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Smart Technologies whiteboard software now requires product keys for installa... - 0 views

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fryer promethian smartboard

shared by beth gourley on 04 Aug 08 - Cached
  • I’ve noticed some teachers can become quite adamant about the superiority they perceive for either the Smart and Promethean electronic whiteboard. These conversations can be quite similar to the “Mac or PC” arguments which flare up from time time time.
  • It is still rare, however, to find a teacher with extensive experience using more than one whiteboard platform, however.
  • Whatever electronic whiteboard platform you think is better (eInstruction is also a big player too, of course) it’s impossible to ignore the HUGE sums of money schools continue to spend on these devices.
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  • Unfortunately, IMHO, electronic whiteboards are not a technology which inherently encourages pedagogic shifts in instructional practices
  • whiteboards continue to be used in very teacher-directed, didactic learning settings
  • I’d like to see all our schools proactively plan and implement sustainable one-to-one laptop learning initiatives.
  • I am quite tired of seeing so many teachers continue to persist in 19th century styles of teaching using 21st century tools.
  • As Marco Torres says, if teachers are still just asking kids to read pages 1 - 20 and answer questions 1 - 10 from the textbook, but now doing it with a flashy electronic whiteboard instead of a chalkboard or overhead projector, technology dollars have just been WASTED.
  • Smartboards are fun to use and often represent “low hanging fruit” for school board members as well as administrators who want to find visible ways to show the public “we support technology use in our schools” but at the same time minimize the potentially disruptive impact of those technologies on the traditional teaching and learning paradigm.
  • beth gourley on 04 Aug 08
     
    In summary, Wesley states that Smartboard is now requiring installation keys. Previously they had not and it was one reason why folks opted for Smartboard over Promethian. There are rumors that Promethian may not require serial numbers for Promethian downloads, but it does not seem to be the case for the author. He further goes on to say...
Tod Baker

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1to1 conferences fryer wyb

shared by Tod Baker on 09 May 09 - Cached
  • There is no doubt that Wes is going to give you a lot to think about both in the keynotes and the follow up sessions that he will share with us.
    • Tod Baker
      Tod Baker on 09 May 09
       
      Friendly, knowledgable, informative. Can share info about details like mic choices for podcasts and big picture ideas like copy right in the classroom and beyond.
  • Inquiry based learning with technology to laptop programs to cybersafety.
    • Tod Baker
      Tod Baker on 09 May 09
       
      The three big ones! That's what I like to learn about.
    • Tod Baker
      Tod Baker on 09 May 09
       
      under construction
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  • http://www.cybersafeworld.com/
  • What a lot of people probably don't know is that then, perhaps as now, laptop vendors knew very little about the needs of teachers and students.
    • Tod Baker
      Tod Baker on 09 May 09
       
      We can find those that know what we need. There are enough that we can stay away from vendors who don't know what schools need.
  • Today Bruce has stepped out of this role and now consults in many parts of the world on 1:1 computing.
    • Tod Baker
      Tod Baker on 09 May 09
       
      Need to sit down with this guy.
  • http://www.aalf.org/
    • Tod Baker
      Tod Baker on 09 May 09
       
      Glad I found this. Looks like a great resource for 1-to-1 laptop programs.
  • Tod Baker on 09 May 09
     
    Organisation for the 21st Century Learning @ Hong Kong Conference is progressing well behind the scenes. Some of the original invited speakers have been reconfirmed whilst others have now been replaced.
  • Tod Baker on 09 May 09
     
    Somebody should attend this conference.
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