My Promethean board is getting boring. I would love to see the board go beyond its present limitations.
It's like every current Adam Sandler movie ... it has the potential to be good, but just ... isn't.
There is nothing exciting about a "container". In fact, it takes way too long to set up those stupid things for five seconds of flip chart use.
It would be cool if the board did fun stuff that the SmartBoard software already has. For example, the smartboard has these rotating boxes that you could put a question on the front and have it spin around to the answer. You can also imbed and hide items in a Notebook file. It's all simple, interactive Flash programming.
Imagine being able to grab the corners of a picture of a cube and rotate it any which way. I know it can be done. Why hasn't it?
These things create a more interactive learning atmosphere. The ability to make a boring topic, visually appealing will at least grab the students' attention and hopefully lead them to listening.
I did get to sample the ActivExpressions. I've been batting around the idea of taking them from the library and the kids will always have one in front of them. Then always allow them to text in their answer. Or use them for formative types of assessment.
The more I try to make my classroom feel less like a classroom, the more students I believe will learn.
I also think carpeted rooms would help for some reason. Nothing fancy. Maybe a nice Egyptian blue carpet ... maybe with a little Feldgrau mixed in there to keep a calm tone.
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