I use the Mimeo interactive program on whiteboards. One of the students I work with is visually impaired. By using the Mimeo program, we can enlarge the image/writing onto a whiteboard so she can work math problems. Then, her work is emailed to the algebra teacher. Not only is it in her handwriting, but also, using the interactive program has reduced paper consumption. I think more can be done with Mimeo, but I am still in the exploring phase. It took quite a while to remember the steps of using the Mimeo to save and directly email student work to teachers. We tried using the Mimeo to project tests on the wall. For a typical social studies test with multiple choice answers, the projection couldn’t be made large enough for the student to read and still remain focused on the screen. I am experimenting with other ways to use it this year.
Our school uses smartboards. I used one for the first time the other to help in a elementary school math class. It was a great experience. It saves paper and a teacher can use it to show kids examples of how to do something and also let the kids use hands on without actually having the objects to do the math. If you can find a pics or program on the computer there are endless possibilities of learning for student.
I have a Smart Board in my room. I use it some but not a lot. I have found that for the pens to work on it I have to press really hard and even then the handwriting it displays is difficult to read. I can use the keyboard on the laptop that is connected to the projector to type in things that will show on the white board. It is fairly new to my room so I know I have a lot to learn about it. What I am finding out is that with all the app on my IPad I can do more things on my IPad and project it onto the white board via a dongle. For example I have an app called Simpleminds that is a concept mapping app, like making bubble maps (from Thinking Maps). I used that on my IPad when discussing a character and it was displayed on the white board, that is used more as a screen, as I was typing the information in. It was neater and easier to read than making the concept map on the white board.
One of the things I love about the interactive whiteboard is the templates and options you can give students to be independent and more productive. I have seen several teachers use it throughout the district to help with independence. I love using it for note taking in the classroom. You can put up the teacher’s outline that they hand out to the students and then just add notes as discussions go and then you can print it out and the kids have all the notes they don’t have to try and listen and write their notes down at the same time when they struggle with multi tasks. Also when one of my students became visually impaired and we needed to find a way to adapt her math it was great to take the math lesson from the book, the worksheet, or the chapter test and we put it up on the board and she could blow it up to the size she needed and do the work and then we could save it and print it to turn in or email the work to her classroom teacher.
I do not have an interactive white board, but I am in gen ed rooms that use the white board on a regular basis. All the students are comfortable using it, even the students with whom I work. The math teacher uses it frequently with different apps.
I received a Smart Board in my room last summer. I have only used it one time because I have been a bit intimated by it. It is my goal to become more comfortable using it and getting programs downloaded this summer. I hope to use it daily next year. I saw some good programs for calendar time programs that I would like to use with my cognitively delayed student. I would like to use it with additional practice in math and reading skills. I still have a long ways to go in learning how to use the smart board, when I go into the classrooms and see how many teachers use it, I know I can learn it also. I just need to take the time.
Yes it can get some getting used to. Once you get it sat up it is awesome to use. It does take some time to get it how you want it. We have a teacher in our district that is taking a class on flip charts she shares them with all the teachers to use. That is nice.
I don't have a smart board in my room. However, I do project things onto my whiteboard using my laptop and overhead projector. I use it to do bell work, instructions and we do work using it. It has worked pretty well for me.
I don't have a smart board. It would be very useful for working with my visually impaired student - and other students that are working to learn the same thing....for instance a math concept. Part of being "in the back room" - tucked away.
I have used the Smart Board quite a few times this year to play interactive games relating to phonics skills and phonological awareness skills. The kids absolutely LOVE it when we get to use it. One of the problems I run into is that I share a room with the Title teacher, so there were quite a few times that I would have liked to use it more, but she had her group using it or we would have been to noisy with her group in the room. What I liked most is that it allowed me to step back and observe the students independent skills.
Unfortunately in my class room I don't have a mimeo to project anything which sometimes would help tremendously. I have used the mimeo in classrooms and have taught using the mimeo. I love that it is interactive and the kids can learn hands on with it. I have been in classrooms where they are using it for their small group time to do various activities. I think it is a great tool for the kids to have a visual representation of what is being taught and it is fun for the kids.
