Case Study: Thomaston Upson Schools

Implementation and Daily Use cont...

Today, the district’s teachers use the system to enhance their instruction in a variety of ways.

To teach a lesson on landforms, one teacher projected a video onto the interactive whiteboard for the class to view. Worksheets with 10 questions were then passed out, and the students were led on an Internet scavenger hunt to find the answers. To begin the hunt, the teacher projected a Microsoft Word document listing the 10 questions with hyperlinks to the appropriate Web sites. As the class visited each site, students scanned the Web page to find and record the answers on their worksheets.

Another teacher created a game similar to “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” in preparation for a test on the seven continents. She created a list of questions with multiple-choice answers and projected it onto the interactive whiteboard. The student “contestants” then used the Activslate to control the whiteboard from their seats and select the answer. If a student needed help, he or she could poll fellow classmates who used the Activote to select the answer they thought was correct.

Teachers in all subject areas use the Activote to administer quizzes and tests to students because they can get instant results which confirm areas the student understand and identify areas that need to be re-addressed.