All Blog Posts Tagged 'iwb' (4)

Registration deadline approaching for course on the 2.0 Language Classroom

The course 'Designing activities for the 2.0 Language Classroom' is offered by the Faculties of Education of Heidelberg and Utrecht Universities of Applied Sciences in conjunction with the Utrecht University SummerSchool.

2008 Participants in front of Faculty of Education in Utrecht

With applications by practitioners from a great variety of EU countries (n = 8) and beyond (n=2) this edition again promises to…

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Added by Ton Koenraad on May 8, 2010 at 10:41am — No Comments

InFocus Liteboard – an IWB replacement?

I’ve seen a few IWB-replacement gadgets over the years, but these normally rely on setting up some kind of alternative gadget to pick up pen movement – such as the ebeam, or a camera placed somewhere in the room. All of these needed calibration and extra devices, and are just plain cumbersome. Good for a mobile system, but not really an IWB replacement for a classroom.

But this video shows something very interesting indeed using a new InFocus projector, and nothing… Continue

Added by Danny Nicholson on July 2, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Powerful Images to Give Lessons Punch

One of the benefits of having an Interactive Whiteboard in the classroom (or even just a data projector) is the opportunity to display full colour high quality images instead of grainy acetates or posters. With a powerful image you can really add some “punch” to your lesson. Put images up while students are coming into the room – use them as part of a lesson starter – stimulate questions.

Read the rest of this entry at The Whiteboard Blog…

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Added by Danny Nicholson on June 23, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

When are we going to do math?

We are nearing the end of the year in my first grade classroom and it's time for review, remediation, and advancement. Today we did a quick activity to review time on our iwb during math time. I used an activity on www.abcya.com for review. I put the girls against the boys because that always makes it more interesting.

About half way through while the girls are cheering their teammate on and the boys are watching hoping she gets her answer wrong one of my students looks at me and… Continue

Added by Matthew Allen on April 29, 2009 at 7:10pm — No Comments