Well thank goodness this weeks over. Harry's had something on every night and all day yesterday which ultimately means i have something on every night been the taxi!!! Thankfully it's raining today which means football cancelled so i'm taking the opportunity to get my blog updated.
On Wednesday we learnt about the IWB or Smart board as also known. Carol Elston in her book Using ICT in the Primary School describes the IWB "as an erasable writing surface that interacts with a computer to capture writing electronically and enable interaction with a projected computer image. IWB's work by either using a special pen or finger touch. As the pen or finger is moved across the whiteboard the mouse cursor follows. Tapping the screen twice with a finger provides the same action as double clicking the mouse."
I couldn't believe just how much it could do. It was amazing. I didn't even realise there was a notepad on it that could be used. All i've ever seen it used for in 3 and a half years is as a projector for the laptop. The teacher will either find a website that can be used interactivly or it's used for the children to draw / mark make using Tizzy. As with Textease and Photostory I'm looking forward to been able to start having a play around with it on my own and hope at some point next half term to make an elctronic book to help the chidlren with their number recognition which will re-inforce the work i've been doing with them over the last few weeks. I've also managed to acquire 2Animate, ( Thankyou my friend... you know who you are!!) and am also looking foward to having a play around with that. My 7 year old loves drawing ( he wants to be an artist when he's older!! i keep trying to persuade him to be a doctor / vet or architect but no such luck yet). and i think he'll love 2Animate when he sees what it can do. Might have to invest in another laptop, with all this fab software to use we'll be fighting over who gets to use it.
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