[LINK] [Oz-teachers] Advice for very large screens

[Jan Whitaker]

At 02:51 AM 30/04/2011, stephen at melbpc.org.au wrote:

>We have IWBs, they can be magic. So why isn't there heaps of research to
>assist in producing our own, tailored, IWB pages, for our Aussie classes?
>

I didn't know these had developed to such a stage. I searched 
interactive white boards and found lots of links to materials. Here's 
an example with primary lessons:
http://www.interactivewhiteboard.net.au/lessons/primary.aspx
They appear to be called 'notebooks'.
There are SMART Bugs - board user groups all over the place.
There is a training channel on the homepage of this site.

There are conferences this winter all over the country, this one in Victoria:
Victoria:
12th and 13th July
Venue:
Mentone Grammar School
63 Venice St, Mentone, Victoria
http://www.mentonegrammar.net/
Keynote speakers:
Sue Beveridge, National Education Advocacy Manager

Here's a whole list of sites: 
http://www.avenelps.vic.edu.au/interactive_whiteboard_sites.htm
Here's a whole list of resources: 
http://www.avsystems.com.au/default/_1 (note - Australian host, but 
not sure of the content)

 From an instructional design perspective, I doubt the pedagogical 
issues involved have changed or good graphic design elements. That 
research has been around for decades. Why it's probably forgotten is 
people have started thinking device rather than theory. Go back to 
the audio-visual media research. It's not just about viewing size 
(which would conform to the old relation of distance to screen size 
that we had for film and overhead projector screens). It's about 
color and letter size and most importantly, learning objectives and 
content. Think posters with hyperlinks. Think 'blackboards' with 
motion. These are just instructional resources with on demand storage 
and a bit of movement.

Jan


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