I had a sense of doom when the lamp went on my projector on Monday. What a week-lesson observations and the class preparing Viking presentations!
Ever since we had fitted iwb's in our school, I have used mine as the main and only board. The first job every day is to prepare the slides for every lesson. I use it to model ideas and set up hyperlinks and so much more.
But instead of the disaster I was expecting it turned into a good thing overall. It gave me a chance to revisit some old skool teaching techniques. Most crucially, I found myself becoming a more self reliant communicator. I was engaging the class more personally, not relying on graphics and animation for my lesson.
I suppose the lamp will be replaced soon. But I won't be rushing to fill lesson time with it as much as before. I have realised my delivery needs to be just as interactive as the board!
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