I often wondered how Promethean pens required no power whatsoever to work. Most other solutions require you to stick an AA battery in them and you’ll get a year or so out of them before having to replace the batteries. Promethean pens will go on for ever and ever relatively. So I asked the head of development and he told me that there is a coil of copper wiring through the pen which reacts to the wiring inside the whiteboard. This got me thinking about a touch screen Promethean board. (more…)
Archive for July, 2008
I think I’ve invented a touch screen Promethean
July 26th, 2008 
Simon Promethean’s €800 solution is actually brilliant
July 26th, 2008 Simon A while back, Promethean introduced their most basic package of all. It costs €800 and you get a wireless slate and their excellent Activ Primary software. You also get a little hub, (much like the eBeam or Mimio), which sticks to your existing whiteboard. Now, although you cannot interact with the whiteboard directly, you can use the slate to do all the interacting. (more…)
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Tags: interactive whiteboard, iwb, Opinion, promethean, review, software 
No Comments »Two meetings with Promethean
July 26th, 2008 Simon I’ve had a fairly surreal couple of weeks since I published my findings about Interactive Whiteboards. Promethean Ireland emailed me to arrange a meeting. Apparently, my survey has had an effect in the company and they wished to discuss it with me. As I was curious, more than anything, I agreed and met the sales and marketing heads from the company. (more…)
EduBlogs is offering free blogs at your own domain
July 23rd, 2008 Simon 
Now there’s no excuse not to run your own school blog! Edublogs.org is a web site that offers all educational institutions, teachers and pupils to run their very own web blog. Before today, if you used this service, you could choose an address: SOMETHING.edublogs.org. However, now you can pick a nice domain name for $25, for example www.scoilsomething.com and they set everything else up for you. (more…)
bullying in schools- teachers and students!
July 22nd, 2008 lisa more art ideas
July 12th, 2008 mannx Art ideas
Clay
Get children to close their eyes and experiment.
inch, poke, twist and squeeze the clay (more…)
The first ever Irish Interactive Whiteboard survey
July 11th, 2008 Simon I gave a course on Interactive Whiteboards (IWBs) this week and got hold of 5 different types of IWB. As part of the course, I got teachers to check out all the options without interfering salespeople then surveyed them on their experiences. It is clear that Promethean’s beauty has won it many fans. Smart also performed well. As for the rest… well download and read my report and see for yourself. My own opinions slip in between questions but I must admit my mind was changed a little. Download the document now.
