11 October 2005
Former colleagues in the news: Prof Martin Owen
My first job in North Wales was as an 'educational software developer' working for Martin Owen (then a Dr, now a Prof) in the School of Education at Bangor Uni. Martin now works for Nesta Futurelab and is quoted in this recent Guardian Unlimited article about interactive whiteboards:
"Interactive whiteboards are large touch-sensitive panels connected to a digital projector and a computer. In schools, their big attraction is that they can display video and graphic material directly from the web - and that everyone can join in. 'The whiteboard creates a big space for collaboration around ideas, which transcends what small screens can offer,' says Martin Owen of Nesta Futurelab, the lottery-funded endowment organisation. 'It makes the blackboard much more lively and effective.'" more...
"Interactive whiteboards are large touch-sensitive panels connected to a digital projector and a computer. In schools, their big attraction is that they can display video and graphic material directly from the web - and that everyone can join in. 'The whiteboard creates a big space for collaboration around ideas, which transcends what small screens can offer,' says Martin Owen of Nesta Futurelab, the lottery-funded endowment organisation. 'It makes the blackboard much more lively and effective.'" more...
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