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Chris Betcher
- 46, Male
- Sydney
- Australia
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Started Jan 31
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Profile Information
- What is your email address?
- betchaboy@gmail.com
- What type of interactive whiteboard/s do you use in your teaching?
- Promethean ActivBoards + ActivStudio 3, Activ Inspire Edition
Smart Boards and SmartNotebook
Interwrite Workbook
- How many years have you been teaching?
- 24
- How many years have you been using an interactive whiteboard?
- 5
- What is your current school?
- Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney
- What year level/s do you currently teach?
- R-12
- What subject areas do you currently teach?
- ICT Support across all KLAs
- What are your special areas of interest in teaching/education?
- Web 2.0
Collaborative technologies
Digital design and publishing
Digital storytelling
- List three areas in which you would like to improve your IWB skills
- Deeper links to pedagogy
Better use of digital resources
- What specific assistance in using an interactive whiteboard would you like to seek from other network members?
- Would love to see some truly innovative ways of using them.
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More convinced than ever
I'm becoming more convinced than ever that there is no one pedagogy for teaching with an IWB. I see so many teachers using them in so many ways, many of which are seemingly quite mundane, and yet these teachers are getting value out of them.
I'm sure that it is a continuum of use, from mundane to innovative, but if they are getting value and kids are learning then I guess that makes them effective. I'm sure that in many cases they can be more effective, but every start point is valid.
I do think… Continue
I'm sure that it is a continuum of use, from mundane to innovative, but if they are getting value and kids are learning then I guess that makes them effective. I'm sure that in many cases they can be more effective, but every start point is valid.
I do think… Continue
Posted on July 23, 2008 at 2:05am — 1 Comment
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If we can get past the notion of IWB's being a tool and a pedagogy for teachers and move the paradigm forward so that they are a tool for students then I believe we will begin to see changes. Teachers at the moment have a wonderful opportunity to embrace personalised learning and student centered and negotiated practice and it is being overshadowed by teacher led tips and tricks on an IWB.
When we visited schools in Victoria the best schools we saw shifted the notion of teacher up the front to student led explicit instruction where learning became real, relational and relavant.
Jane