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 iB8GddU02467; Wed, 8 Dec 2004 11:39:40 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 11:39:40 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20041208112347.00b6da90@mail.psnyc.com> 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: Mariann Fedele <mariannf@lacnyc.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:3369] Interactive Whiteboards X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Status: O Content-Length: 1597 Lines: 40 Hello Colleagues, Today's NY Times features an article (see link below) on the growing use of interactive whiteboards in the K-12 classroom. The article features some brief descriptions of how teachers around the country are using them in instruction. Here's an example: It really helps bring the learning to life," Mr. Dakers said, referring to the oversized projection screen that is hooked up to a laptop with access to the Internet. He rearranged the chairs last fall to enable students to see the screen, and has adapted his teaching tactics accordingly. Consider a recent social studies class about ancient Egypt. Instead of handing out test papers for students to complete at their desks, Mr. Dakers used the interactive whiteboard for a collaborative game of hieroglyphic hangman. As students approached the screen, they used a special marker or pressed a finger against the board to scribble a few symbols in colored electronic ink, like John Madden during an N.F.L. broadcast. Is anyone on the list using interactive whiteboards in the classroom? If so please share an example of how you have used it, and how you feel it has impacted your instruction. How have students responded to it? Best regards, Mariann School Blackboards Are Turning White and Interactive http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/08/nyregion/08board.html?oref=login Mariann Fedele Coordinator of Professional Development, Literacy Assistance Center Interim Moderator, NIFL Technology and Literacy Discussion List 32 Broadway 10th Floor New York, New York 10004 212-803-3325 mariannf@lacnyc.org www.lacnyc.org
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