Category Archives: Interactive whiteboard

My computer corrected me in class!

Posted on 30/06/2014 by alexcase

In one of the schools I work for the computers in the classroom make a strange bing-bong noise when the screensaver starts, one which sounds a lot like the sound that a wrong answer gets in a quiz show. It’s usually … Continue reading →

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The real reasons everyone will end up using interactive whiteboards

Posted on 10/02/2012 by alexcase

You might be surprised by how resistant the Japanese are to teaching technology. For example, chalkboards are still very common , even in classrooms that have two huge screens and projectors. However, the clever salesmen at Promethean have finally found … Continue reading →

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400 Things to do with an Interactive Whiteboard

Posted on 23/07/2011 by alexcase

I’m going to be reviewing a book with this title. A good study tip I learnt from my DELTA tutor is to think about what might be coming up in the book and then read to check, so here are … Continue reading →

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The previous generation of whiteboard technology

Posted on 11/06/2011 by alexcase

Most Japanese offices I have worked in (many) have an almost-normal-looking whiteboard that can apparently print out what is written on it via the attached printer. I say apparently, because I don’t think I’ve ever seen one that was plugged … Continue reading →

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The next generation of interactive whiteboards

Posted on 05/04/2011 by alexcase

As I am a very public unbeliever in IWBs, I was one of the invitees at Promethean’s recent prototype demonstration at their Tokyo office. If it really is available in three to four years as they say it will be, … Continue reading →

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15 reasons why an OHP is better than an IWB

Posted on 06/12/2010 by alexcase

Although I am well known as a technology enthusiast*, I have yet to be fully convinced by the time and money that interactive whiteboards take up. I’ve just remembered that I had exactly the same response to overhead projectors, but … Continue reading →

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Advantages of being a late adopter

Posted on 29/09/2010 by alexcase

One argument you often hear in the technology in teaching debate is “You’ll all have to use technology in the classroom sooner or later”, to which my reaction is “Fine. If those are the two choices, I’ll take later please”. … Continue reading →

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What was the biggest change in TEFL in the Noughties?

Posted on 21/12/2009 by alexcase

If you’d asked me in 1999, I probably would’ve predicted that Task Based Learning was going to take over the TEFL world, for better or worse. What a damp squib that turned out to be, with apparently even Cutting Edge … Continue reading →

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Completely meaningless TEFL research results Part One

Posted on 09/11/2009 by alexcase

I was recently discussing whether there was research to show that using an IWB (interactive whiteboard) does/ does not  lead to increased learning. Here is how I have decided to use those research results once they are finally clear: 1. Because it … Continue reading →

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Copyright and the TEFL teacher

Posted on 05/04/2009 by alexcase

I had a thought provoking email from one of the TEFL.net book reviewers last week. When I told them to “not rush the review and try the book out in class as much as they like”, they came back with … Continue reading →

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