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beth gourley

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...
beth gourley

Langwitches » What Makes the WhiteBoard Interactive ? - 0 views

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interactive whiteboard

shared by beth gourley on 13 Aug 08 - Cached
  • beth gourley on 13 Aug 08
     
    Opens discusion on how to use whiteboards for more than "finger-as-mouse"
Tod Baker

Ideas and Thoughts from an EdTech » Blog Archive » SmartBoards vs. Promethean... - 0 views

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promethean smartboard tools

shared by Tod Baker on 26 Apr 08 - Cached
  • Tod Baker on 26 Apr 08
     
    discussion about Smartboard and Promethean interactive whiteboards
Tod Baker

Top News - Study: Ed tech leads to significant gains - 0 views

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promethean activboard marzano

shared by Tod Baker on 24 Apr 09 - Cached
  • The study determined that student achievement can really soar if a teacher has 10 or more years of teaching experience, has been using the technology for two or more years, has high confidence in his or her ability to use the ActivClassroom suite, and uses it 75 to 80 percent of the time in the classroom.
    • Tod Baker
      Tod Baker on 24 Apr 09
       
      Keep in mind when measuring effectiveness.
    • Tod Baker
      Tod Baker on 24 Apr 09
       
      We've been using Activclassroom for 1 year. Questions How confident are we with ActivClassroom? How often do we use it in the classrooms?
  • because it's no small capital investment.
    • Tod Baker
      Tod Baker on 24 Apr 09
       
      14,000 RMB each (w/out digital projector)
  • Tod Baker on 24 Apr 09
     
    Integrating Promethean's ActivClassroom--a suite of educational technologies that includes an interactive whiteboard, teaching software, and student response systems--into instruction can raise student achievement by an average of 17 percentile points,
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