Today I learned that my school has Airliners. I had never heard of them. They are electronic notepads that the teacher can write on or give to students to write on and pass around the room and whatever is written is then projected onto the SmartBoard. I can't wait to try it out.
I'm enrolled in a technology management course this quarter. One of the course requirements is to do a 90 minute observation once a week of how technology is used in my building. Tomorrow I'm going to observe a Science lesson that incorporates GPS.
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I had never heard of these Airliner wireless slates before. Thanks for sharing. I did a quick Google search and found some sites with technical information and blogs with user reviews.
Smart Technologies (http://www2.smarttech.com/st/en-US/Products/AirLiner/) provides specifications for this tablet computer-like device. Our campus has several Smart Board enabled classrooms. I have limited experience with Smart Boards. Being able to capture presentations and written symbols and images is very helpful for students who need help taking notes. I will have to look at the descriptions at this site to determine if multiple slates can be used simultaneously with one Smart Board or if a one-2-one relationship is required. Cool.
Gary :D
These wireless slates are great for making the lesson interactive. The only thing you need to get used to is writing on the tablet while looking up at the interactive white board. An additional tool is the Senteo interactive response system. http://tiny.cc/3wcMK. Quizzes and surveys can be done whole group with immediately graphed results. Highly interactive. A version of a Senteo was used at NECC with an auditorium sized group to survey beliefs about technology. It is engaging for all levels of students and most every whiteboard company has there own version of this tool.
I've been using an Interwrite tablet since the start of this school year and now I could not imagine teaching without one! It took a LOT of practice getting use to not looking at what you are writing.
I use it to present information and have the students respond to it. In fact my students will show their work (mathematics classroom) and solutions then others can add comments to the original to explain why the solution is correct.
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