Everywhere I have had the pleasure of working, my colleagues and I where most productive when we worked in teams. This type of group participation is vitally important because you tend to get the most out of a project when you have different people that can bring different skill sets to the table.
Learning how to function in a group...that's another story. As a member of a team, you need to be prepared to either lead, follow, or get out of the way. When is it safe to interject? What valuable tidbit can I add to the current topic? How will we ever get this done with "that guy" on our team? Unfortunately, lessons in social interaction and group productivity cannot be learned in a book. It's one of those thing that you just have to experience. This is where 21st Century Classrooms come in.
The 21st Century Classroom is designed to be a presentation tool that works with students. The key focus is to get them engaged in the lesson plan and to be excited to learn. The entire concept relies on student participation and interaction. It is because of these fundamentals that developers of 21st Century Classroom equipment have been working on new ways to allow more students to interact with lecture material, simultaneously.
Today Promethean is announcing its new product, the AB500. It is a multi-touch Interactive White Board (IWB). Not only is this exciting news for ActivBoard enthusiasts everywhere, the way that Promethean is choosing to share this information shows a shift in their marketing philosophy. We received word they were planning to use the full breadth of the internet by focusing on social media networks like Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. The plan is to have every employee, partner, and affiliate with accounts on these forums to post a link to the YouTube video <bit.ly/h1Zh14> and use the hash tag #nextgeniwb.
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