Monday, May 21, 2012

Interactive Whiteboards or Interactive Projectors?

A question was raised this week that has played on my mind and I'd be interested in your opinions. I was supporting an ICT-Team meeting where the school were discussing (amongst other things) their budget and what they might purchase to enhance ICT in their school, when the subject of Interactive Whiteboards came up. It seems the team were not entirely happy with the boards installed throughout the school and favoured a move towards another IWB supplier. A teacher from another school who was attending the same drop-in session then asked this question - had they considered the use of Interactive Projectors as an alternative to Interactive Whiteboards?

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Google SketchUp at Greenfield Primary

I have had the pleasure over the last two weeks, of attending a couple of lessons at Greenfield Primary in Walsall, based on Google SketchUp.  It has been a pleasure for a number of reasons.  Firstly, I've been able to take a back seat and play a supporting role to the class teacher Mr Darcy, who has planned and led both the sessions.  Secondly, because my interest in Google SketchUp had been raised at the Google Teacher Academy, where we were given a presentation by Matt Lovegrove (@mattlovegrove) and (although sadly I missed it) a further session by James Abela (@eslweb).  Finally, because the Year 6 class have taken to it so quickly and are genuinely enthused by the project, even preferring it to their previous Scratch project.