Smart Podium — The Teacher's Command Position

GK-SP1: Control, Interaction, Recording

The GK-SP1 is described by its manufacturer as a multifunctional multimedia teaching device that integrates three systems teachers otherwise juggle separately: screen interaction on its 21.5-inch capacitive touch display, Internet of Things central control for the classroom's equipment, and a recording and broadcasting system for capturing lessons. Stand at the podium and the room obeys: the board wakes, the projector or panel switches to your input, the lesson records — without a walk across the room or a call to IT.

For lecture capture programmes, the integration is the point: a recording system that lives in the podium is switched on as part of the normal start-of-lesson routine, not remembered as an extra step.

GK-SP2: The 4K Lectern Screen

The GK-SP2 moves the podium screen up to 27 inches at 4K Ultra HD resolution, so notes, annotations and presentation previews stay legible at lectern distance, and adds a high-efficiency pickup microphone — the podium hears the teacher clearly for recording and reinforcement without a lapel mic. Choose the SP2 when the podium screen is the teacher's primary working display rather than a control surface for a larger board.

Both podiums are specified as part of a room, not alone: state which board, panel or projector the podium will control, and which recording or central-control functions you require, and the quotation will confirm compatibility and configuration for the pair.

Podium Placement and the Recording Routine

A podium earns its place at the point where the teacher enters and settles: close enough to the door for the start-of-lesson routine, cabled to the board it controls, and positioned so the teacher faces the class while using it, not the wall. The GK-SP1's integration of central control and recording means the routine is short — arrive, wake the room, start the capture — and short routines are the ones that survive contact with a real timetable. Schools planning lecture capture should pair the podium decision with a storage decision: where recordings live, how long they are kept, and who can publish them. The hardware half is on this page; the policy half is yours, and the quotation process will ask about it because the configuration depends on the answer.