Using+the+IWB+Challenge+in+your+own+workshops

So often teachers go along to PD and have a great time only to forget it all by the next Monday, have technical failures at school that discourage them, or just can't seem to find a place to fit it in. The idea here with the challenge is that there are structured activities that teachers and students can use to improve their practice, but there is also an ongoing community of people who are trying things out. A group of people who are always there for help, ideas and encouragement.

Using the IWB Challenge in your classroom:
PLEASE get your students involved in this challenge. They will help you, each other, and many other students and teachers around the world. The kids will have a great time sharing their expertise and teachers everywhere will be very grateful they did!

You could use the challenge as some set work in your classes. You could have students create lessons on certain topics, or with certain features, and you could also require them to have completed a certain amount of challenges that other participants set. Great discussion could be had around tasks that other participants complete that focused on how well the content was presented, how well the board was used, what you could improve etc.

Using the IWB Challenge in your workshops:
If you, like me, are running PD sessions for teachers on how to use IWBs, why not get them to make a video for the challenge as the major task of the session? That way they get an immediate global audience for their work - just like what we want for our students. A great way to get teachers to experience the environment they are being encouraged to get their students involved in. I will be using it in several PDs that I'm running over the next month. I'll let you know how it goes! Read the IWB Challenge Blog for updates.

Even when the challenge is officially over, this wiki and all the videos will remain here, so teachers can come back an join in whenever they like. Hopefully it will remain a lively community.