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Literacy and IWB's 1 Reply
When I get back to my classroom on Monday, I will have an IWB waiting for me. Although I am thrilled, I am also a little intimidated--I have no idea what to do with it!! I will, of course, be doing...
Started by Cheryl Thompson in General IWB Discussion. Last reply by Erin Waggoner Nov 5.
EdTalks video
When I was in New Zealand at the ULearn Conference recently I was invited to contribute to Core Education's EdTalks project, where they talk to teachers about various education related ideas. For ...
Started by Chris Betcher in General IWB Discussion Nov 4.
How does your IWB let you do New Things in New Ways? 15 Replies
I'm hoping I can get a bit of conversation and participation from the group on this one... I have always considered that IWB use evolves through three reasonably distinct phases; First, starting w...
Tagged: pedagogy, iwb, newthings
Started by Chris Betcher in General IWB Discussion. Last reply by Chris Beerworth Oct 28.
Looking for Teaching Videos with IWB 1 Reply
Hello, I am looking for teaching videos with the IWB showing actual instruction with teachers and their students. I see there are two on this site, but I need more. Is anyone aware of a place I can...
Started by Carrie Bush in General IWB Discussion. Last reply by Chris Betcher Oct 28.
Help w/ IWB and Doc Camera
Hello -- and thanks in advance. We were awarded a Smart Board and the teacher also won a Samsung Doc Camera.......... but they don't seem to wish to play nice with each other. I can capture imag...
Started by Jennifer W in How To Oct 27.
The Great IWB Debate 13 Replies
Time for a bit of community brainstorming! Despite the probability that most of the members of this Ning are reasonably positive about the use of interactive whiteboards in their teaching, there a...
Tagged: positive, negative, iwb, podcast, discussion
Started by Chris Betcher in General IWB Discussion. Last reply by Peter Kent Oct 26.
Interactive Whiteboards
Interactive Whiteboard lets you project PC screen images onto it, and lets you operate the PC right from the board surface. This contributes to smooth, easy-to-understand presentations and is ideal...
Started by Aiden Benj in General IWB Discussion Oct 26.
7 Tips On How To Write A Research Paper
There are various tasks accomplished by students in various academic standards and Research Paper writing is among those most complicated tasks provided to students. Below you will find out the fun...
Tagged: writing, paper, research, custom
Started by Dianna Rose in General IWB Discussion Oct 26.
Switching Boards 19 Replies
There was an interesting point raised in another conversation thread that was essentially suggesting that once you get used to having an IWB in your classroom it would become difficult to no longer...
Started by Chris Betcher in General IWB Discussion. Last reply by Jitu Oct 19.
Experimental research search 9 Replies
Hi All, I am new to the board. I am a doctoral student at St. John's University and I am looking for any experimental research on IWBs. Any links, dissertations, articles, etc. would be greatly ap...
Started by Anthony Marino in General IWB Discussion. Last reply by Mike Carter Oct 11.
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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.
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.
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.
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