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Using interactive whiteboard technology is new to me so when I was offered up the chance to try out the brand new now!Board from Learning Resources, I didn’t even have to think twice before I said, “Yes!”…
The now!Board comes in a small box and has a little pouch to store the parts in. It is surprisingly very small and easy to set up for use. In just a few short minutes, I was able to set it up and give it my first try…
A now!Board can be used on any solid flat surface but it is recommended that you use a surface that wont get easily scratched like a dry erase board when using the stylus. However, if you use the wand, which looks like a hand, you can easily use the now!board on a wall or screen. For my first trial run, I set the now!Board up at home and used it on my kitchen wall (with the help of my little grandson)…
The now!Board lets you project an activity from your computer onto a flat surface then use the wand or stylus to move and manipulate the activity. I was thrilled with addition of the wand to the now!board set of tools. The wand is very kid friendly and the little pointed finger is simple to use for selecting and guiding objects to move across the wall…
To use the now!Board, you will need a projector, a computer, and a flat surface to project on. I already had the computer and the projector so all I needed was to add the now!Board and was all good to go…
My young preschool friends over at Learning Time Preschool Geist (pictured in these photos) were excited about giving this a try with me…
I had the screen set up to be rather large which meant the children had to use their whole body to interact with the screen. I can easily adjust the height or size of the “screen” when I first set it up ( configure the screen) to use on the wall but for today – we went big!
The children had to learn to stand just a bit off to the side so their shadow would not get in the way of what they were doing or looking at. The children caught on quickly and were so focused on reaching for the paint, or digging the dirt, or watering the plants that they never even seemed to notice their shadows at all…
The very next thing I will need to do is research different websites that I can use to integrate the now!board into my own classroom. I can see so many possibilities. When integrating any kind of technology into your classroom, it is always a good idea to connect the use of technology with real life, hands on activities. For example, we can use the now!Board to plant seeds in our virtual garden and then we can explore and plant real seeds in our classroom garden too…
Interactive technology like the now!Board can extend real life learning in many ways and keep the learning positive and fun in the process. I look forward to exploring all the amazing ways we can integrate the now!Board into what we are already doing in our classroom…
Learn more about the now!Board
You can learn more about the now!Board by…
- Liking the now!Board Facebook page!
- Checking out the now!Board YouTube video so you can see the now!Board in action!
- Visiting the now!Board website at mynowboard.com!
Enter to win a $100 Learning Resources gift card
I would love to hear your thoughts about the now!Board and to give you an extra special reason to go and check it out, Learning Resources is giving away a $100 gift card today…
To enter the give-away…
- Go to the Learning Resources Website and check out the new now!Board then come back here and leave a comment telling me one way you could use the now!Board as an interactive tool for your preschool environment.
- Enter a correct and current email address when you leave your comment so that I can notify you if you win.
- “Like” Teach Preschool on Facebook then come back here and leave a 2nd comment telling me that you “Liked” the Facebook page.
- “Like” the now!Board Facebook page then come back here and leave a 3rd comment telling me that you “Liked” the now!board Facebook page.
Giveaway details…
- This giveaway will be closed on Sunday, March 4th, 2012 by 10pm EST.
- The winner will be announced on my blog on Monday, March 5th, 2012.
- The winner of the giveaway will be notified by email and has 5 days to respond to my email with their contact information so I can forward the information to Learning Resources.
- If the winner does not respond 5 days, a new winner will be chosen…
- The gift card will be supplied by and sent to the winner by Learning Resources.
- One winner will be chosen from the comment section below as the winner of the $100 gift card by Random Generator.
ENTRIES FOR THIS GIVEAWAY WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED BY EMAIL or COMMENTS ON FACEBOOK! YOU MUST COME TO THE BLOG TO LEAVE YOUR COMMENT! THANKS!
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A special thank you to my friends of Learning Time Preschool Geist for joining me today!
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I can not wait until I get to play with one of these! I really really want one. I learned on the website that I, as a teacher, can’t afford one of these for my classroom.
LOL! I can’t afford one either LOL!
This would be perfect in our classroom! So much fun for sight words, shapes, and so much more! LOVE it!
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I love the idea of the now!board. With technology becoming such a significant part of education now!board makes it accessible for even schools with the smallest budgets.
I like the now!Board on facebook too! WISH I had the money for one.
this seems to be the greatest thing since sliced bread! i soooooooooooooo need this in my 5th grade classroom! i love that i can switch between virtual whiteboard, web and my applications. seeing the picture of the map thrilled me as we are doing a lot of geography this year and all my maps are slightly outdated.
