We went to Isabelle Tarride’s 9th grade class at Val de Durance high school in Pertuis, at the foot of Luberon, where the mild climate and the smell of lavender promote a relaxing atmosphere. It’s also the sight where the students and teacher of the Physics/Chemistry class are using new technology in class.

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We went to Isabelle Tarride’s 9 grade class at Val de Durance high school in Pertuis, at the foot of
Luberon, where the mild climate and the smell of lavender promote a relaxing atmosphere. It’s also the sight
where the students and teacher of the Physics/Chemistry class
are using new technology in class.
The topic of today’s class is on light refraction, and it’s the second
time the tablet (the interactive mobile MobiView tablet) is being used
to help the students better understand the phenomenon.
Of course, there is always the past practice delivery using the classic material and teaching styles; but this new
technology seems to bring a real added value to comprehension as well as an apparent interactivity among the
students, who seem to be more focused on the topic when using the technology.
Another advantage: the tablet can be moved around the class, thereby allowing the
teacher to move freely around the
room instead of having to remain
stationary in the front of the class. It
also allows students to participate in
class while seated in his or her desk,
a valuable asset for students who are
typically too shy or embarrassed to
participate in front of everyone.
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2. The tablet also allows Isabelle to view real-time results of her students on her touchscreen and control everything
thanks to the built-in virtual keyboard.
According to Maxime, “the tablet allows us to present lessons that everyone can see.” “It’s cleaner,” add Victor and
Jeremy, who like the mobility. “You don’t’ have to move to the board, the board becomes wireless and mobile.”
Even though some students are still reluctant to use the tool (it should be noted here that it was only the second time
they had used the device on the day we visited) the Mobi seems almost second nature to others.
And, of course, it can bring an element of “fun” to a rather complex subject; it makes students want to come to class.
Victor remarked, “When I know we’ll use the Mobi in class, I want to physically be present for the whole time…” and
Sarah adds, “it’s better and more fun to participate using the Mobi.”
In terms of evaluating comprehension, Isabelle regularly uses the clickers engaging verbal and impromptu questions
or she prepares lessons ahead of time, at her house, for example, that allow her to gauge her students’
comprehension. She asks multiple choice questions on a regular basis and, on the day we visited, introduced the
short answer question, which the students had no trouble learning.
And since each student has his or her own clicker assigned to them and are displayed only by a clicker number, the
teacher can easily identify students who are struggling and adapt the lesson or reteach the lesson as needed. (These
answers can be printed out onto an excel file on her computer that she can then take and analyze at a later time.)
The clickers also provide a great way to engage students,
who like to use them. There’s no longer a fear of raising
one’s hand and answering a question incorrectly in front of
the rest of the class: the answers
are done confidentially now and
with the results of the entire class
displayed at the end of each
question and session, the student
can see how he or she compares to other classmates.
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3. “The students are so actively engaged when they have the clickers in their hands that questions asked without the
clickers have less of an impact on them,” remarks Isabelle.
It’s also an incentive or motivational factor for us to use the clickers, “Jeremy said.
This technology was easy for our Physics/Chemistry teacher to learn, stating that she “found it rather simple to use.”
With a class of 34 students and topics such as light refraction or the periodic table, content isn’t always easy to deliver
in an atmosphere that lends itself to being distracting. The Mobi View, the interactive whiteboard DualBoard, I’m not
sure what TNI fully stands for) and the clickers are the ideal solution to help focus student attention, promote
concentration, create interactivity in class and, above all, improve student comprehension.
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