Most definitely agree - fine on your own but add 28 more Internet
hoggs and watch the fun begin!

I use an IWB as an interactive whiteboard for science teaching. The junior
classes get great use out of it and love it. There are a lot of resources
out there that can be adapted and used for junior cycle. I find it really
useful for engaging students and for drill and practice activities.
With senior cycle students I use it more simply to annotate over power

Small word of warning, used for 4th Year Radio project and at the end it
crashed on a few machines and I lost most of the work done. Lovely software
though. Sometimes offline is better ;)
Steve

Hello Steve,
I also would love to hear from colleagues who are using the boards. In some
cases, I suspect, the boards are being used in a particular way i.e. as
projection screens for PowerPoints, websites etc. This is not to negate the
value of such activities. However, it still leaves the students as 'passive

Hi all
The Spring Programme of eTwinning online Learning Events is now available:
[link]
These courses have been hugely popular with teachers, so early booking is advised as numbers are limited!
Anne

Thanks for that. Had a look. Great site

Hi Folks,
Just following on from a previous post, I've just discovered Aviary
Myno - a free sound and music editor that works online.
No installation required and you can upload and download tracks to it.
It also contains some free sound effect libraries - a very powerful
tool!
Using it at the moment in my HDip for Digital Story Telling.

Hi Steve,
I had a good rant about this on this forum 12 months ago and it generated
some interesting advice, the link is at the bottom.
I (science teacher) used to use the IWB almost exclusivity as a data
projector, but VERRRRRRRRRRRRY slowly have begun to use it for its intended
purpose.
Having said that, I read the following yesterday, which looks interesting:

The Maths teachers here went for tablet laptops. They find they can write
and draw diagrams more accurately, naturally and easily than with an iwb.
They like that they can sit facing the class rather then standing with their
back to the class at the board. They like that they can prepare work
anywhere they have their laptop which is more difficult with an iwb setup.

Dear Steve
I recently spoke to UCC AV about how third level will cope with all these
whiteboard natives coming through. They are tending towards large
touchscreens not interactive whiteboards because of the difficulties of
larger classrooms/lecturers moving around. The screens can also be used as
digital poster boards. I will try to find out some makes.

[link]
jh

Dear all,
I am interested in hearing from those teachers in secondary school who use interactive whiteboards as a teaching resource.
I am hearing various conflicting opinions on whether interactive boards are useful in secondary schools in particular, rather than a normal projector. Obviously they have their place in primary schools, but how relevant are they in secondary schools ?

Your marketing team ignored me when I asked where they had found my
address. It was the second email I received from you (the other titled
"Projector + Computer") and the second time you ignored me when I
asked where you had harvested my address. The first email had no
unsubscribe link -- illegal, I believe.

The following IWBs are magnetic and touch based - TouchIT and Cleverboard
Touch. You can stick dongles such as the eBeam to existing magnetic boards
too. Make sure your whiteboard has a matte finish. Other add-on boards
are: Mimio, Onfinity, Intech Portable. You could also get the Epson
Brightlite projector which has built-in interactivity.

Hi, I'm looking on advice on purchasing. We wold like to get one that's magnetic, you can write on it but also doubles up as one we can use with a short throw projector? Cold we also be advised to use an ebeam also??
 
 
Thanks
Angela
To: cesi-list@googlegroups.com
Our school has a Facebook account which is used by about 15% of parents. I pop up some announcements, etc.  I'm not entirely sure of its real purpose as yet.  I can see it being reasonably useful but I can also see it becoming a place for parents to nose about in each other's personal lives.

Our school has a Facebook account which is used by about 15% of parents. I
pop up some announcements, etc. I'm not entirely sure of its real purpose
as yet. I can see it being reasonably useful but I can also see it becoming
a place for parents to nose about in each other's personal lives.
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Hi Sinéad,
I'm in the process of looking at the Facebook option as well for my
school. One of my former schools in the States has done a pretty good
job of integrating Facebook / Twitter into their online presence. See
[link].
Another former school of mine uses Facebook as a tool for networking

Hi all
Just a quick survey, has anyone created a facebook account for their school?
This was a suggestion from a parent at our HSA meeting tonight. They had
lots of positive reasons why it should be a good idea- I am in the middle
camp for the mo on it.
Has anybody had any experience of creating one under a school name to

Thanks David.
jh
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John Hegarty,
CESI

Hi All,
We have recently employed a new marketing person and as part of their
role they requested that mails we have sent or received related to
education be used to keep our existing education clients informed of new
offers and services we are providing to schools. Unfortunately this
would have included mails I received recently from CESI List. It was