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Interactive Whiteboards. Interactive Whiteboards in a classroom. (2005). Retrieved 14 th May 2008, from http://www.st-marys.bathnes.sch.uk/events/images0405/0405wboard.JPG. Main Objective. What are interactive whiteboards How interactive white boards can be used in the classroom.
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Interactive Whiteboards Interactive Whiteboards in a classroom. (2005). Retrieved 14th May 2008, from http://www.st-marys.bathnes.sch.uk/events/images0405/0405wboard.JPG
Main Objective • What are interactive whiteboards • How interactive white boards can be used in the classroom. • Benefits of using interactive whiteboards in a classroom environment. • Implications for using interactive whiteboards. • Case study • Reference slide
What are interactive whiteboards • A interactive white board is a interactive display that connects a computer to a projector. You can use pens, fingers and other devices to write up a display. • (Interactive Whiteboard (n.d)
There are three main uses for interactive whiteboards and they include; • 1) Operating software like another computer • 2) Using the software to capture notes manually written on the whiteboard or computer typed. • 3) Controlling the PC and seeing it a large version on the whiteboard for all the class to see
How IWB's can be used in a classroom • Interactive whiteboards are used in many schools as replacements for traditional whiteboards. Classroom, (2006) Retrieved 17 May 2008, from http://www.polyvision.com/media/products/environmental/TS_classroom.jpg
Benefits of using interactive whiteboards in a classroom environment. • APPLICATIONS TO LEARNING AND TEACHING • A.Learning Styles and ages • Accommodates many learning styles, it can be adapted to many age groups, it can accommodate students with limited motor skills, and it's interactive (Bell 2002). • B.Teachers reported that the board was easy to use, kept the class together and focused, and made lessons clear and dynamic (Smith 2000). • C.Flexibility. Either you can control theIWB with your finger. Or you are able to use the computer that it is connected to. • D.It works very well with other peripherals and across subject mater (Bell 2002).
Implications for using interactive whiteboards. • IMPLICATIONS TO LEARNING AT TEACHING • A.Set up time can take away from the time the students are able to learn • B.Commonly experience difficulties • There were problems with frequent recalibration of the system (Smith 2000)
Case Study • CASE STUDIES/ EXAMPLES FOUND IN SCHOOLS • A.A survey was conducted by Harnessing Technology schools in 2007, which concluded that;
Reference Page Bell, M.A. (2002). Why Use an Interactive Whiteboard? A Baker's Dozen Reasons! teachers.net. Retrieved may 15, 2008. Website: http://teachers.net/gazette/JAN02/mabell.html Interactive Whiteboard (n.d). Wikapedia Retrieved May 8 2008 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interactive_whiteboard Smith, A. (2000). Interactive Whiteboard Evaluation. Miranda Net Retrieved 15 May 2008, from "http://wik.ed.uiuc.edu/index.php/Electronic_Whiteboards"