Progress!

Well, have used my IWB for different things this week, with success! The kids love the roll in the morning, and are getting more familar with the board. Using a flipcart to order instructions was great. Had a few issues with getting things to go properly, which turned out to be plugs in the wrong place ect, so while embarressing(sorry Della!) I learned from it!

This week I'm using digital cameras tied in with reading and writing, hopefully with kids photos and recordings of thier comments as a class resource on the IWB at the end. Maybe I could put it onto the room 2 blog when set up. I need to get used to doing things that aren't on immediate display in the classroom and think about ways to revisit work done this way.

My other goal this week is to remember to use the board for 'on the run' whole classs teaching, such as spelling, or a mind map.

IWB

I went to a IWB 'beginners course' yesterday, and had a great day! Was fantastic to spend some time with expert help finding out what I could do, and now have some great ideas and some knowhow about how to make the IWB a more intregal part of the teaching and learnin in my room. Already have the photo roll up and running, ready for monday, as well as 2 other things!. Now lets hope it all works smoothly...

I played a you tube clip of a monarch butterfly on my IWB today for the first time. And it went without a hitch! Was great to be able to so easily show the children what they missed when our butterflies emerged. Got some good writing too! Also enjoying our new computer, though still a lot to discover about it.