Planning for a year without the IWB.

I am presently planning for a year without the IWB I have enjoyed for the past 18 months.  Using the IWB has demonstrated the importance of technology and engagement in our classes.

Through my research I have been increasingly impressed with a change management theory called Appreciative Inquiry (AI).  If you Google or you tube the term there will be links to follow to give you an introduction. However, my studies have taken me into the nitti gritti of the theory.

I came across an outstanding peer reviewed journal article outlining how AI is being used to plan for welfare and academic achievement in the classroom.

I can certainly see how this theory could be used in my class to enhance the implementation of the QTF and help sustain our involvement in the National Partnerships.

The use of AI and the QTF will certainly be a major part of the programming in my class without the IWB and a consistent theme for this blog through 2010.

I am certainly looking forward to some action research focusing on this.

Glenn.