Wednesday, September 26, 2007 Peeking at Promethean
Kelley Simers visited with the VLC Instructional Technology Team (ITT) sharing a demonstration of the Promethean Activboard. This board is similar to the SMARTboard that many of our member districts own. The purpose of the demo was to increase awareness, as well as provide additional support and professional development to our area schools in the future. Each VLC member was able to try the Activote, a wire-free, hand held voting device for teachers to use with the board. The ITT was also allowed the chance to try the Activslate, interactive wire-free mini board that allows the user to stand in a different position around the room to use the board. Kelley also shared the many resources teachers can use with the board. The VLC was excited to learn more about yet another technology that is helping to improve teaching, and ultimately student learning.
Tags: Activote, Activslate, Cooperating School Districts, demo, itt, promethean, smartboard, vlc
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Rich White
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You might find this Smartboard video interesting as well — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etBpUcNGVlU
“Opening a window into another world” with your smartboard
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activeducator
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There are some more videos of this technology here
http://activeducator.wordpress.com/2007/09/16/promethean-activboard-multi-user-demos-on-youtube/
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Rebecca
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Thanks for sharing these clips- it’s great to see the boards in action.
~Rebecca
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Christopher Klein
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Always great to see more news in the field about Interactive Whiteboards. With as many users of SMART Products out there, I encourage you to explore SMART’s Website http://www.smarttech.com/products to explore all the hardware and software offerings SMART continues to bring to the table for our users.
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Sanjit O
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An education IT agency in the UK have a new report out in the UK that shows kids making great progress where Interactive whiteboards are present in classes – jumping ahead in knowledge 5-8 months in just two years.
It was presented at an event in London:
http://thesymposium07.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/the-symposium-gets-a-sneak-preview-of-latest-becta-report-into-the-impact-of-interactive-whiteboards/
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