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thing and waste even more time packing
everything away and then wheeling it back
down the hallway.This was soon replaced
by mobile labs – a cart carrying a projector
and laptops for the teacher and students.
But that also proved impractical. Finally,
a laptop was placed in every class and
kept safely locked up in an iron box. LCD
projectors were soon installed. It is this
projection system which has now been
replaced by ActivBoards.
Even the youngest students in the pre-
school seem to have mastered this newest
technology as four year old Abedul Rah-
man Onsi, deftly changed the color and
text as he drew circles on the board. His
KGI teacher Ghada Madhoun reports
that classes are going much smoother as
her young charges are able to make their
comments on the spot and “reflect more”,
she said.
As an extra bonus, IC recently introduced
Student Response Systems (ActivExpres-
sion and ActiVote) – a system that allows
teachers to ask live questions to students
who can respond by using small cell-
phone like portable devices. Results are
displayed in real-time on the board.
Shihab’s vision for the IC classroom is
far from over. He’s already studying the
possibility of installing document cameras
(real-time image capture devices for
displaying an object) in every classroom
and smart tables (similar to iPads but on a
larger scale) for preschoolers.
“It will be great,” he said. “Classes will
never be the same again.”
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“I can’t imagine going back to regular boards,” said
middle school teacher, Valerie Aoun. “The things that
we now can do are amazing.”