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I love this but as an in-home provider I cannot afford this. I know my preschoolers would learn so much from it!!! I learned that I could easily use it as I am not so tech savvy.
I would LOVE to donate this wonderful tool to my daughter’s preschool!!
LOVE all of the counting games!
I would love to use the now board for maps in the preschool classroom.
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so many possibilities, another wonderful resource.
I learned that the now!Board is used with websites and doesn’t have its own software and such. There are so many great websites out there for preschoolers but we don’t use them because using the mouse and six kids crowding around the laptop just doesn’t work. Having the large scale image and being able to interact with the site with a wand would be a fun and different learning experience that I’m sure the kids would enjoy.
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I want one of this boards NOW!!! I love how its very easy to use, and the price. At our Learning Center we could use this for our summer camps, teach kids how to read, prepare classes for bigger groups, use online learning games to teach the letters, etc!!! WUHUUU
Going to the website, I learned that the now! Board is easy to use. Its a great product to use in a setting where children need the hands on fun that we bring into the classroom all the time. Its also a great way to introduce a new lesson. As at teacher at a co-op I don’t think I could afford one but I would be interested in saving up. I think this is something children could greatly benefit from.
OMG! This seems to be so much easier to use than the traditional ones! I would love to win!
the uses look endless… interactive colors, shapes, numbers & letters would be just the start!! what an awesome tool!!
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brand new fan of now!board on fb!
Wow! This is a sweet alternative to the expensive smartboard. I REALLY LOVE IT. I could use the gift card I am a stay at home mom homeschooling and this would be perfect in our learning room. I used to teach public school and had a smart board in my room. I considered one, but this is much more affordable!
This now!board is super cool! I would use it in my classroom to enhance what we already do! The kids would enjoy it and it seems very user friendly! The parents might also like it because its an interactive way for the children to learn something rather than just sitting at a computer!
I liked the now!board facebook page. Yay!
I just liked now!board and I’ve liked Teach Preschool for atleast a year or so on Facebook!!!!!
I like you on facebook! Love everything you have to teach the world about teaching.
This would be awesome for our homeschool! The older children could help out the younger ones and everyone would have fun!
I learned (and LOVE) that it is portable! We could take this to music or library class with us to share with our cooperating teachers in their classrooms!
To be able to toggle between educational programs and other programs (‘m thinking YouTube or DVDs) is awesome
no more fiddling with a laptop!
My girls are both preschool age and would love this for their birthdays coming up
WOW! That looks great. I love tools that make learning fun!!
I’m already a fan of “Teach Preschool” on Facebook! So wonderful and inspirational ideas for preschool teachers! Thank you so much!
now!Board! What a fantastic way to work on the interactive board!
Ohhhh what I wouldn’t give to have this in my classroom, or even at home! My preschool sped students could use this in about a hundred different ways and my 5 yr old daughter……if only it didn’t cost an arm and a couple of legs!
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Wow! This is really neat. I love all these ways to incorporate technology and still focus on the basics of learning. This looks really easy to use too.
I have always wanted a smart board but thought it was too expensive. This looks like plug and play. I would use this to teach my preschoolers math concepts, letter recognition, colors, maps, places I am sure the possibilities are endless.
I could use this as a larger than life interactive story book.
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this would a great way to get all the kids learning styles involved. Plus preschoolers and prek learn so well with the hands on approach. Love this and it’s much cheaper then the smartboards
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My son is in a speech and language preschool for his speech delay. Would love to donate this to his school.
Awesome! What a great learning tool! As we hope to home-school our children I see it being used A LOT!
I learned that Learning Resources is a US based company that was founded in 1984. Their products are available through a variety of local venues.
This seems like it has so many possibilities! I like how you pointed out to connect the use of technology into real life, especially with early childhood. I would love to find ways to use it for following directions, early reading skills like phonemic awareness and letter/sound identification and creativity!
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This cant be real! It is so compact and so easy to connect to the computer, & no need for slides or markers. This is one mighty tool. I would love to have it so as to teach shapes, colors, world maps, biology, math and what not.
This is such a neat little gadget! I like this verse the smart boards our public schools use because it is so easy to move. I would use this for my Daycare for everything! Circle time calendar, Many activities we already us a laptop to do online activities which gets to be a pain in the neck when trying to let 4 kids go on the computer at once. The possibilities with this are endless!
