C4T #2

Richard Byrne's "A Quick Guide To Whiteboard Interactive"

In Richard's blogpost, "A Quick Guide to Using Interactive Whiteboards", he tells us tips and starts others on using whiteboard interactive. It's a piece of technology that some teachers in the U.S. are already using. In the first part of the blog he explains the different tools there is on the white board, such as the pen/eraser, selection tool, text box, and then shapes. These are the basics of whiteboard interactive. The question I asked Mr. Byrne was, "What are some different things we can do on Whiteboard Interactive, than the ones you have posted here, or is this the only thing you can do on there?"


Richard Byrne's "StatWorld - Interactive Maps of Development Data"

In Richard's post, he tells us of StatSilks StatWorld, where you can find more than 400 world maps of data on topics in economics, education, health, environment, the digital divide, and much more. You can explore the maps by selecting a data set and then a display format. You can also choose to display the data for all countries or only the countries that you wish to compare. You can use this technology to compare the data sets of multiple categories. This technology would be great for classes in world geography and etc. The question I asked Mr. Byrne's was "What grade would you say is appropriate for this site?"