first time.  Second time was a battery powered circular saw, much easier.
It's not the cork that was hard to remove, but he compressed cardboard backing.
This board was slightly centered, a table by the teachers desk is for SGI so most student desks
 are in the center of the class.

Fired it up to test the outfit.   Need the small box on floor to be screwed on wall just below the Smartboard.
That is the ON/OFF switch and the VGA connector port.
All the other wires will be hidden behind the board.
Each teacher will get a new laptop on a cart.  The cables will be long enough to reach their desks.
I did not put on covers at this time.  This is a first grade room, I dropped the screen lower here.

Plus you can see why it's not in the center of the room.  Note the power cord reaching the outlet without any extension cord.
Also the screens and other hanging items still used in the classroom.

I can only say, these 6 teachers with no fancy technical background adore these units.
Most had little post training but in a few months are doing amazing lessons with their classes.
I have had almost no contact helping these teachers, they seek each other for assistance. :)
I can only warn the tech department to have a replacement bulb handy, (after a year or so)
they will haunt you every day if a replacement is not handy !
They really love these !