Comments on: Make the Transparent Visible http://weblogs.pbspaces.com/edtech/2008/08/21/make-the-transparent-visible/ A Weblog from the Educational Technology Department of Palm Beach County Schools Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:21:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Laura http://weblogs.pbspaces.com/edtech/2008/08/21/make-the-transparent-visible/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Laura Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:04:12 +0000 http://weblogs.pbspaces.com/edtech/?p=68#comment-42 I agree with Kim that the mounting of the LCD projectors is the biggest step in the last few years. I know teachers at my school welcome and use their projectors, but the albatross-like carts with a myriad of cables are hardly seamless or invisible. Still, it's better than what the classrooms had before and next year (hopefully) will bring improvements to help teachers and staff present content. I agree with Kim that the mounting of the LCD projectors is the biggest step in the last few years. I know teachers at my school welcome and use their projectors, but the albatross-like carts with a myriad of cables are hardly seamless or invisible.
Still, it’s better than what the classrooms had before and next year (hopefully) will bring improvements to help teachers and staff present content.

]]> By: Kim Cavanaugh http://weblogs.pbspaces.com/edtech/2008/08/21/make-the-transparent-visible/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Kim Cavanaugh Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:45:16 +0000 http://weblogs.pbspaces.com/edtech/?p=68#comment-41 Transparent to me means effortless and natural--not something easy to do in a classroom environment. We're getting better with the standard technology packages that we're putting into classrooms, and I often think the single biggest step we've taken in the last few years is the mounting of LCD projectors in the ceilings of classrooms. We still have way too many that don't have that seemingly simple step seems to make the whole process of showing things on screen just that much easier--and transparent, when all the teacher needs to do is turn the projector on. Whether it's something from the web or an interactive program that the teacher leads students in using, the ease of getting things on screen that we're finally seeing is making a huge difference. Our challenge is to show how other uses of technology might become a natural (transparent) part of the school day. Transparent to me means effortless and natural–not something easy to do in a classroom environment. We’re getting better with the standard technology packages that we’re putting into classrooms, and I often think the single biggest step we’ve taken in the last few years is the mounting of LCD projectors in the ceilings of classrooms. We still have way too many that don’t have that seemingly simple step seems to make the whole process of showing things on screen just that much easier–and transparent, when all the teacher needs to do is turn the projector on. Whether it’s something from the web or an interactive program that the teacher leads students in using, the ease of getting things on screen that we’re finally seeing is making a huge difference.

Our challenge is to show how other uses of technology might become a natural (transparent) part of the school day.

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