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Comment by Angie on October 17, 2008 at 11:08am

Actually I have a student teacher using it right this moment and she is notating on her chemistry notes on the white board from the back of my room....definitely takes some hand eye coordination! She had some of the kids using it earlier today and they can get the hang of it much quicker! Must be that video game mentality!

Comment by Josh Allen on October 17, 2008 at 10:18am

It may be. Basically the ones that I've seen are an electronic board that you can't see anything on. You have to be able to move your hand on the board while watching what you are doing only on the screen above. I don't have the skill to do...yet maybe I gave up early. I worked great as a wireless mouse moving around the room, but actually drawing on the Board while standing across the room proved too much for me to tackle. I applaud those who can do it.

Comment by Angie on October 17, 2008 at 10:14am

Would this be the same thing as a presentation pad/mobile presenter (clipboard working via bluetooth with the smart board)? I have a whiteboard and a presentation pad that I use almost daily.

Comment by Josh Allen on October 17, 2008 at 9:49am

I've seen the interwrite pads used, but never myself. I used the SMART Airliner a few years ago. I actually don't like either because of the hand eye coordination involved (yep, it's a personal issues :) ). It was difficult for me to use the Airliner as anything more than a wireless mouse, which you can get for much cheaper. Not saying they aren't useful, but they didn't go well for me.

Comment by Ann E Darling on October 17, 2008 at 9:18am

Has anyone had some training or experience with interwrite school pads? Our new school will be having smart boards installed over the next 3 years but I have been reading about the tablets and am thinking for my area that a tablet might be as good or better.

Comment by Josh Allen on October 6, 2008 at 7:47pm

I know that Beth and I tend to both be very anti-filtering (OK, not anti-filtering, pro-moderation of filtering), but I would say that having a Ning (or other social network) specifically limited to your students isn't a bad thing. It lets students experiment online with them knowing that it's not open to the world. You get the practice, but they may open up even more if they know this "practice" social network won't be out to everyone. It's out there online, but not all the way out there.

Comment by Beth Still on October 6, 2008 at 11:48am

Ann,
ESU#13 has absolutely no connection to this Ning. I "created" it, but Josh Allen from Papillion-LaVista is co-administrator. This sounds really important, but it just means we are in control of the "look and feel" of the site. We can also change different privacy settings. In a professional Ning, there is not really much to do.

I am running a student Ning as well. The only way I could be the green light was by making it private. Only students who attend my high school or take online classes through ESU#13 can be members of the Ning. Nings have built in blogs, but I have not ever used them.

I would HIGHLY recommend using the Word Press MU site that is hosted by ESU#13. Craig Hicks can help get you started.

If you decide to host a Ning it is important to understand that the particular Ning you create can be whitelisted. I am assuming since you can access this Ning at school then you will not have a problem setting one up.

I'll write more later...........gotta go!!!!

Comment by Ann E Darling on October 6, 2008 at 8:30am

Hi,
Well after last weeks circus with the unavalilbility of my blog and my students' blogs for use in our class, I am again searching for a vehicle that works. Moodle works ok for discussions quizzes and housing files but the blogging doesn't work for my students who are uploading their genius work and commenting, Sooo maybe I should look at Ning for its community based features since we are using both google sites and blogger I think a ning organizes those activities under one network am I close to right? (I was thinking of the classroom 2.0 ning). What I want to ask beth in particular is who is hosting this ning? is it our ESU? and what accounts would my students have to set up for a ning for say a multimedia class?
I will continue to research Ning on their website but I was interested in how the mechanics would happen locally.
Thanks