Blogs: Bringing Teachers Together To Share Knowledge
In this session I will show how I developed a blog to explore some of the issues around the use of Interactive Whiteboards. I will discuss the interactive features of the blog as my colleagues were able to post their comments and
receive feedback. As well as setting up and managing the blog I also produced and embedded an instructional video on how to set up the Interactive Whiteboard for class use. The added feature of embedding video enabled me to demonstrate the ease of setting up the Interactive Whiteboard for class use.
Ruth McElhone is a primary school teacher working in Bluebell, Dublin. She is the current ICT post holder in the school. This post involves encouraging and supporting all members of staff to integrate the ICT into their teaching and foster an ICT rich environment. Ruth first became interested in technology in education in Australia where she was teaching in a school that integrated technology into every aspect of the curriculum. She is currently studying for a MSc. in Education and Training Management (eLearning Strand) in the School of Education, Dublin City University. Her thesis research is in the area of Interactive Whiteboard use in the Irish post-primary classroom.