The SMART Board was one of the first interactive devices to really take the educational community by storm. It was the technology that you just had to have and most schools worked very hard to get a board in every classroom.
Rob Furman
In his 8th year as principal at South Park Elementary, Rob has served as an educator for 17 years and a principal for a total of 11 years. He is the author of Instructional Technology Tools: A Professional Development Plan and Motivating the Reluctant Reader Through Technology. He is also an educational blogger for The Huffington Post. Rob was honored as a "20 To Watch" in the field of educational technology by the National School Board Association and was recently named a Tribune Review News Maker of the Year 2013 for the City of Pittsburgh.
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Can a Video Game Change the World?
I don’t think there is anyone out there that would not agree that society needs some changing.
ISTE 2014 was a great experience. Atlanta was a great and welcoming city and the educators took over the town. With 18,000+ educators in the city all buzzing with the excitement of education technology, you know you are going to learn some great things.
30 years ago a typical classroom may have been described as having desks and chairs, a chalk board and maybe a carpet corner or fish tank to liven it up. Today, many 21st century classrooms are now described as having tables with yoga balls, “smart boards” and computers.