I like the fact that there are so many people who are excited about this idea and its lower in cost than i thought it would be
I have liked your facebook page for a long time and I think its wonderful how easily i can be distracted from facebook to come to visit your site to learn more about a project i saw there. I love the new ideas that are forever coming! I have so many projects to get to and not nearly enough time.
Thanks for being such an inspiration.
As a homeschooling mom who also provides childcare for preschoolers, there are just too many different ways we could use this! I already know a perfect wall spot for it too! I would love to use this a lot for the early elementary kids I have right now for their human body unit!
According to the website, the whiteboard can be used on any flat surface – awesome! Not sure if I would use this with kids, as I am a “screen-free classroom” advocate, but I’d still like to win the $100 gift card! And the interactive whiteboard would be great for giving presentations/workshops to adults!
I would love to use this in my classroom to engage my prek kids in hands on learning games for math and reading. Our room is fairly small and this would be a great addition that would not be a permanent fixture!
Please enter us in the drawing, what a wonderful hi-tech tool for the pre-k classroom.
This looks like it would be great fun to do puzzles as a group. We could adapt many ideas with the NOW board for my preschool class.
It’s portable so I can use it in any classroom at school AND take it to use in my preschool sunday school class!
I’m in LOVE!
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Wow, what a great product. It is not as expensive as the SmartBoard, but just as great! I would love to have one of these in my classroom to keep the children actively engaged in circle time or anytime during the day. Clips can be pulled from educational websites and NOW board has many wonderful programs for early childhood classes. Thanks for making life easier.
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This board would be something great for my son’s special needs pre school
I see so many possibilities for using this with my preschool class! We could work on language and vocabulary development with all the great children’s websites that are currently out there.
This is a great tool that would allow me to teach my 6 & 3 year olds at the same time. It will allow me to teach my children on many subjects without the need to print out and laminate a lot of material. And it will give the kids another form of learning.
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I liked the now!Board Facebook page.
I watched the informational video for now!Board. This is wonderful, interactive technology that will allow preschool children to learn in an exciting, new way. I really like how compact and easy to use the equipment is. I believe that will be very attractive to many teachers. The price is also appealing . Thanks for sharing the latest technology with preschool teachers.
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LOVE this! Would be so useful in any preschool setting (lg. group, sm. group, self select time). The possibilities are endless. The first thing I would use it for in preschool is a interactive shape recognition center during small group time. I love that you can take snapshots of the children’s creations. So cool!
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A Now! Board would be fantastic for teaching visual-motor/eye hand coordination and practicing midline crossing while working on early learning concepts. I would love to have access to one.
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I liked the now! Board on FB… looking forward to learning about all the things that can be done with it!
This is awesome! We just discussed in a teacher inservice that we need more but can’t afford them. We could afford this with a couple of concession stands! I would love to use this with many things that we do. I have several students that zone-out when we are working on important things. With this now!board, I am sure it would be easier to keep their attention. Also, I play short videos about the letters that we study. All the kids have to sit on the floor in front of my little computer screen and watch. What fun they would have watching on a bigger screen!
I have ‘liked’ and been in love with your facebook page for about a year. Love the ideas and inspiration.
I just ‘liked’ the now!board facebook page! Am excited about the chance of winning!
I could us this now!board to help my hand on learners with our alphabet
letters. My school can not afford purchasing us one, so this would benefit me and my student future teacher based on there excelled knowledge by using the now!board.
I liked and enjoy ur FB page for about a year now.
I liked the Now!Board on FB.
The board would be wonderful for all the visual learner and I can see what a great help it would be for ELL students! I love all the nice ideas on your site.
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I would have to donate it to my child’s school, this way more children could benefit from it and not just my own. This would be more welcomed with open arms.
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My preschoolers would LOVE a Now!Board! Our small school district has a tight budget that keeps getting tighter
We have several programs that would benefit from having this technology in just one room! It would be nothing short of awesome!!
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Liked now!Board on FB now too
I would love to use this for daily calendar and morning routine activities. We have never had a technology like this in our preschool, and I think it could be so beneficial for everyone.
