Technology in the Classroom update

I used SynchronEyes in my Fashion Planning & Allocation class on Monday afternoon. During the first portion of the class my goal was to push out my desktop view to my students to provide a demonstration.

Pushing my desktop to theirs worked just fine. The problem arose when I began to manipulate my screen. As the looks on my students faces began to change – giggling from behind their screens – I realized that as I was making changes to my screen, their views of my screen became corrupted with words stretching and ultimately becoming illegible.

I am hoping that there is a way to fix this so SynchronEyes works for the demonstration portion of my class.

After this small snafu I was able to maximize the thumbnail views of my student’s screens and project them so the students could show each other how they completed in-class exercises that requires them to navigate the Allocation software we use in the classroom. This worked really well and it gave various students the opportunity to present their results and explain their methodology – exactly what I had hoped for.

Next Monday I will use “Pass the Chalk” to see it that component of SynchronEyes is successful in the classroom. I didn’t want to push my luck any further.

I will be meeting with Calvin on another topic tomorrow in my classroom and plan to show him SynchronEyes at that time. Perhaps he will have some suggestions.

To be continued….