Thursday, September 30, 2010

Promethean Boards

A Promethean board is a combination of a white board and a computer.  Everything you do on the computer is projected onto a special screen, which can also be written on when using a particular pen.  The Promethean board also comes with hand-held devices.
Teachers are able to use this new innovation to help create an interactive classroom.  In the classroom I observed for my level two field experience, each student was able to use a hand held-device that enabled them to cast 'votes'.  The teacher posted problems on the Promethean board and the students would cast their votes via the hand-held device.  Teachers and students can also use a specific pen to write on the board.  I have seen the pen being used lot when making corrections on papers and doing math problems.  I believe the Promethean board makes interaction with students in the classroom much easier and more effective!

Christman, Andrea. (2010, June 28). Sigms playground. Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/christman26/4753615900/ 


For more information and ideas on Promethean boards go to:
http://www.edutopia.org/interactive-whiteboards-technology-success

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