Vegas - here we come!

I have been involved with a research study about using a SMARTboard with teachers while teaching math. If you don't know, a SMARTboard is a large whiteboard-type computer screen. You can write on it with special pens, use virtual tools like blocks, dice, videos, that can be touched and moved. It is great to use in classrooms because it is easy to see, allows you to use many different tools and things to present information, you can allow students to share their ideas and solutions, and demonstrate actions and ideas with virtual tools.



One of the teachers in the study is working with me to present our research at a Technology conference in Las Vegas. We are excited, but wary. Our presentation is during the poster session; we create a large (4 ft by 6 ft) poster that describes our work and we stand with it and answer questions about the project. We are wary because the poster session will be held during the social wine and cheese time of the conference. So for an hour and a half, we will be explaining all our hard work to tipsy conferencers!

Let's just hope that the wine makes them more cordial and friendly and they think our work is so very interesting!