Interactive%20Whiteboards

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Interactive Whiteboards

• Goodbye chalk and fingernails scrapping down the
  board

Kirstin Thorpe
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Overview

• Interactive Whiteboards have both positive and
  negative aspects.
• How do they work?
• -What about whiteboards?
• How are they used in the classroom?
• Key Points
• Reference

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Positive Features

• What can they provide?
• - Interactive and efficient learning
• Can be a powerful learning tool
• -Display work, music, photos
• - Whole class interactive learning
• Suitable for classrooms K-12

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Negative Aspects

• Appropriate Training
• Cost
• Set up
• Ongoing
• Maintenance

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Benefits In Learning

• PowerPoint presentations can bring topics to life
• Pupils can individually interact with the board
  from the front, computer or remotely via a
  wireless mouse or tablet.
• Cater for differentiated students
• Internet connection allows quick access to
  educational websites.

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Other IWB Information

• Students can also use IWB to bring out their
  creativity and imagination.
• Class games and topic closure

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Concluding Points

• Powerful Learning Tool
• Used by any age
• Caters for any differentiated student
• Promotes creativity and individual imagination
• Internet Connection
• Unlimited Features

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Reference

• Dale Joe. (2007). Effectiveness of Interactive
  Whiteboards. Integrating ICT into the MFL
  classroom. Retrieved on 12th April 2008
  from http//joedale.typepad.com/integrating_ict_in
  to_the/.
• Effectiveness of Interactive Whiteboards. (2007).
  Retrieved on 12th April 2008 from
  http//joedale.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/pr
  ofessor_pointing_hg_wht_13720.gif
• Higgens, S. Beauchamp, G., Miller, D.
  (2007).Reviewing the Literature on Interactive
  Whiteboards. Learning, Media and TechnologyV32, 3
  pp 213- 225. Retrieved 12th April from ERIC
  database.
• Kennewell, S., Beauchamp, G. (2007). The features
  of Interactive Whiteboards and Their Influence on
  Learning. Learning, Media and TechnologyV32, 3
  pp 227-241. Retrieved 12th April from ERIC
  database.