| Educational videos have been a staple in | | | | implementation, teachers could go beyond |
| interactive classroom learning for years, with no | | | | educational videos and educational DVDs and |
| end in sight. While these activities may be | | | | enter a whole new world of technology options. |
| changing to include educational DVDs, teachers are | | | | ACTIVboard offered an electronic whiteboard, |
| now relying on interactive skills to introduce other | | | | necessary software and student peripherals, |
| new technology into their classrooms. An | | | | including the ACTIVslate. This peripheral |
| interesting example came out of the Escambia | | | | encourages real-time interaction by allowing |
| County public school district in Florida. | | | | students to direct and control the whiteboard |
| In 2001, the district sought to combine its two | | | | from their seats. ACTIVote provides teachers |
| smaller elementary schools into one larger school. | | | | with instant student feedback on various subject |
| When the new facility opened, district leaders | | | | matters. All of these pieces are designed to work |
| wanted to assemble a sophisticated educational | | | | together to enhance the overall learning |
| technology classroom. Teachers were already | | | | experience. |
| used to chalkboards, whiteboards and overhead | | | | With this integration, the school district would |
| projectors. They wanted action and interaction. | | | | move from merely presenting information to |
| The answer came in interactive whiteboards. | | | | students via whiteboards, to interacting with |
| These interactive whiteboards offered the district | | | | information and students using the whiteboards. |
| the opportunity to expand upon its current | | | | The solution offered a catalyst to change the |
| technologies to create a dynamic learning | | | | way things had always been done, to move to an |
| environment. Educational videos and educational | | | | engaging environment where students want to |
| DVDs could now be enhanced even further with a | | | | learn and teachers want to teach. |
| solution that required interactive responses from | | | | This Florida school found that a wholly interactive |
| students and an engaging presentation by | | | | system allows the school to still use existing |
| teachers. | | | | technology such as laptop computers, DVDs, |
| Interactive whiteboards could not only make this | | | | VCRs, projectors, digital cameras, and document |
| possible, it was also a financially attractive solution | | | | scanners to conduct day to day lessons. As such, |
| as it met the stringent requirements of the | | | | the school was able to extend the value of these |
| district's budget. It allowed the school to make | | | | devices while also implementing new technology. |
| better use of its current technologies, enhancing | | | | Educational videos and educational DVDs will |
| them instead of replacing them. | | | | always have a place in the modern classroom as |
| The school district opted to implement the | | | | they deliver experiences beyond the four walls of |
| ACTIVboard Collaborative Classroom System | | | | the school. When they are integrated with |
| from Promethean Inc. as it provided a complete, | | | | interactive learning tools, teachers and students |
| integrated teaching system that was created | | | | gain even more value from the experience, |
| specifically for the education system. With this | | | | making the lesson that much more effective. |