Reflections on my Smartboard test-drive. The hardware is really good, as long as you don’t have to move it.
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May 13, 2009
Random Choices from my Interactive Whiteboard
I used an editable, flash-based slot machine on an interactive whiteboard to choose students for roleplay activities.
April 25, 2009
169 Interesting Ways to Use Technology
Tom Barrett, a teacher in Nottingham, England, has presentations on using interactive whiteboards, wordle, Google Earth, Google Docs, pocket video cameras, and Twitter. 169 tips in all!
March 31, 2009
Interactive Whiteboard FAQ (Wii)
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about the Wiimote-based $50 Interactive Whiteboard.
March 27, 2009
Projects: Update
Projects I have been / am working on: ESL Sandbox, Twitter and PLEs, Interactive Whiteboards, Second Life.
January 29, 2009
Zoom It with Sys Internals
ZoomIt gives you the ability to zoom in on an area of the screen, move around, and write on the screen. Could be useful with Wii-based interactive whiteboards.
January 17, 2009
I’m Getting Smart
Well, I’m getting a SMART board. Ivan (of Ivan’s Insight fame) was interested in their Airliner Wireless Slate so when the Digital Union announced it’s SMART Seed program, he applied and put me down for one of their portable interactive boards. We figured it might help our chances if we talked about how awarding us [...]
November 3, 2008
More Interactive Whiteboards, Please
Ivan and I presented the $50 Interactive Whiteboard to a standing-room-only audience of other teachers of English to speakers of other languages at Ohio TESOL this weekend. Not only have I now distributed all five from my original Ohio TESOL grant, but I’ve also got over a dozen people signed up for test drives. Looks [...]
October 24, 2008
How do I know my IR LED works?
Look at it through your cell phone’s camera. What a great tip! 8 more can be found at Wiimote Project.com. I’m a little bit behind the curve on some of this stuff, but they’ve got great info on building IR pens for Wiimote interactive whiteboards and building them right.
Next week, Ivan and I present our [...]
