20+ electronic white boards have been installed at Washburn over the past few weeks. It has been funny to listen to the students talk about them and compare their features. Some think the smart board is better because of its tangible eraser and colored pens....others love the promethean board and its stylus. So far, I like my promethean board. I like that if my hand drags as I write it doesn't affect the message on the board. I've played with the handwriting recognition program, and think that it has merit. I'm still trying to figure out how to use my visualizer/document camera and promethean board simultaneously....I think I have to reconfigure the wiring. Training next Wednesday should cover this.
As for my MILI training last Wednesday...(sigh). By mid-week I was already tired and rushing to make it to Ramsey on time.....I was late (sorry Karen). It took me a bit to settle into the assignment of checking out advanced google features and de.lic.ious. I think it will be awhile before I think de.lic.ious is yummy. :0
I'm feeling inundated with "new" things to do. There have been so many meetings (plc, ilt, pbis, mili, site, conferences, robotics, staff development, etc...). Add to that family commitments, grading for end of quarter, staying late to help kids in my computer lab and the days are a blur. My year has been great to date....but I could use a little down time.
2 comments:
Sara--I am SO pleased to hear about the student's comments concerning The Boards! I get really involved in organizing the installation and then don't hear anything. This is rewarding!
Hang in there!
Lynette
Sara, if you like your Promethean board now, just wait til they finally roll out the multi-input in the next software. Anybody heard a date?
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