Favorite Technology: Promethean Board and Mobi Interactive White Board

As a math and science teacher, I love to use technology when presenting lessons, especially the Promethean board and Mobi. The Promethean board is an interactive whiteboard, while the Mobi is an mobile interactive whiteboard, which allows the teacher and/or students mobility and flexibility to deliver engaging lessons from anywhere in the room. The use Promethean Board allows the students to see visual representations of the subject matter. Along with the Mobi, the Promethean Board allows students to interactively participate in the lesson, which allows learning to be more engaging and meaningful.

The use of technology in the classroom can be very beneficial to both teachers and students. When planned and presented properly, students are more engaged in lessons and learning when technology is used.  The use of technology will never replace traditional teaching, but as Roblyer and Doering  suggest “long used and well-validated teacher-directed uses of technology have been shown to be effective for addressing content standards” (17).

I often use Promethean Planet (www.prometheanplanet.com) to enhance math and science lessons. Promethean Planet has over 60,000 free teaching resources, lesson plans and worksheets and free interactive whiteboard resources. Follow Promethean Planet on Twitter @planet_tweets.

More information on Promethean Boards:
http://www.prometheanworld.com/us/english/education/products/interactive-whiteboard-systems/

More information on Mobi Interactive Whiteboards: http://www.einstruction.com/products/mobile-interactive-whiteboards/mobi-mobile-interactive-whiteboard ‏

Below is a video of explaining the basic features of a promethean board:

 

 

This video demonstrates how to  the basic setup/installation of a Mobi:

 

Reference

Roblyer, M.D. & Doering, A.H. (2012). Integrating educational technology into teaching 6th edition. Columbus, Ohio: Merrill Prentice Hall.

Graphics courtesy of http://www.einstruction.com and http://education.fcps.org/trt/promethean