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Started this discussion. Last reply by Mark Robinson Mar 26.
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By the way most of all of these ideas can apply to a PE context as well
Hi Rob,
You are certainly on the right track with your ideas.
I would focus the implementation ideas on the concept of formative assessment. In practical 'human movement' subject it is difficult for students to self-reflect on what they have done…
Hi Julie,
I agree!! I believe that the potential for an IWB and technology more generally is much greater in the Secondary School than compared to Primary School.
The biggest problem in secondary schools (in Australia at least) is disengagement ba…
Hi
The first part of my previous comment was that you will not see lasting improvements to student outcomes unless ICT (including IWBs) is used in most of the subjects students are studing. Learning with ICT needs to be a habit.
In terms of can an…
Hi Julie,
About the long term effectiveness BECTA has found that for good uses of ICT to translate to enhanced student learning the use of ICT needs to be embedded into a the majority of their subject areas. Even if you have the best integrator of…
Hi Julie,
While it may not help you for a couple of months I am in the final stages of publishing a book called 'Secondary Teaching with Interactive Whiteboards' through Macmillan Australia. The book assesses the potential of IWBs to improve pedago…
Hi Chris,
I notice that a few people have mentioned the 'teacher centric nature of IWBs' as a problem with IWBs. I would just like to add some balance to this part of the debate.
John Hattie in his book 'Visible Learning - A Synthesis of Over 800…
Hi Chris,
I think the EULAs state that you can only use SMART Notebook on SMART boards, ACTIVinspire on Promethean ACTIVboards, etc. I don't think that a hardware manufacture can place restrictions on what software is used on their product (remembe…
Hi Ben,
I am looking forward to catching up with you at the IWB Conference, and I have recommended your session on the Wiimote as part of the conference case studies on the conference Ning http://iwbnetaus2009.ning.com
Cheers
Peter
I think having some students make a Wiimote IWB would be a great science activity. If they then used it in the class ..... I think the term is authentic learning experiences.
Peter
For those who were not at the launch, it went off very well. They did choose the coldest Canberra day in 43 years (max temperature of 4 degrees celsius, 2 during the launch), but it was indoors so it was only the walk to and from the car that was a…
I will be there and am looking forward to it.
Hi Ian,
Firtstly, when you wrote - Does this suggest that 75% of a classroom should be devoted to direct instruction? Leaving 25% for student interaction with each other and the teacher? .... I can see how Chris would have implied that you think IW…
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- At 5:07am on March 25, 2009,
Chris Betcher said… - Thanks, but that's not a huge help. None of my workbooks would be at all useful as a powerpoint... too static, all my draggable objects would get frozen. Hey maybe that should be one of the indicators that you're starting to use an IWB well, that an export to powerpoint would render your file useless? :-)
- At 8:44pm on March 24, 2009,
Chris Betcher said…
- Hey Peter. Yep, just finished my keynote... now just have to finish the Interwrite stuff... think I might be playing it by ear a bit. Should be ok.
See you there.
- At 7:44pm on March 23, 2009,
Mark R said…
- Yep. I get to see most of the crazy ideas... We will get to them all in the end! :) What you could do with infinite resources!
- At 7:05pm on March 23, 2009,
Mark R said…
- Hi Peter. Yes. I am the Mark Robinson in the video that got posted. Was just a test of an idea.
Scholastic failed to include the fact that I now work for Promethean as an educator helping define future products, but I have been into whole class/group teaching technology as much as Games Based learning and 1:1 for years as a teacher, and think this is a well balanced forum for debate around all of this.
- At 6:38pm on March 10, 2009,
Diane Twentyman said…
- Thanks Peter
I will try to get my hands on your book. It sounds as though it would be a great help to me.
Diane
- At 11:41pm on March 9, 2009,
Chris Betcher said…
- Yes I need to get my head around the Interwrite software in the next few days... I did go and spend some time with one of their trainers to learn the basics, but I've forgotten most of it! :-)
Can't be that hard!
- At 10:33am on March 9, 2009,
Chris Betcher said…
- Hey Peter! Glad to have you on board! Looking forward to catching up with you in NZ in a few weeks...
We should try to have a chat before then... be nice to know what each other was covering in our keynotes.
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