According to Henry Ford, back in 1909, if you wanted to buy a car, you could have it in any colour as long as it was black. In the early days of motoring, one had very little choice if they wanted to buy a car as there weren’t that many models available. Nowadays there are … Read more
Love them or hate them, Interactive Whiteboards are the number one resource on most Irish teachers’ wish lists for the classroom. Since starting my reviews of them over three years ago, the market has become completely saturated with different makes and models all competing to be the number one board in Ireland. At a conservative … Read more
Thanks to Russel Tarr (@russelltarr on Twitter) for sharing a link to over 100 videos from Teachers TV that give practical starting points for lessons using an Interactive Whiteboard. The videos themselves don’t show Interactive Whiteboard in action. Rather they are stimuli for children to begin discussing a subject For example, I looked at the … Read more
In the first installment of my Interactive Whiteboard course, I spoke about how I gave an introduction to what interactive whiteboards were and how teachers can use them. Although IWBs, when used well, can be an excellent tool for teaching and learning, I dissected them and found that they don’t transform a teacher, they simply … Read more
When a large box arrived on my doorstep, I got very excited! It wasn’t my birthday, not my anniversary, but I was convinced I was getting a present of some sort. It was heavy too! And although it turned out not to be a present of any sort, but a product to review, I was … Read more
As some of you might be aware, for the last few years I have been given summer courses on Interactive Whiteboards. Each year, I invite every company who sell IWBs to supply me with their demo boards and let me use them with the participants on the course. At the end of the course, I … Read more
With only a few days to go before the summer holidays, I thought it might help if I let people know about Interactive Whiteboard summer courses. I’ll be giving one in Kilkenny this year but there’s plenty of others available, some of which are online. I’d also love to hear some feedback about IWB courses … Read more
The draw of the Mediascene Interactive Whiteboard Competition
If you own a Smartboard, there’s going to be some Smartboard training coming your way in May and June. Stephen Linnane from Liosdoire Copmputers sent Anseo.net a timetable of training dates for teachers. Please contact the individual centres for more information. 11th May – Blackrock Ed Centre 12th May – Drumcondra Ed Centre 13th May … Read more
Vincent Hyland Learning is a Kerry-based company founded by the man himself. Vincent is a multi-talented filmmaker, artist and musician and will be featuring on RTE’s “Living the Wildlife” in May 2010. Vincent sent me a copy of his DVD, “Puffins” from the Learn to Care scheme, a set of programmes he has developed himself. … Read more