Interactive Whiteboard Project (Feb – April 2005)
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Author: Jenny Ketley Publication Date: 2005
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Training received:
- Observation at BETT
- Workshop at London School of Education
Training given:
- Demo to Senior School staff
- Individual training (hands-on training and assistance in putting actual lessons together)
- 3 x English staff (12 sessions)
- 1 x Drama (1 session)
- 1 x Science (2 sessions)
- 1 x sport staff (1 session)
- Demo to Maths staff
- Demo to Junior School staff
- Demo for School Board of Governors
- Demo for parents attending a school function
- Demo for Press/Promethean
- Demo for Dominican Convent, St John’s College and Hyde Park High School
Lessons prepared:
- Maths – Demo lesson for Press and Maths staff
- Form I (Grade 8) Angles (Right, Acute, Obtuse)
- Estimating size
- Measurement with protractor
- Angles in building/nature
- English – Poetry lesson, Dylan Thomas
- Bibliograohy, and
- “Do not go gentle into that good night”
- Graphics and sound clips
- John Keats – poetry, “Ode on a Grecian Urn”, sourced off the Internet and annotated
- Hamlet – using resource library material and annotations
- The Tempest – using resource library material and annotating
- Literary Essay – planning and constructing a literary essay using the strategies employed in hockey
- (hockey field from resource library, graphics of St Mary’s girls to move around field)
- Computer Studies – Grade 11 and 12 – All theory lessons
- Summaries and annotations
- Information Technology – Grade 8 and 9
- Modern technologies and features of the IWB
- Biology – Heart (using resource library material)
- Labeled and students to label
- Snakes and Ladders – Primary School – using board and counters from resource library and virtual dice
- Hockey – Strategy and positions – using hockey field from resource library, graphics of our own girls to move around on the field
- Other lessons simply using the IWB as a “write-on” resource with the added facility of being able to “flip” back to previous pages and to save.
Pupil Feedback:
- The students have been excited by the technology
- They are eager to volunteer to participate in the lesson and to use the IWB themselves
- It has energized lessons – both from the student concentration span and participation
- They enjoy having a say in the background colours and pen colours used
- They like the fact that if they have missed something in the lesson, or have missed the lesson, they can access the material on the intranet.
- Generally they love being taught in the auditorium, using the IWB
Behaviour Changes:
- Concentration span is increased
- Student participation and interaction have increased
- Students are engaged with the flow of the lesson and the lesson material, as well as the teacher
- Students are less easily distracted and have far fewer conversations amongst themselves during the lesson (communication happens within the wider context of the lesson)
- Students are going home with “you know what we did today” stories to their parents, who are amazed after having had “How was your day?”/”Fine” conversations for the duration of their child’s senior school years.
- The teachers using the IWB are excited about their lessons and using the board
- IWB tools used – The teachers are developing in their use of the Activ Studio tools
- As they master some, they are curious about what more they could do
Tools to learn:
- I need to know how one attaches actions to objects on the board
- I want to be able to animate objects
Plans for Term 2:
- Increase the number of staff using the IWB
- Offer support in use of the board and preparation of lessons to more staff
- Install more boards in both the Junior and Senior School
Comments:
It has been really exciting to be involved in introducing the staff and students to the Interactive Whiteboard. It has generated such an excitement amongst students, staff, governors and parents.
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