[Yr7-10it] Monitoring staff and students

[Roland Gesthuizen]

monitor man <http://www.datenform.de/rscreeneng.html>With all the mail 
that we have been reading about interactive whiteboards, I had to stop 
for a moment to consider the many different computer display systems 
that teachers can use in the classroom.

"Random Screen <http://www.datenform.de/rscreeneng.html>" is an 
mechanical thermo dynamic display. The 2005 German art installation is 
by by Aram Bartholl. It uses no electricity and is built using candles 
and drink cans. As Waraku Education <http://waraku.blogspot.com/> 
indicated, this might make an interesting, ultra low-tech IT project.

How about a wearable display unit 
<http://www.startsomethingpc.com/ViewEntry.aspx?EntryID=203&EntrantID=448> 
that users could flip down into their field of view. Something akin to 
the head-up display that Khalid was talking about whilst we were 
unpacking all those LCD monitors last term. If any distracted students 
gaze out at the classroom window, they would be still on task as a 
background of clouds drifts past their projected class work. Lay down 
and get back to work.

The monitor-man technology accessory 
<http://www.suntory.co.jp/news/2003/8494.html> by Suntori is a must for 
all Information Technology teachers. This unit does away altogether with 
interactive whiteboards and projectors, leaving teachers with their 
hands and bodies free to perform anywhere in the classroom. When not in 
use, screen savers could even be used to display any homework reminders 
or blog posts. Amaze other staff during morning tea with personal RSS 
feeds, mingle messages in the crowd during corridor duty and work whilst 
walking about.

Make a stand for information technology during 2006 and engage with 
these tools!

Regards Roland

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Roland Gesthuizen - Teacher and ICT Manager - Westall Secondary College
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