Comments on: IWB “Research” http://blog.brettmoller.com/2009/06/04/iwb-research/ Technology Resources for Educators Thu, 30 Sep 2010 03:25:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Benbehttp://blog.brettmoller.com/2009/06/04/iwb-research/#comment-686 Benbe Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:50:41 +0000 http://blog.brettmoller.com/?p=296#comment-686 Well, I believe effectiveness is an experimental quality, one you can only measure, but can't use it to prove or criticize anything. You can do that only based on theories, and you can gather data that might depict a positive or a negative picture of your theory, but that's all.And here come the part when individually usable gadgets can't be beaten, as a valid pedagogical system, the constructivist theory supports the idea that individual, group and class works should be used equally for optimal learning.So while netbooks, photocopied worksheets, games, photos, simulations, experiments are supplied with a reason to use them and a method clearly describing how and when to use them, how to develop the activities and promises what these efforts will cause IWB only has the saying that multimedia is good as it's close to the hearts of today's pupils. But multimedia in the iwb paradigm is used l'art pour l'art, but overall the class, the curriculum and the results too are the same as with conventional teaching.Often iwb activities are nothing else than old course book pages turned into ppt and Java, so why would they work any better? Well, I believe effectiveness is an experimental quality, one you can only measure, but can’t use it to prove or criticize anything. You can do that only based on theories, and you can gather data that might depict a positive or a negative picture of your theory, but that’s all.

And here come the part when individually usable gadgets can’t be beaten, as a valid pedagogical system, the constructivist theory supports the idea that individual, group and class works should be used equally for optimal learning.

So while netbooks, photocopied worksheets, games, photos, simulations, experiments are supplied with a reason to use them and a method clearly describing how and when to use them, how to develop the activities and promises what these efforts will cause IWB only has the saying that multimedia is good as it’s close to the hearts of today’s pupils. But multimedia in the iwb paradigm is used l’art pour l’art, but overall the class, the curriculum and the results too are the same as with conventional teaching.

Often iwb activities are nothing else than old course book pages turned into ppt and Java, so why would they work any better?

]]> By: Bretthttp://blog.brettmoller.com/2009/06/04/iwb-research/#comment-685 Brett Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:13:43 +0000 http://blog.brettmoller.com/?p=296#comment-685 Ah yes.... we certainly have the "effective" use argument - the one that detracts away from the issue at hand... How is teaching and learning changing by investing $$ in a IWB? How is teaching and learning changing by investing $$ in laptop programs? OR How could teaching and learning change if we invested more money in quality teaching training and up skilling? Does break through in medicine happen because someone bought expensive gadgets? Or do they happen because the training and up skilling required makes better doctors? Ah yes…. we certainly have the “effective” use argument – the one that detracts away from the issue at hand… How is teaching and learning changing by investing $$ in a IWB? How is teaching and learning changing by investing $$ in laptop programs? OR How could teaching and learning change if we invested more money in quality teaching training and up skilling? Does break through in medicine happen because someone bought expensive gadgets? Or do they happen because the training and up skilling required makes better doctors?

]]> By: Jonathan Nalderhttp://blog.brettmoller.com/2009/06/04/iwb-research/#comment-684 Jonathan Nalder Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:26:14 +0000 http://blog.brettmoller.com/?p=296#comment-684 Hi Brett - you know a prophet will never be appreciated in his home whatever! Serioulsy tho, keep up the challenging on IWBs. I know I'd choose 20 netbooks over 1 IWB, but then a super teacher might use 1 IWB more effectively than I'd use the netbooks, so... I guess I'm saying its also about how effectively its used, something that IS really hard to research! Hi Brett – you know a prophet will never be appreciated in his home whatever! Serioulsy tho, keep up the challenging on IWBs. I know I’d choose 20 netbooks over 1 IWB, but then a super teacher might use 1 IWB more effectively than I’d use the netbooks, so… I guess I’m saying its also about how effectively its used, something that IS really hard to research!

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