Great Idea. I’ve been following most of your ideas and I pass them on to my teachers. It’s like going to a online conference! I am interested in the Now Board as I can see how many functions it could be used for . Back to school night, Spring Open House and of course in one of the Preschool rooms. I am liking it! Hope I win
I would love to use this in the classroom particularly to enhance our circle times. The children would be able to draw pictures to facilitate storytelling, could take turns dragging and dropping items for sorting, and play all sorts of turn-taking games. It also would provide a great attention-focusser for the couple of children we have that are not yet able to sit for more than a couple of minutes at a time. What a great way to strengthen cooperation in our classroom!
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I liked the now!Board Facebook page.
I am amazed at the ease and low cost associated with the now!Board. Unlike a smart board there is no fixed screen. It would be a great addition to any classroom especially a prekindergarten one! Imagine the possibilities and fun. Shapes, colors, picture slide shows, community, food, science… everything would come to life. Now that is a place where schools can put their money and it would be a savings in the end.
I have to have one! I’ve wondered for a long time how to get this interactive board technology into my classrooms and now I know how. I know it would be used over and over, day after day in the preschool and PreK classes; this is an incredible incentive for individual and small group learning.
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I visited the now!Board website. What a great learning tool for the preschool classroom. I could easily use this tool in my classroom to bring books, songs alphabets and shapes to life! Children could become “the teacher” as they use this neat tool themselves to navigate through a variety of fun and interactive lessons!
One things I love the most about the new now!Board , is how small it is, and how easily you could use it on any surface. (As shown on the learning resources website.) I am familiar with the Smart Boards I used in my middle school classroom. The now!Board seems so much more versatile!
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This would be a true gift for any pre-school classroom:) I have a class of 12 and several of my students zone out when we are doing a lesson or if its a lesson we have been working on for awhileLetter and sounds). This would give the children who are hands on and cant sit still a way to join in and do activities with their hands. Also with technology children are way more advanced then we are:) Oh my circle time, storytime open houses,games can see the new level it will bring. ooh what you could do:) Love your Blog:)
I would love to incorporate this into our story times!
I love this idea, and would love to increase the use of technology in my classroom But, as a Head Start teacher I have no where near enough money to purchase this myself and no where near enough in my budget to do this either. I would love to introduce this type of technology in my classroom. How did you get to try one? Was it as your role as a blogger or is Learning Resources product testing? I would love to be a product tester!
This would be sooo amzing to have for our homeschool!
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This would be great for my preschool. It would help the children get familiar with technology in the classroom, and what a fun and different way to learn our different topics.
Thanks for this giveaway! I love doing things that let my kids move around, so this would be perfect for mixing computer-time with physical activity.
So February 29 (leap year) was just full of ironic little moments…one being when I was asking one of Kindergarten teachers here on campus how to help the pre-k kids with the transition to the Kind classroom, without a “smart board”. Public schools used to use overhead projectors, so we at Happy Valley Children’s Center followed suit, got a projector, and helped our kids learn how to use one. But now we have become outdated with the ever changing technology. Well, this wonderful and resourceful teacher, remembered seeing a site that was GIVING AWAY
GIVING AWAY a form of technology that we would be forever grateful for!!!!!! We want to embrace the love for technology that children have these days and turn it into a positive learning and teaching tool!!!! PICK ME! PICK ME!!
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What i learned is that you can use it anywhere in your classroom so your students can use the board anywhere in the room.
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I could use this in my preschool classroom in many ways. Childrn match letters using different games, they can write a story, they can play matching games and the list goes on and on. I really like this new technology of the now board because unlike the smart board it is portable . Several teachers could use it at different times in the day in thier own classroom, unlike a smart board that is big and clumsy like a old fashion chalk board on wheels. The now board is so easy to use even for people that are Technologically Challenged, all you have to do is plug it in and you are on your way. Now I want one now
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I just love the now board, it is such a great educational tool to help students learn. Students can learn so many things on the board like learning how to count, learning a matching game, thier letters and many other wounderful teaching tools. It is a portable device unlike the smart board which is a heavy board that looks like a old fashion chalk board on wheels. I love the ideal of having a portable interactive board because it can be shared with other teachers, and they would just have to take the device with them to thier room. The device is so easy to use all you have to do is plug it in and it is ready to use. Anyone one can use it even if you are technologically challenged.
This would be an awesome alternative to getting a smart board as my school can’t afford to get one for my classroom. there are so many possibilities with shapes, words, etc! My students would love it!
One way that I would use the now board would be to project e-books such as from Tumble Books onto a wall in my classroom rather than trying to show a book on a laptop. I also like the idea that I could project to whatever height that I would need so my students could reach it comfortably.