I mainly deliver Smartboard training in schools and colleges, but from time to time I do get asked to do corporate training for companies who have bought one for their meeting room and want to be shown how to use it.

It’s a shame that I only show them a fraction of the things they can do, since they are usually only interested in making notes on it and saving/sharing it. As you can imagine they do not have much call for interactive games and activities. More time is spent on the Ink-aware facilities so you can write directly into Word, Excel and Powerpoint.

Anyway I was very excited about the training venue for yesterdays session as it was in London at a building called 30 St Mary Axe. This is better known as The Gherkin because of its very unusual shape. It’s a much-loved landmark, just because it’s so unusual. I’ve always wanted to get a look inside. And get a view of London from the top.

And yesterday I managed it. I did some training for the very nice people at Axa Insurance on how to use their boards and over lunch managed to get to the very top of the building and east in the restaurant on the 40th floor!

You get some great views of London. You could see the Olympic stadium being built in Stratford for London 2012 and also look across to the Emirates Stadium (The home of football!)

I took loads of pics, which are up on Flickr. Here’s a few.

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