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This week I was invited for the second time to speak on the Teachnet podcast station and the topic was Interactive Whiteboards. I’m fairly happy with what I had to say although I failed to mention many of the options by name except for Promethean and Smart.  I mentioned eBeam too.  However, I regret that | Read on…

So, have you thought about why you plonk your desk at the top of the room? Can I be so assuming to give some reasons? Let me know if I am wrong!

Scoilnet, an NCTE initiative are providing Irish schools with Blog hosting.  I tested it out at the excellent CESI conference this year and I must admit, Scoilnet have got it right.

Interactive Whiteboards come in different shapes, sizes and colours.  Each comes with its own software, most of which is dreadful, requiring you to buy a 3rd party solution.  However, how one interacts with the board in question, cannot be changed.  You have two choices – should you get an IWB that allows you to use | Read on…

Promethean shook the world of Interactive Whiteboards a few weeks back with two announcements.  The first was the launch of their €2,500 IWB, available from their resellers.  The second was their release of ActivStudio, the software, for use on any IWB.  This review focuses on all Promethean IWBs, which have seen further price cuts.

First of all, here’s the bad news.  The Jolly Phonics font is not free so you’ll have to buy it.  The font itself is called Sassoon Primary Font and a Google search will give you some options.  Below are some that I have found so see if you can beat the prices I’ve found!

Before I begin, I’d better let you know that this review is almost a clone of the Clasus and Promethean review, because, essentially, BoardWiz is a clone of the Promethean.  BoardWiz are Interactive Whiteboards that look like Promethean IWBs, act like Promethean IWBs and are Promethean IWBs under a different name (allegedly).  C-IT & Bach | Read on…