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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 Nov 4
The Great IWB Debate
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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 this discussion. Last reply by Matt Ledding Nov 26.
No replacement for good teaching
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I had a visitor at our school today. They were visiting from South Africa on a fact finding mission to Australia, looking at how schools are using their IWBs. As we toured around the school and wa...
Tagged: interactivity, pedagogy, iwb
Started this discussion. Last reply by Joe Hitch Sep 19.
How does your IWB let you do New Things in New Ways?
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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 this discussion. Last reply by Chris Betcher Nov 17.
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Good for you... pen insecurity is a serious problem amoung us. And stolen projectors are pretty predictable.
Bluetooth is a bit of a butt problem because their isn't a set standard, and Broadcom's takeover of widdcom set off all sorts of bugs in ...
I'll quote directly from the book, to save typing the same message anyway... :-)
From The IWB Revolution, Chapter 3, Page 37
"This might seem obvious, but the boards should be mounted permanently on the classroom walls. Some schools have attemp...
Julie, I suspect that IWBs are generally used less successfully in high school because the model of teaching and learning we generally see in high school is more fragmented and far less integrated than on the primary school. IWBs are good at helpi...
Rob, the ideas you've suggested are a great start. I don't teach dance or drama, but I imagine that there would be great uses for using video of the students shown on the IWB and then using the pen tools to annotate over the top of the still-frame...
Hey Chris,
I enjoyed reading your posting, very eloquently put. My favourite quote is "...its not what happens on the IWB that matters. It's what happens because of what happens on the IWB that matters." I believe that nails it on the head. With y...
When I was in New Zealand recently I gave a presentation called New Things in New Ways that tried to explore some of the things that IWBs might let you do that were difficult/impossible without them. (There probably aren't really all that many thi...
I am passing on my developing knowledge to stafff members. I use IWB for a literacy class by scanning books, looking at grammar and spelling and visual literacy. We use the IWB to write poems based on syllable types or have a text passage and writ...
That's been Photoshopped... there is NO shadow at all. Fake photo?
Hi Julie,
I have a few theories about this, but before I say anything, let me ask you a couple of questions.
You suggest that it's more difficult to find things (I assume you mean useful IWB resources and activities) for use in the high school s...
Reading through the posts of the discussion and trying to share a "new things in new ways" - this term the year 4's will be creating audio books using the Activeinspire software, a microphone and some readers theatre texts to get them going. The s...
Hi Carrie,
I know that Promethean do a video podcast called Teacher Feature, where they showcase different teachers and show examples of how they use the technology in class. Could be just what you're after. You can subscribe to it in iTunes at h...
Rohan,
My apologies. I really didn't intend to appear as blunt as that reply perhaps came across... honestly, I appreciate your contribution to the thread - it was an excellent contribution that raised a number of really important points that get...
Hi Chris,
I'm sorry I asked - I wasn't trying to be 'hung up' or 'dismissive' - I apologise for coming across as such. I asked about 'new" because the heading for this thread was 'doing new things in new ways' - as such, finding the 'new' seemed ...
Rohan,
I used to own a mobile phone, an iPod, a digital camera, a video camera, a GPS, and a voicerecorder, and I often carried many of them with me at any given moment. I also used to carry photos of my kids in my wallet. Gradually each of these...
This conversation is at the heart of my interest and needs with IWBs. As I read all the replies below, it seems to me that pretty much all of them could be done with a data projector and bluetooth keyboard and mouse (allowing input to move around ...
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Fun with a Wiimote
I know this site is meant mainly for discussions about the pedagogical aspects of teaching with an IWB, and not really the technical aspects, but I just wanted to share with you the results of my first dabble with a Wiimote IWB.
I had a great chat with Ben Jones yesterday, who heads up the global Wiimote Project. Ben explained the way a Wii Remote can be used with an Infrared pen to create an Interactive Whiteboard system for about $60. He even gave me one of his home-made IR pens to play with,… Continue
I had a great chat with Ben Jones yesterday, who heads up the global Wiimote Project. Ben explained the way a Wii Remote can be used with an Infrared pen to create an Interactive Whiteboard system for about $60. He even gave me one of his home-made IR pens to play with,… Continue
Posted on March 10, 2009 at 10:36pm — 10 Comments
Starting a Revolution
Hello! This site has been created to do two main things... to form a community of innovative IWB users, and to start a revolution.
