New HSE Whiteboard Safety Advice

The viral, almost completeness of every classroom having an ‘Interactive Whiteboard’ is coming of age as the earlier boards reach their best before dates. In contemplating their repacement the HSE (Health and Safety Executive) has some pointer that should be of interest to the purse holders and to all who use the boards on a daily basis.

This is what they say:

Recent technological developments in projector and interactive whiteboard design have allowed inherently safer “ultra-short throw” devices to be brought to market. These employ sophisticated optics to enable the projector to be mounted above the display screen and so close to it that it becomes impossible for a user to directly expose their eyes to the beam.

You can read the whole report here.

Thanks to my freinds in Kent for notification of this.

Science Lesson Starters

Have you picked up on the Science Lesson Starters ,specially designed for whiteboards ,from Teachers TV yet. They are really worth your while !!

This is what Teachers TV says about them:

This programme provides seven lesson starters centred around science for use on the interactive whiteboard.

Each clip introduces a different scientific topic through documentary or drama ranging from water and evaporation to thescience of sounds.A year group is suggested for each clip ranging from Year 3 through to Year 6 .

Thanks to the Teaching Science and the Whiteboard blogs for the info on this

More Maths (for you to play with)

Maths Playground has some good, useful stuff for you and your whiteboard. This is what they say about themselves:

Math Playground ( is ) an action-packed site for elementary and middle school students. Practice your math skills, play a logic game and have some fun!

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If you are fed up with all of the normal uses of a Wiimote … watch this and convert any wall into an Interactive Whiteboard !!