Meole Brace English Department had a twilight this evening with the brief of looking at effective interactive technology use in the English classroom. After a hard day’s work, the delegates continued working hard into the evening through varied exercises and discussion on the ways that whiteboard and presentation technology can be used in the English classroom.
I still have some misgivings about the value-for-money that an IWB adds to education, but each time I have a session like today’s at William Brookes, the enthusiasm of teachers for the IWB starts to erode my negativity.
I got quite excited when I got to Rhyn Park this evening for a twilight session with the English Department. The department are looking to raise achievement through the use of electronic resources and I was looking forward to introducing some of my favourite tips and tricks as well as take a look at the resources they have bought in. For ages they have been waiting to use their tablet PC with the projector - the plan has been to use it as a collaborative tool that can be passed around the class.
The following is merely a personal commentary and in no way an endorsement of any product in favour of another.
With the interactive whiteboard getting into more and more classrooms, I’m asked more and more for IWB training. I’m not really a fan of the Interactive Whiteboard itself but some of the software that goes with IWBs is very good for creating engaging resources . Nevertheless, to create even higher-quality resources for a rich learning experience that reaches more learners it is sometimes necessary to use other tools as well. Whatever the reason, here I am training people in Smart software. It’s a good starting point.
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