Return-Path: <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id i1OGXsI00731; Tue, 24 Feb 2004 11:33:54 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 11:33:54 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <9D465DCE-66E6-11D8-955C-0030656A26C8@worlded.org> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Jeff Carter <jcarter@worlded.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:3162] Re: Using Interactive Whiteboards in the Classroom? X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.612) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Status: O Content-Length: 1979 Lines: 64 Marian, Not an answer to your specific question, but you (or anyone) who is interested in the use of digital whiteboards might want to look at an article that was recently cited on the venerable EDTECH list from the February 2004 issue of The Reading Teacher, called "The digital whiteboard: A tool in early literacy instruction," by Pamela A. Solvie. The article is not available via the Reading Teacher site but is available online at: <http://www.smarterkids.org/research/paper13.asp> Some other articles on the effectiveness of interactive whiteboards in the K-12 classroom can also be found here. Jeff ----------------------- Jeff Carter jcarter@worlded.org ----------------------- www.worlded.org www.literacytech.org www.literacytech.org/blog.html www.brilliantbeast.com ----------------------- On Feb 18, 2004, at 6:36 PM, mthacher@otan.us wrote: > Is anyone using an interactive whiteboard with students? A program in > California has recently put a couple in ESL classrooms, and the > teachers > are wondering if others have used them and found good activities or > ideas. > > I know they are good for demonstrating computer processes, like how to > make an address label. They are good for demonstrating something > quickly > on the keyboard, like how to make a capital letter, or where the > question > mark is. > > They are good for kinesthetic learners because you can go up and > actually > do the computer action on the whiteboard. Students can also scramble > and > unscramble sentences by dragging the words around on the board. > > Any other ideas? Do you use the page-saving function? Do you print out > pages of what's written on the board for yourself or your students? Do > you > have ideas for structured learning activities? Have you used the > function > that changes handwriting into text, and did it work? I would like to > collect some ideas. > > Thanks, > Marian Thacher, OTAN > Sacramento, CA > mthacher@otan.us > > <Header>
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