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<font face="Calibri">I saw a video recently in which one of the leading
schools in terms of ICT in England refused whiteboards, claiming their
use still revolved around the teacher as the "deliverer" of knowledge
and the student and the "recipient" of that knowledge. Instead they
opted for something which I used at Lauriston a few years ago - tablet
PCs for all students, which could wirelessly hook up to the </font><font
face="Calibri">digital projectors in every room. This way each
students PC desktop could be shown on the screen, and each student
could contribute to the lesson. The overall cost was apparently cheaper
than electronic whiteboards in every room.<br>
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I used this system at Lauriston, where the EWB was unused and simply
became the projector screen! Although we did need to share the cable
around the class to plug students into the projector (this predated
bluetooth technologies in the digital projectors) I have never been
enthused about EWBs since, believing that a Tablet PC and a digital
projector can do anything and more than an EWB.<br>
<br>
I have just spent almost an hour searching for the video, need to go
now but will get the link back to y'all soon<br>
<br>
Cheers<br>
Ros Meadows<br>
Bentleigh SC<br>
<br>
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</font>Fawcett - Le Rossignol, Jamie E wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Hi all,
Maybe I'm missing the point, but I can not see how IWB really improve
student learning. How does it improve over a projector and a laptop?
Both allow the quick display of information, and the incorporation of
video.
I can see a benefit for the one or two students (tactial learners)
interacting with the IWB, but it's the same experience for all the
others students.
Does anyone have any examples of excellent learning using these devices?
I've talked with experienced teachers about computers in the classroom,
and his opinon was the is does not improve the learning of the student.
I realise that it changes the learning experience, and enables
difference learning styles to access the knowledge. For example, a
speel checker does the thinking for you, and you no longer need to
remember how to spell various word, and you loose the advantage of
language.
Thoughts from secondry perspective,
Jamie Le Rossignol
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