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dillsage · Joined: 04 Jun 2009 Posts: 333 Location: midlands

Any suggestions for what to look for with these? We're getting one so I'd like to save making any mistakes anyone else has already made! Thanks in advance. I've used one before, but that was about 2 years ago, so I suppose the technology will have moved on.

classroomlife · Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 4:29 pm Post subject: Visualisers

Funnily enough, I'm also looking at visualisers as I'd really like one for my classroom and think it would also be useful for assemblies.

Today, I went to one of our feeder schools to have a look at one, but the class teacher said that he didn't really use it (which disappointed me somewhat).

Having done a bit of research, the one I'm keen on is this one: http://www.askelitestore.co.uk/av.../avervision-visualiser-300af.html but if anyone has any better suggestions I'd be very pleased to hear from them as I know very little about them at present.

Night Garden · Joined: 28 Oct 2008 Posts: 1746

We have these ones and they are great! easy to use, sotre and so much better than the other ones we use to use.

JD1970 · Joined: 01 Nov 2008 Posts: 1670

I've got one of these ones too. Didn't realise it cost that much though! To be honest, I've only used it once due to lack of plug sockets, but it has potential and I'm going to get an extension,

redrosette · Joined: 26 Oct 2008 Posts: 1313 Location: Midlands

we have aversion I think and its fab!!!!

bscaca · Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:34 pm Post subject:

We've just bought Genee vision and they are fab!

bluerose · Joined: 27 Oct 2008 Posts: 2675

think what is needed here is good list of ways people use them so if you do get one it gets used well as with anything you buy in school it should be value for money in terms of money spent and impact on learning

dillsage · Joined: 04 Jun 2009 Posts: 333 Location: midlands

Well it turned out we don't have a choice - have to get LA recommended one - but as it's twice as expensive as the one I thought we'd go for (and we're getting funding for it) I'm not complaining. I want to use it particularly for Shirley Clarke style editing of pupils' work during lessons, but also for science - I've used photos of close-ups of flowers, but it would be far more powerful to take them apart under the visualiser. Good for beasties too ( as long as the light doesn't dry them out). I think it will be a really powerful tool to encourage better presentation and handwriting - mine are very weak at the moment (I'm was so glad to get anything out of them at all at the start of they year, and they've got into bad habits). Can't wait to get it!

Louiw · Joined: 26 Oct 2008 Posts: 1377

We can't afford one, never mind a few!!! I do think we all ought to get the same ICT kit!!! Bulk purchase, carefully researched, and all given it!!!

bluerose · Joined: 27 Oct 2008 Posts: 2675

Louiw when some authorities give schools hundreds of pounds more per pupil its never going to be a level playing field is it

Louiw · Joined: 26 Oct 2008 Posts: 1377

No, that's what gets my goat and hence my response! I teach in a so-called leafy suburb and get the funding accordingly! As ICT AST I can only dream of some of the kit I've seen in some of the schools in our LA!
ICT is an entitlement for all chn!!!!
I used to work for Sainsbury ICT for 13 years, they all had the same kit regardless of location!!!
Right, off soap box, off to school!!!! x

dillsage · Joined: 04 Jun 2009 Posts: 333 Location: midlands

louiw - you could try applying for an Institute of Physics grant - try googling - I got £500 for science week a couple of years ago. About half was to get a science theatre group in for Science week and the other half was towards buying a visualiser. It was very simple to apply. Only problem was that the visualiser didn't arrive in school until just before I left, so I hardly got to use it.

sallymgoodman · Joined: 05 Nov 2008 Posts: 69

We have the AverMedia ones and they are fantastic! As well as editing children's work half way through lessons they have also come in really handy for demos of sewing and DT onto the IWB.

The other thing I've loved is using it as a scanner for illustrations - so much of our Power of Reading work has been illustration inspired and it's been great to just shove the book under the visualiser.