The Interactive Whiteboard Revolution

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Chris Betcher

Spam on the Ning 3 Replies

Spam. I hate it! A couple of members alerted me to a number of spam postings that went live on the Ning in the last few hours. I immediately tracked down the offending members, removed their posts,…

Tagged: community, suspend, spam

Started by Chris Betcher in General IWB Discussion. Last reply by Chris Betcher 23 hours ago.

Rosie

Using IWB for adults with learning difficulties 3 Replies

HI there I am writing a conference paper about the use of IWB for adults with learning difficulties and wondered if anyone here had any experiences or ideas they could share with me. It would be most…

Started by Rosie in General IWB Discussion. Last reply by Chris Betcher 1 day ago.

Silvia Rovegno

Time!!!!!!!! 3 Replies

I started using IWB last year and it's been a great challenge for me and my students. The most serious difficulty I've faced is lack of time to plan my lessons using the mimio tools!!!

Started by Silvia Rovegno in How To. Last reply by Silvia Rovegno Feb 6.

Tim Bunce

The Interactive Whiteboard Revolution and Teacher Learning 6 Replies

Our school generously purchased a copy of the book for each of our teachers to help them get ready for the installation of IWBs in a further 5 classrooms. We have a team of 3 enthusiastic users who h…

Tagged: beginner, iwb, pd

Started by Tim Bunce in General IWB Discussion. Last reply by Chris Betcher Feb 5.

Jennine Maner

Interactive whiteboards and doc cameras 2 Replies

I noticed that Chuck S. stated that he figured out how to use an Elmo doc camera and a Promethean board.   I am new to this environment and I am by myself at present.   I need specific directions on…

Started by Jennine Maner in General IWB Discussion. Last reply by Chris Betcher Feb 5.

Peter Kent

Student Use of IWBs 4 Replies

I have coped some flack in the past for saying that student use of an IWB should not be the ultimate goal of IWB usage. This is not to say that students should not be using IWBs, just that it is a co…

Tagged: use, students, IWB

Started by Peter Kent in General IWB Discussion. Last reply by Peter Kent Feb 1.

Rob Chambers

IWB Training Ideas / Audit of Skills? 17 Replies

I have the task of seeking to provide training for staff in school on the IWB - as a large school of just under 2000 students we have a large staff! I have done pockets of training with specific depa…

Tagged: audit, Skills, Training, IWB

Started by Rob Chambers in General IWB Discussion. Last reply by Rob Chambers Jan 25.

Rob Chambers

SMART Notebook 10.6 now released and available for download!

I have just downloaded the newly released Notebook 10.6 software - like the look of the new transparent background - and the measurement tools. The download also comes with a 30 day trial period of t…

Started by Rob Chambers in General IWB Discussion Jan 16.

Christopher Brian Wickham

Special Education Needs 6 Replies

I'm doing a project on the needs of special education students and I was wondering if anybody had any tips with using the IWB technology to benefit students in need.

Started by Christopher Brian Wickham in Technical Stuff. Last reply by Chris Betcher Jan 16.

Andrea McCarthy

IWB usage in Physical Education 9 Replies

My interactive white board is being installed next week and not in the gym, but my storage/yoga/pilates/weightroom space. I was wondering if there was anyone out there who may already be using one in…

Started by Andrea McCarthy in General IWB Discussion. Last reply by Chris Betcher Jan 16.

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I guess that was the point I was thinking about... if there isn't much difference between adults and kids then you can probably find heaps of examples of ways to use the IWB, with nothing much more than changes in content for age appropriateness. I…
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Thanks for your tips!! I've been using online resources a lot!!! I guess it's a matter of changing our mind about what planning a lesson implies!! Hope I keep on getting ideas on this forum!! Silvia
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hi Chris thanks for the message. Have just been reading your book. I dont see there being much difference between adults and children when using the board other than age appropriate materials. I teach ppl with learning difficulties so was aiming my…
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Ways to find more time to prepare IWB resources. 1. Prepare one. Re-use resources you've previously created. 2. Share the workload. Get others in your team to create and share their resources with you. 3. Look online. Find resources created by othe…
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Rosie, I don't have much specific experience in this area, but I'm wondering how you see the use of the IWB as being different between adults and children. Since you specifically asked about adults, were there particular ways you've seen IWBs being…
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OK, I'll be the bad guy...

The intention for creating this site was not for it to be a place that IWB vendors, hardware and software manufacturers, etc, could use to make product announcements and direct sales pitches.  We've had a several of those sorts of product pitches in the last few days and I've tried to nicely point out to the people concerned that we would like to keep this site focused on its core purpose of allowing teachers to share ideas for better teaching with IWBs.… Continue

Created by Chris Betcher Mar 16, 2009 at 6:22am. Last updated by Chris Betcher Mar. 15, 2009.

About the photos...

Ning is a terrific tool for this sort of thing.  It allows blogging, discussions, media sharing and so on.

One thing it also enables is photo sharing.  Originally, when I turned on the photo sharing, I was thinking it would be a good tool for showing each other some photos of how we use our IWBs in different ways.  I uploaded a bunch of my own photos from various IWB situations to get the ball rolling.

I've since noticed that people are adding a few non-IWB related images t… Continue

Created by Chris Betcher Mar 11, 2009 at 10:40pm. Last updated by Chris Betcher Mar. 11, 2009.

Welcome to the Revolution!

This site has been created as a place for educators to have an ongoing conversation about the effective use of IWBs in the classroom. We aim to focus on the development of good IWB use, rooted in sound educational pedagogy.

As in any community, online or offline, the usual rules of respect and cooperation apply.  Play nice, be kind to each other and share your stuff.  Criticise without being critical. Disagree without being disagreeable. If we all do that, life will be good.
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Created by Chris Betcher Mar 10, 2009 at 6:06pm. Last updated by Chris Betcher Mar. 11, 2009.

 
 

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