At YISS we have data projectors in each classroom, but no Interactive WhiteBoards.
An idea to make our classrooms more amenable to data-projector use; to gain one of the benefits of a SmartBoard:
Currently most classrooms have 2 large WhiteBoards attached to, and centered on, one wall of the classroom. They also have an electric-rolldown projection screen centered on that wall, with a projector aimed at the screen. Thus, when the screen is not rolled down, the image projects onto the WhiteBoards, with the metal border of each board precisely down the center of the image!
The projector lens is focused on the roll-down screen; but the additional distance to the WhiteBoard is not so great as to make the image fuzzy when projected directly onto the Board. However, the vertical metal frame down the middle makes the image almost useless when projected directly onto the Boards.
Solution, given existing purchasing stock of WhiteBoards: shift the Boards at the front of the classroom so that the projector image is completely on a WhiteBoard. If we require symmetry and centeredness, we can install 3 WhiteBoards across the wall. Or, simply move the extant 2 Boards to one side.
This solution will allow me to use the data-projector for quick writing exercises or multiple-choice formative quizzes, or even a quick presentation without having the noise and time of rolling the screen up and down.
The WhiteBoard surface is acceptable to display large text and images; more precise displays and videos will need the official roll-down screen.
Comments? Alternative Suggestions?
An idea to make our classrooms more amenable to data-projector use; to gain one of the benefits of a SmartBoard:
Currently most classrooms have 2 large WhiteBoards attached to, and centered on, one wall of the classroom. They also have an electric-rolldown projection screen centered on that wall, with a projector aimed at the screen. Thus, when the screen is not rolled down, the image projects onto the WhiteBoards, with the metal border of each board precisely down the center of the image!
The projector lens is focused on the roll-down screen; but the additional distance to the WhiteBoard is not so great as to make the image fuzzy when projected directly onto the Board. However, the vertical metal frame down the middle makes the image almost useless when projected directly onto the Boards.
Solution, given existing purchasing stock of WhiteBoards: shift the Boards at the front of the classroom so that the projector image is completely on a WhiteBoard. If we require symmetry and centeredness, we can install 3 WhiteBoards across the wall. Or, simply move the extant 2 Boards to one side.
This solution will allow me to use the data-projector for quick writing exercises or multiple-choice formative quizzes, or even a quick presentation without having the noise and time of rolling the screen up and down.
The WhiteBoard surface is acceptable to display large text and images; more precise displays and videos will need the official roll-down screen.
Comments? Alternative Suggestions?
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