Sep 30, 2026 · 16 min · 10 segments
At EDUCAUSE 2026, Logitech’s Jay Lyons shares how listening to faculty and campus technology teams is helping shape a simpler approach to classroom technology. From Spotlight 2 and Rally Board 65 to…
Jay LyonsGuestHETMA HostHostYeah, no, I, I actually love that.
And one thing I think that, a- again, that makes it sort of a differentiator is as, you know, we're the technologists, right? We're the, you know, Technology, uh, Managers Alliance.
So we often get into the AV, the stuff, the boxes that plug in.
But you take it to the next level and go, "No, we're gonna look at this from that presenter point of view, that faculty member point of view." And what is it that, that they're challenges.
So something as simple as, I wanna spotlight this area, I want it to freeze so the f- you can now turn your attention to the student-
... not the this thing as you were going, and then you turn around and they've lost it, right?
And I, and I think it's kind of pulling that other pedagogy side into the technology side.
And there's, there's, you know, there's, uh, one other thing that's really nice about that I kinda touched on it a minute ago about nerves.
So another thing that the, the team did a lot of great work on is they looked into, you know, again, presenting is one of those things, it's, it, it makes people anxious.
Mm-hmm.
Uh, so we actually have part of that haptic feedback in letting you know certain things are happening, so it's got a little vibration to it.
So it walks you through it visually, um, and then when you're ready to present, you can just, you know-
Yeah
... hit a button to enact it, and then it gives you, like, a really quick breathing exercise.
So it kinda vibrates, and tells you to breathe, inhale, short, full, exhale slowly.
So we've been doing a lot of these little things that, it, you wouldn't think a presenter tool would have in it.
[laughs]
Yeah, no, I, I actually love that.
And one thing I think that, a- again, that makes it sort of a differentiator is as, you know, we're the technologists, right? We're the, you know, Technology, uh, Managers Alliance.
So we often get into the AV, the stuff, the boxes that plug in.
But you take it to the next level and go, "No, we're gonna look at this from that presenter point of view, that faculty member point of view." And what is it that, that they're challenges.
So something as simple as, I wanna spotlight this area, I want it to freeze so the f- you can now turn your attention to the student-
... not the this thing as you were going, and then you turn around and they've lost it, right?
And I, and I think it's kind of pulling that other pedagogy side into the technology side.
And there's, there's, you know, there's, uh, one other thing that's really nice about that I kinda touched on it a minute ago about nerves.
So another thing that the, the team did a lot of great work on is they looked into, you know, again, presenting is one of those things, it's, it, it makes people anxious.
Mm-hmm.
Uh, so we actually have part of that haptic feedback in letting you know certain things are happening, so it's got a little vibration to it.
So it walks you through it visually, um, and then when you're ready to present, you can just, you know-
Yeah
... hit a button to enact it, and then it gives you, like, a really quick breathing exercise.
So it kinda vibrates, and tells you to breathe, inhale, short, full, exhale slowly.
So we've been doing a lot of these little things that, it, you wouldn't think a presenter tool would have in it.
[laughs]
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