Well, I have a brand new Promethean Board. It is like a smart board on steroids! Ha! Ha! It was installed last week over Fall Break. Yesterday when I came into the classroom, I thought "Oh, no! This is a disaster!" All the desks were pushed around, my desk was sideways and backwards, cords and wires hanging in every direction. Took me forever to get things straightened up so my students could get in the room.
I couldn't sign on to my computer because I didn't know one plug from the other or where to plug anything. Finally, several of my students figured out how to get my computer functional again. But we couldn't figure out how to get the Promethean Board turned on. So it just sat there all day.
Today, my department chair had time to help me. We got the wires and plugs into the right spots. And lo and behold, a whole new world opened up!
This thing is WONDERFUL! We are going to have a class on how to use it, but I love all the things it can do that I have figured out so far. I am going to use it for first period in the morning to play a game with my students. We are having our GHST Writing in the morning, and we will have a "very extended" first period and no second period. So I will have time to bond with my first period students and my Promethean Board.
Stay tuned......I'll let you know how we do! :)
Connie
This sounds pretty neat Connie! You'll have to tell me more about it. I've never heard of one of these, but I am familiar with a Smartboard.
ReplyDeleteWe are doing GHSGT Writing tomorrow as well. Our sophomores are taking the PLAN test. The freshman team (of which I am a member) is taking the freshman to GCSU and the old capital. The only students who will be in the building tomorrow are the seniors!
That is, until after lunch when everyone but the seniors and freshman return (our seniors all have early release with the exception of a handful). I hope I can survive this fieldtrip. Oh, how I dread it!
Whoa! You're becoming quite the cyber geek. I've heard about Promethean Boards, but I've never seen one. You'll have to tell us all about it.
ReplyDeleteI saw one of those!! VERY cool stuff! I'm envious of you actually getting to use one. Cool!
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