I use the Mimeo interactive program on whiteboards. One of the students I work with is visually impaired. By using the Mimeo program, we can enlarge the image/writing onto a whiteboard so she can work math problems. Then, her work is emailed to the algebra teacher. Not only is it in her handwriting, but also, using the interactive program has reduced paper consumption. I think more can be done with Mimeo, but I am still in the exploring phase. It took quite a while to remember the steps of using the Mimeo to save and directly email student work to teachers.
ReplyDeleteWe tried using the Mimeo to project tests on the wall. For a typical social studies test with multiple choice answers, the projection couldn’t be made large enough for the student to read and still remain focused on the screen. I am experimenting with other ways to use it this year.
I also have a mimeo and we use it for vocabulary. So that my student can get the definition and see a picture of what the word means.
DeleteOur school uses smartboards. I used one for the first time the other to help in a elementary school math class. It was a great experience. It saves paper and a teacher can use it to show kids examples of how to do something and also let the kids use hands on without actually having the objects to do the math. If you can find a pics or program on the computer there are endless possibilities of learning for student.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Hope! It is a great way for kids to get interactive with their learning without having the objects in front of them.
DeleteI have a Smart Board in my room. I use it some but not a lot. I have found that for the pens to work on it I have to press really hard and even then the handwriting it displays is difficult to read. I can use the keyboard on the laptop that is connected to the projector to type in things that will show on the white board. It is fairly new to my room so I know I have a lot to learn about it. What I am finding out is that with all the app on my IPad I can do more things on my IPad and project it onto the white board via a dongle. For example I have an app called Simpleminds that is a concept mapping app, like making bubble maps (from Thinking Maps). I used that on my IPad when discussing a character and it was displayed on the white board, that is used more as a screen, as I was typing the information in. It was neater and easier to read than making the concept map on the white board.
ReplyDeleteOne of the things I love about the interactive whiteboard is the templates and options you can give students to be independent and more productive. I have seen several teachers use it throughout the district to help with independence. I love using it for note taking in the classroom. You can put up the teacher’s outline that they hand out to the students and then just add notes as discussions go and then you can print it out and the kids have all the notes they don’t have to try and listen and write their notes down at the same time when they struggle with multi tasks. Also when one of my students became visually impaired and we needed to find a way to adapt her math it was great to take the math lesson from the book, the worksheet, or the chapter test and we put it up on the board and she could blow it up to the size she needed and do the work and then we could save it and print it to turn in or email the work to her classroom teacher.
ReplyDeleteI do not have an interactive white board, but I am in gen ed rooms that use the white board on a regular basis. All the students are comfortable using it, even the students with whom I work. The math teacher uses it frequently with different apps.
ReplyDeleteI received a Smart Board in my room last summer. I have only used it one time because I have been a bit intimated by it. It is my goal to become more comfortable using it and getting programs downloaded this summer. I hope to use it daily next year. I saw some good programs for calendar time programs that I would like to use with my cognitively delayed student. I would like to use it with additional practice in math and reading skills. I still have a long ways to go in learning how to use the smart board, when I go into the classrooms and see how many teachers use it, I know I can learn it also. I just need to take the time.
ReplyDeleteYes it can get some getting used to. Once you get it sat up it is awesome to use. It does take some time to get it how you want it. We have a teacher in our district that is taking a class on flip charts she shares them with all the teachers to use. That is nice.
DeleteI don't have a smart board in my room. However, I do project things onto my whiteboard using my laptop and overhead projector. I use it to do bell work, instructions and we do work using it. It has worked pretty well for me.
ReplyDeleteI don't have a smart board. It would be very useful for working with my visually impaired student - and other students that are working to learn the same thing....for instance a math concept. Part of being "in the back room" - tucked away.
ReplyDeleteI have used the Smart Board quite a few times this year to play interactive games relating to phonics skills and phonological awareness skills. The kids absolutely LOVE it when we get to use it. One of the problems I run into is that I share a room with the Title teacher, so there were quite a few times that I would have liked to use it more, but she had her group using it or we would have been to noisy with her group in the room. What I liked most is that it allowed me to step back and observe the students independent skills.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately in my class room I don't have a mimeo to project anything which sometimes would help tremendously. I have used the mimeo in classrooms and have taught using the mimeo. I love that it is interactive and the kids can learn hands on with it. I have been in classrooms where they are using it for their small group time to do various activities. I think it is a great tool for the kids to have a visual representation of what is being taught and it is fun for the kids.
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