Comments on: Interactive Projectors – IWB’s without the whiteboard http://www.whiteboardblog.co.uk/2010/01/interactive-projectors-iwbs-without-the-whiteboard/ Supporting the use of technology in the classroom Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:02:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Danny http://www.whiteboardblog.co.uk/2010/01/interactive-projectors-iwbs-without-the-whiteboard/comment-page-1/#comment-513 Danny Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:39:06 +0000 http://www.whiteboardblog.co.uk/?p=1034#comment-513 Is definitely a training issue. The number of schools that spend thousands on kit, then won't spend the £500 to get the staff trained to use it effectively. A benefit of using "mainstream" boards such as Smart and Promethean is that there is a wealth of ready-made resources out there on the web that you can download and use. Minor boards don't have that user base and so it's very hard to find anything for you. You can find powerpoints etc out there, but they are not interactive, and so you fall back into just presenting. Is definitely a training issue. The number of schools that spend thousands on kit, then won’t spend the £500 to get the staff trained to use it effectively.

A benefit of using “mainstream” boards such as Smart and Promethean is that there is a wealth of ready-made resources out there on the web that you can download and use. Minor boards don’t have that user base and so it’s very hard to find anything for you.

You can find powerpoints etc out there, but they are not interactive, and so you fall back into just presenting.

]]> By: Dan Stucke http://www.whiteboardblog.co.uk/2010/01/interactive-projectors-iwbs-without-the-whiteboard/comment-page-1/#comment-512 Dan Stucke Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:29:18 +0000 http://www.whiteboardblog.co.uk/?p=1034#comment-512 Hazman: I would argue then that there is still no good software available. I have worked in 3 schools with IWBs in every classroom. so that's probably 180 teachers with IWBs, and I reckon no more than 6 of them really used the software at all. Perhaps it's a training issue, but I saw much training going on, and delivered some myself. In the end it came back to the fact that it took too long to create resources for them - far easier to use free stuff off the web, or just use it as a projector and finger driven cursor. Dan Hazman:

I would argue then that there is still no good software available. I have worked in 3 schools with IWBs in every classroom. so that’s probably 180 teachers with IWBs, and I reckon no more than 6 of them really used the software at all. Perhaps it’s a training issue, but I saw much training going on, and delivered some myself. In the end it came back to the fact that it took too long to create resources for them – far easier to use free stuff off the web, or just use it as a projector and finger driven cursor.

Dan

]]> By: Hazman http://www.whiteboardblog.co.uk/2010/01/interactive-projectors-iwbs-without-the-whiteboard/comment-page-1/#comment-490 Hazman Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:03:47 +0000 http://www.whiteboardblog.co.uk/?p=1034#comment-490 Good Interactive whiteboard/projector must be a good combination of hardware and software. Hardware alone is not enough. Good Interactive whiteboard/projector must be a good combination of hardware and software. Hardware alone is not enough.

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]]> By: Danny http://www.whiteboardblog.co.uk/2010/01/interactive-projectors-iwbs-without-the-whiteboard/comment-page-1/#comment-488 Danny Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:00:36 +0000 http://www.whiteboardblog.co.uk/?p=1034#comment-488 I think the software's important - but there are many good websites out there with games/tools etc that are also great on an IWB and would work well on these bits of kit. I think the software’s important – but there are many good websites out there with games/tools etc that are also great on an IWB and would work well on these bits of kit.

]]> By: Dan Stucke http://www.whiteboardblog.co.uk/2010/01/interactive-projectors-iwbs-without-the-whiteboard/comment-page-1/#comment-486 Dan Stucke Sun, 17 Jan 2010 12:40:26 +0000 http://www.whiteboardblog.co.uk/?p=1034#comment-486 These show great promise - and lets be honest - how many teachers actually use SMART Notebook or Activ-doodah on Promethean boards??? The eBeam software looked much improved this year as well. These show great promise – and lets be honest – how many teachers actually use SMART Notebook or Activ-doodah on Promethean boards???

The eBeam software looked much improved this year as well.

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