Firstly, we created this site as a place to build a global community of IWB users, a place to share ideas and experiences that might arise from reading the book The Interactive Whiteboard Revolution: Teaching with IWBs. The book, written by myself and Mal Lee, aims to be a comprehensive overview of interactive whiteboards and some of the issues that surround… Continue
Firstly, we created this site as a place to build a global community of IWB users, a place to share ideas and experiences that might arise from reading the book The Interactive Whiteboard Revolution: Teaching with IWBs. The book, written by myself and Mal Lee, aims to be a comprehensive overview of interactive whiteboards and some of the issues that surround… Continue
Posted on March 8, 2009 at 9:00pm — 12 Comments
Comment Wall (15 comments)
- At 10:45am on November 10, 2009,
Michael Thomas said…
- Hi Chris,
I've posted information in the Forum about our call for papers for a special edition on IWBs in Australasia. More information here: http://wirelessready.nucba.ac.jp/CFP_AJETSE.pdf
Please consider contributing and/or circulate to anyone you feel might be interested.
Now is a great time, given the interest in IWBs in the region, to publish some case studies and empirical research papers on the subject.
Thanks for your help in advance.
Michael
Michael Thomas
michael.thomas@gmx.co.uk
- At 12:15am on July 22, 2009,
Rod Towns said… - Hi Chris, you may or may not remember me but I’m a member of Oz teachers and a few months back when I inquired about interactive whiteboards you sent me some draft chapters from your new book. Thanks again for your support. My new whiteboard was installed today. We ended up with a Hitachi Smartboard. As soon as a new laptop arrives next week I’ll be up and running. Not sure how exactly to use this new tool yet but it should be a lot of fun finding out. Thanks for your invite to this community, Regards Rod
- At 4:01am on April 21, 2009,
John Norton said…
- Thanks for the reply, Chris, which was what I really expected, as a virtual moderator myself. Camping. Days away. Sneaky spammer. Puff of smoke. I agree totally with your philosophy about freedom of expression and crap!
- At 9:41am on March 28, 2009,
Princess E said… - Im new to this and googled some self help and here you are! lol Looking forward to learning all I can from you and the network. GOOD idea ;)
- At 6:03am on March 25, 2009,
Peter Kent said… - Things should still be movable in powerpoint if you export from ACTIVstudio.
You choose Flipchart - Export - Powerpoint - Maintain Seperate Objects
This should maintain the general integrity of your file when you import it into Interwrite. Sometime some of the formating changes at bit but I have found that if you export from ACTIVstudio (rather than SMART) this is minimised.
This was the workflow I followed when I had to make the files for my IWB book in SMART, ACTIV and Interwrite format. I would make it is SMART, open the SMART file with ACTIVstudio and 'saveas' then export to powerpoint and open the powerpoint in interwrite.
Cheers
Peter
- At 9:33pm on March 24, 2009,
Peter Kent said…
- From memory Interwrite imports Powerpoint without too much of a problem, which is handy as SMART and ACTIVstudio export to powerpoint.
- At 8:01pm on March 24, 2009,
Peter Kent said…
- Hi Chris,
Are you all set for NZ? Happy to have a chat if you want. I am taking the day off tomorrow to prepare my stuff. So I expect that I will log onto this ning regularly during the day.
I usually find that Sitech is both relaxed in atmosphere and yet of high quality intellectually. New Zealanders as a rule really know how to teach.
I am expecting it will be a great time.
Cheers
Peter
- At 7:35am on March 20, 2009,
reuw said… - Thanks Chris for the interesting and productive skypechat today, and for the gracious gift.
Tomorrow we install board number one and after some experience will install the second Promethean Activeboard. Wish us luk! Have a good weekend!
- At 7:30am on March 19, 2009,
Christine Black said… - Hi Chris, the video conference week is 23-27 March, for more info go to MAcICT page - http://www.macict.edu.au/ ....you may like to have a look at the presentations. It is so exciting when we link IWBs and VC - it's a whole new world. Look forward to working with you in the future. Christine.
- At 4:41am on March 19, 2009,
Dai said… - Thanks Chris.
We have an IWB in every classroom so always looking for good practice and a place to discuss them. Looking forward to reading through the site but have signed up for email prompts on new discussions too.
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