Module 5

As a younger teacher, I often encounter older teachers who do not utilize the technologies I use in the classroom. An example is the interwrite boards. The interwrite board allows teachers to have a wireless mouse and pen virtually eliminating the use of dry erase markers and chalk boards and overheads are now obsolete. A teacher visited my classroom and asked about the interwrite board. He was hesitant to utilize his. He was aprehensive but I was encouraging and talked him through the process from downloading the software to applying it in his class. He was excited once the board was hooked up and he was able to write on his powerpoint presentation to reinforce a topic. He was amazed at the additional writing space and the various tools at his fingertips and he was not limited to the desk which was his favorite feature of this new technology. Other teachers are not as easily influenced by the novel idea of technology in the classroom.