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johnslat
Joined: 21 Jan 2003
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Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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 Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2004 1:32 am Post subject: Chalk and cheese |
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Dear Is650,
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In my day we used a good old-fashioned chalkboard - none of this new-fangled whiteboard stuff.
And we liked it that way. Dammit, we loved it! |
Well yes - except for getting all that dust all over your dark clothes and sometimes getting a rash.
But science moves on - let's just chalk it up to progress.
Regards,
John |
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struelle
Joined: 16 May 2003
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Location: Shanghai
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| Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2004 2:52 pm Post subject: |
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Shmooj, thanks a lot for this informative and enthusiastic post! What really caught my attention was this:
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| But once someone produces a piece of good material, it is very quick to copy this, personalise it and "Save As" so that you have your own version. |
Not only does this cut down lesson planning, but it makes a portable and transferable lesson plan portfolio to show future employers. I keep all my lesson plans in a binder, but it would nicer to click 'Save As' and then fire it up on the IWB.
FWIW, I use a computer arrangement in my teacher training class, but it's only projected onto a screen (no marking on top of it). The advantage is fast typing speed, and I can whip up lexis in no time. As well, there's a machine that scans paper and projects it on that same screen. This is useful if we're doing a reading activitiy, and students can just look at the screen.
Constantly writing on the white or blackboard wastes too much time, and it's a waste of paper to always give handouts. The IWB cuts down on both of that.
Related to this, some teachers don't bother with any written materials or whiteboards and just talk, but I think this is major shortcoming. Students need to see the written words and pictures in addition to the teacher.
They need a variety of stimuli and the IWB helps with this. I really want to get one!
Steve |
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johnslat
Joined: 21 Jan 2003
Posts: 13859
Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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| Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2004 2:58 pm Post subject: Micro-Vaults |
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Why not pick up a USB Flash Drive micro-vault, as well, to store your presentations on an easily portable, relatively inexpensive, accessory?
Example:
http://www.stargeek.com/item/21275.html
Regards,
John |
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Ludwig
Joined: 26 Apr 2004
Posts: 1096
Location: 22� 20' N, 114� 11' E
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| Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2004 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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| I have two weeks to submit a proposal to KOTESOL (Korea) on IT with Young Learners for this coming October [...] You won't by any chance be there will you? |
No, 'Shmooj', I will not. I will be elsewhere at a conference on the communication abilities of the Apis Mellifera. If you do not know of the long-running debate, take a look at the following:
http://www.beesource.com/pov/wenner/index.htm
Good luck with your proposal to Phil Owen. |
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kev7161
Joined: 06 Feb 2004
Posts: 5880
Location: Suzhou, China
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| Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2004 3:37 pm Post subject: |
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| I would kill just to have a good ol' whiteboard instead of this horrible chalkboard thing. All the classrooms in the senior department have a computer, big screen TV, overhead projector (that projects onto the big screen TV) . . . except for mine. See, when I first arrived, I was going from classroom to classroom lugging my teaching supplies around. Then I requested my own classroom and the kids come to me. They gave me a dirty room with a dusty chalkboard and some desks and chairs. But it's mine d a m m i t! I've asked them to requisition some modern equipment for next year's budget, but I'm not hopeful. I have used power point a couple of times and the textbook I use comes with an interactive CD-rom which the kids sort of enjoy. So, I'm not in the stone age here, but not exactly in the 21st century either! |
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shmooj
Joined: 11 Sep 2003
Posts: 1758
Location: Seoul, ROK
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| Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2004 9:44 pm Post subject: |
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| struelle wrote: |
Shmooj, thanks a lot for this informative and enthusiastic post! What really caught my attention was this:
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| But once someone produces a piece of good material, it is very quick to copy this, personalise it and "Save As" so that you have your own version. |
Not only does this cut down lesson planning, but it makes a portable and transferable lesson plan portfolio to show future employers. |
Thanks for the appreciation though it wasn't my OP. As for showing future employers... I'd have to be extremely careful about that especially if I am ripping off other people's stuff. Personally, when I leave this employer, I leave all I made here with them. It is highly unlikely that I would work with an employer where all I have made here would be directly transferable anyway.
Ludwig: submitted the proposal yesterday so we'll see. Thanks for the link. |
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shmooj
Joined: 11 Sep 2003
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Location: Seoul, ROK
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Just found this which might be helfpul for those interested in knowing more.
http://www.nwnet.org.uk/pages/index.html
The link entitled "An Interactive Whiteboard - What is it?" on the right hand side will explain the basics. |
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