IWBs

This being our placement week I thought I would take advantage and familiarise myself with the IWB. The majority of the activities seemed quite useful if a bit simple, and there were a few which didn't seem as though they would actually enhance learning in any way. The writing tool was what I wanted to practice with most and, as I suspected, it proved to be rather tricky as I had to make sure to position myself in such a way that I didn't cast a shadow on what I was writing, that my writing was level and legible and that I didn't blind myself with the projector bulb! Needless to say my practising was done when the children had gone home! After 45 minutes though I became quite confident in using the programmes available although I will still have to work on where I stand, perhaps if the projector was somewhere else or the board at an angle it might make a difference.