Reflections on working as an Digital Learning Consultant in the Asian Region.
Category: Electronic WhiteboardsBy Paul McMahon on Feb 4, 2009 in Electronic Whiteboards | 1 Comment
Readers of my blog will know I do pedagogically based training on all brands of electronic whiteboards with all “flavors” of operating systems. In spite of what the marketers and geeks will have you believe, it is about the pedagogy and the teacher’s vision of what the use of ICT for learning should look like [...]
By Paul McMahon on Nov 18, 2008 in 1:1 access in schools, Appropriate Hardware for Education, Education in Hong Kong, Electronic Whiteboards, Learning for a Flat World, Triathlon | 2 Comments
Hong Kong , and probably the greater Asian region, seems to be in the grip of laptop programs at the
By Paul McMahon on Nov 6, 2008 in Appropriate Hardware for Education, Electronic Whiteboards | 0 Comments
Recently I had the good fortune to share a coffee with Gary Walder of Newell PR in Hong Kong. Gary is a former teacher and now a PR consultant for Newell. Among his many clients, Gary manages the Promethean account in Hong Kong and I can tell from his passion for wanting to see more [...]
By Paul McMahon on Jul 17, 2008 in Electronic Whiteboards | 1 Comment
I have some workshops to run on Electronic Whitboards coming up next month so I thought it about time to get some slides together that look at some of the latest research. I particularly like the research of Sandy [...]
By Paul McMahon on Jun 25, 2008 in Electronic Whiteboards, Ideas for Great Lessons | 0 Comments
I just wanted to put up a post with some starter ideas for some early years teachers I am working with in terms of introducing them to the EWB at the moment. Here are some ideas.
Firstly, the kids need to be on their toes, ready to be called up at any time. This classtools.net activity [...]
By Paul McMahon on Jun 12, 2008 in Appropriate Hardware for Education, Electronic Whiteboards | 0 Comments
I responded to a post in the OZ-Teachers email list today on rolling out EWBs in a school in Australia.
Have just taken delivery of our first wireless (wacom) tablet & data projector (with more on the way) as we explore less expensive alternatives to putting interactivity into our classrooms. I am very excited about the [...]
By Paul McMahon on Jun 9, 2008 in Appropriate Hardware for Education, Electronic Whiteboards, Ideas for Great Lessons | 3 Comments
I must confess that the first time I used a document camera in a classroom, it was not the most useful device I have ever had access to. This is a combination of the fact that the one I had was very small and limited in its functionality and the subject I was teaching was [...]
By Paul McMahon on Jun 3, 2008 in Electronic Whiteboards | 1 Comment
In trawling the web in search of Electronic Whiteboard sites, I am yet to find a well organised, subject specific site with lots of great ideas that I can link to in the one place. This is my feeble attempt to try to do so. I intend to try to put one of these posts [...]
