This actually works! I don't have a commercial interactive whiteboard, but I am able to get an infrared light pen and a Wii remote set up to use as a cheap substitute. I bought my infrared pen from this source: http://www.wiiteachers.com/ I prop my Wii remote up with a piece of cardboard. Tip: if you're not a tech wiz yourself, borrow a few minutes from your tech aide to help you figure out the software download and Wii calibration.
Secure VoiceThread network for students and teachers to collaborate and share ideas with classrooms anywhere in the world.
Group conversations around images, documents, and videos
Messages can be text-based (computer keyboard, phone text), audio (computer mic, telephone call, upload), or video (computer webcam, upload)
Can be used to put "instruction" online.
Being an "agent of civilization" is one of the many roles ascribed to teachers. If we are to have any expectations of producing a well-educated, well-prepared generation of deep-thinking, resourceful leaders, then it is essential to give students an opportunity to review, respond to, and ultimately revere the power of the human imagination-past and present. There may be no better way to promote this than to study, understand, and exult in masterpieces.
Explore Bearden's unique fusion of artistic traditions through archival footage of the artist at work, commentaries on his relationship to jazz musicians Wynton and Branford Marsalis, and discussion of his monumental mural-collage commission at Berkeley's city hall.
Through this lesson plan students analyze a collage by African American Romare Bearden, investigate the impact of jazz on art, and create an original collage.
It's the age old question - what is art? If you live in Waikato (NZ), it's literally a load of old rubbish. (Check out the video. Great discussion starter for the classroom).