Interactive Technology…An Exploration and

Discussion

John Dalton, LSTCCedar Hill Elementary School

Lawrenceville, GA 30043Gwinnett County Public Schools

Old, old, old Interactive Technology…

Old, old Interactive Technology…

Old Interactive Technology…

Current Interactive Technology…

Interactive Technology…

Who?

What?

When?

Where?

Why?

How!

Interactive Technology… Who? Students and Teachers What? Projectors, Interactive

Whiteboards, Student Response Systems, Document Cameras, Slates/Tablets, Microscopes, and more…

When? Any time - all the time Where? Classrooms, labs, media centers Why? Student Engagement and hopefully

increased student learning How? Let’s explore…

Interactive Technology…

A number of years ago, we provided teachers with laptops, expecting it impact the role of technology in the classroom. Laptops did help teachers to become more comfortable with technology…

However, it was the installation of projectors in classrooms that has really had an impact on teaching with technology…

The Classroom

Projector…

Classroom projectors work with…

Interactive WhiteboardsStudent Response Systems

Document CamerasDigital Microscopes

Free WebsitesSubscription WebsitesInstructional SoftwareProductivity Software

and more…

A projector story…Soon after our retrofit (the “overhaul” of our school technology – which included installation of classroom projectors), one of our teachers had their projector hooked up to their laptop showing a PowerPoint presentation and they were running the laptop off of battery power. When the low battery beeping alarm went off (which was very loud since it was being amplified through the classroom ceiling speakers), the teacher lined the students up and started walking them outside…

thinking the fire alarm was sounding!

Welcome to the world of classroom projectors!

Let’s take a look at projector

use in a few classrooms…

Don’t have an

“interactive

whiteboard”?

Consider adjusting your

projector so you can

write on your regular

whiteboard.

Or just project to your

screen and make it

“interactive”…

Student Station

On screen

On screen

Student work

Student

Station

On screen

Students at

work…

Interactive Whiteboards

Mimio

Activ

Smart

They ALL work with a projector.

Let’s get SMART as we

explore a SMART Notebook

file…

Student Response Systems

“Paper” Assessments

Onscreen Assessments(1 question at a time)

Onscreen Assessments(multiple question assessments)

Status of the Class Questions

Anonymously or By Name

Prepared questions…

Prepared questions…

“On the fly”

questions…Do you understand what I just explained? (Yes or No)

Enter the answer for the problem you see on the board.

The current season is winter. (Yes or No)

Let’s try some…

Intro to Smart Response System

(“Smart Clickers”)

Fact or Fiction(1 question at a time – Multiple Question

Assessments)

“Paper” Assessment

Document Cameras

Lumens DC162 (Ladybug)

http://www.lumens.com.tw/eng/prod-dc.asp

IPEVO – Point 2 View

Homemade with LifeCam

Document Camera Top 7 Ways To Use A Document Camera In The Classroom 101 Ways K-12 Teachers Use Document Cameras 101 Ways Kennewick Teachers Use Document Cameras Document Camera Magic: Eleven Dozen Ways to Transform Te

aching Classroom Uses for a Document Camera How can I use a document camera in my classroom?

http://www.ipevo.com/prods/Point-2-View-USB-Camera/IPEVO

USB Microscope

http://www.digiblue.com/

Slates - Tablets

http://www.smarttech.com/us/Solutions/Education+Solutions/Products+for+education/Complementary+hardware+products/SMART+Slate

Smart Pen - Livescribe

http://www.livescribe.com/en-us/education/

http://www.livescribek12.com/retail-easy-students-rejoice-livescribe-echo-%e2%80%93-the-pen-of-the-future/

Computer Documents…

If you have it – you can

show it!

1. Peer Editing

2. Math Manipulatives

3. Math Exemplars

4. Science

5. Art Instruction

6. Microscope

 

And last but not least…

Afternoon TV

Shadow Puppets

Baby

Mobile

Projector Pinata

Now go and have some FUN with YOUR projector and interactive technology!

John Dalton

References for assorted borrowed images:

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