[Year 12 IPM] OT - cheaper EWB alternatives

[fiona at balmoralhs.vic.edu.au]

isn't the whole thing about EWB's that you get the students to use them

We have just had 4 installed in our school.  The principal has spent some time instructing the staff on how to use them.  I have gone straight to the source.  I have installed the software on all the computers in the lab, spent a couple of classes letting the students "play" with the software and then told them that it gives them another form of presentation when a teacher asks them to present material on a subject.

I also requested the students that when they saw one of their poor teachers struggling with the technology - help them out.

I have used the boards numerous times since their intro, and, without doubt, their greatest success has been with the activities the students completed in front of the class.  I used the boards to revise Gannt charts and then got them to teach the year 11's - just to reinforce their learning.  

Fiona Bain
Balmoral High School 
"Mark Scott" <msc at staff.luther.vic.edu.au> on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 10:54:28 +1000 wrote:
> and it won't happen if you give teachers a tool that enables them to
> say; "there, we have embraced technology in our classrooms"
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> Mark Scott
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> Luther College
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> "The ideal classroom has no front, no whiteboard and no teacher's desk."
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> From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au]
> On Behalf Of Bell, Cameron P
> Sent: Tuesday, 15 August 2006 10:34 AM
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> If they are implemented properly, with a change in teaching practice,
> they can be fabulous.
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> My prin saw whole schools of them in the UK recently. They were the
> single greatest factor in the uptake of ICT in classrooms.
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> Still mainly chalk and talk, but teachers were slowly changing their
> practice with greater exposure to what the technology had to offer. It
> just takes time to play with them and slowly develop materials for them.
> If a teachers entire resource collection is based around traditional
> teaching methods, it will take time to develop or adapt to new methods.
> It won't happen overnight, but it won't happen at all if you don't
> facilitate it.
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> Cameron
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> From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au]
> On Behalf Of Mark Scott
> Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 8:51 AM
> To: Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management
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> Subject: RE: [Year 12 IPM] OT - cheaper EWB alternatives
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> DON"T DO IT
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> They are gadgets used to foster a chalk and talk orientated classroom
> (the Maths teachers love them) and to impress Principals.
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> Mark Scott
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> Luther College
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> "The ideal classroom has no front, no whiteboard and no teacher's desk."
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> From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au]
> On Behalf Of Michael Torsello (Mr)
> Sent: Tuesday, 15 August 2006 8:24 AM
> To: Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management
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> Subject: [Year 12 IPM] OT - cheaper EWB alternatives
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> Dear colleagues 
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> There are calls from some quarters at my school to put electronic
> whiteboards in as many class rooms as possible. 
> After the Business Manager recovered from his heart attack, he has asked
> me to investigate some cheaper alternatives. 
> I have read about ways to convert standard whiteboards into electronic
> ones by using a special type of projector or a special gadget you can
> attach to a standard whiteboard. I have the brochures but ...
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> As anyone else used or tested such a device at their school? 
> If so, what are comparative results regarding performance, visibility,
> ease of use etc? 
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> Thanks for your assistance. 
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> With thanks 
> Michael Torsello 
> Director of Computing 
> St Margaret's School, Berwick 
> Ph: (03) 9703 8111 
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