[email protected] wrote: > Most of our whiteboards hang unused. Almost everyone has shifted to > Powerpoint and projectors.
That's too bad. Here's why: http://markandrewgoetz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/tufte-wallpaper.png > Any kind of writing on a board is hard to see. Anything you can write > on the board can be placed on a Powerpoint slide. Nonsense. Try writing out a mathematical formula, piece by piece, discussing each bit interactively with the students, on a powerpoint slide. Try underlining or circling particular parts to emphasize points in a spontaneous discussion in the class. Powerpoint (for all of its other advantages) presumes that teaching is something that comes in pre-planned packages, not something that happens in not wholly predictable ways, with differences among particular people and particular groups. > You can also use the projector to show interactive software, such as > SPSS demonstrations, and video. Finally, a whiteboard or blackboard > medium never allows an adequate presentation for e-learning. No, but a blackboard is great for learning (no prefix necessary). :-) Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 [email protected] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ========================== --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=1571 or send a blank email to leave-1571-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
