Monthly Archives: August 2009

IWB09 – Martin Levins keynote

Interesting points included: Arthur C Clarke: “For every expert there is an equal and opposite expert”. Robert Marzano’s was commissioned to research IWBs by Promethian and found that there was a 23% improvement in student performance when a) teacher has … Continue reading

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IWB09 Shanti Clements – Virtual Constructionism

Shanti is the Assistant Principal at Sydney Distance Education Primary. She presented an excellent talk on the use of virtual constructionism in teaching and learning. I was also interested in a computer skills test to which she referred – the … Continue reading

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IWB09 David Seedhouse – ValueExchange

An amazing system for sharing ideas and engaging debate – would be wonderful for developing students’ self awareness. Great for intercultural exchange as well. Do lookup: http://www.values-exchange.com/

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IWB09 Graham Wegner and learning design

Australian IWB Conference 09 Graham Wegner’s professional blog http://gwegner.edublogs.org . See http://delicious.com/wegner/oziwb09 for his links from his IWB2009 conference presentation. He also recommends the K12 Online Conference http://k12onlineconference.org/

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