tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867106943332368504.post1900217085805886585..comments2024-03-24T02:20:49.965-05:00Comments on iTeach and iLearn: 7 Smart Rules for Educational TechnologyDave Mulderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395580054297587342noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867106943332368504.post-1054128612255367632014-05-03T13:44:49.400-05:002014-05-03T13:44:49.400-05:00I taught with a Smartboard in the UK for three yea...I taught with a Smartboard in the UK for three years and wondered what I would do without one, when I came back to Canada. When I began to teach in Canada again, I realized that I did not miss it at all. I now have a kind of Smartboard in my class called a BenQ. Honestly, I hardly use it as an interactive board. Besides making fancy Powerpoint-like presentations, what are they really good for? The "interactive " aspect of Smartboards, really is not interactive. Whatever you can do "interactively" on them, can be done interacting with your students orally. In my opinion, they are a big waste of money. Having a projector in your room, on the other hand, is essential! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779374760919144915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867106943332368504.post-69959889087893937252013-01-16T09:15:19.227-06:002013-01-16T09:15:19.227-06:00Thanks for your response, David. That is largely m...Thanks for your response, David. That is largely my own thinking about iPads as well. They perhaps can't replace *everything* a laptop can do, but they replace *most* of the things a laptop can do (especially if you have a bluetooth keyboard available!) <br /><br />In some of the chatter on this topic I've followed on Twitter, I see a good number of people arguing against iPads because they don't replace a laptop. I think this is a fallacious train of thought. If the question is laptops or no device at all, of course laptops make more sense. But an iPad (or other tablet--Apple is just winning this game right now) can bring affordable access to great tech tools in a sustainable way...this seems like a benefit, not a detriment!<br /><br />Also, this doesn't even begin to address the many benefits an iPad can bring in and of itself! :-)Dave Mulderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18395580054297587342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5867106943332368504.post-48311667155573763022013-01-16T08:12:32.377-06:002013-01-16T08:12:32.377-06:00Sustainability is definitely an issue. PCGS will ...Sustainability is definitely an issue. PCGS will be deploying a 1:1 iPad initiative in grades 6-8 next school year and in our answer to the question "Why the iPad?", we addressed all seven of these areas. We believe we will need to maintain a laptop presence in the building because of this decision, but an overwhelming majority of tasks that we ask our students to complete in a classroom can be accomplished on an iPad. The obstacle that prevented us from pursuing a laptop program was quite simply financial sustainability of such a program. davidteeghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05353185236366745348noreply@blogger.com