Interactive Whiteboards

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Interactive Whiteboards
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Overview

• Explanation of SMARTboard technology
• Types of Interactive Whiteboard Technologies
• Implications for Teaching and Learning
• Case Studies

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• Interactive Whiteboard demonstration

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Types of Interactive Whiteboards

• Electromagnetic
• Resistive membrane
• Laser Scanners

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Electromagnetic

• Have hard surface, alike
• to traditional whiteboards and
• can be drawn on with normal
• pens.
• To work as an interactive board, special
  battery-driven pens that emit an electromagnetic
  field detected by the board.
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Resistive membrane

• Soft, flexible surface, consisting of a
  touch-sensitive membrane.
• Can be drawn on using fingers or a stylus.
• Movement is detected by pressure on the board,
  which is tracked by coordinates on the computer.
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Laser Scanners

• Hard writing surface.
• Infrared laser scans in top corners detect pen
  movement, position and colour.
• Requires special felt pens that have uniquely
  coded reflective collars for laser detection.

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Implications for teaching and learning

• Advantages
• Disadvantages

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Advantages

• Whiteboards are interactive and promote active
  student engagement for children of all cognitive
  levels.
• Promotes motivation.
• Saves floor space (ceiling mounted projector,
  minimal cables and no need for reorientation as
  with overhead projectors).
• Teachers and students can edit and add to what is
  already on the whiteboard.
• Teachers have found that technological
  innovations can help level the playing field for
  special needs students and enable these students
  to achieve some success in the regular classroom
  (Lewis Harrison, 1988. in Salinitri. G, Smith.
  K, and Clovis. C, 2002).
• All the information and notes on the whiteboard
  can be saved and printed for students to avoid
  copious note-taking and encourage class
  particpation.
• Teachers can present the lessons using text,
  sound, video, DVDs, CD-ROMs and/or television.
  and Internet links.

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Disadvantages

• Highly expensive to purchase.
• Extra personal development and training for
  teachers (time and money costs).
• The surface can become damaged more easily than a
  normal whiteboard, this can cause expensive
  replacement.

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Curl Curl North Primary School

• The school was introduced to SMART boards in 2005
  when they borrowed one for a short period of
  time. By February 2006, the school had installed
  four SMART boards. In July, another four were
  installed.
• The benefits were noticed immediately.

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Benefits

• The students are engaged, finding the boards
  exciting and empowering. They become more
  involved, especially students who find working
  with computer technologies easier that pencil and
  paper.
• Teachers find it easier to specifically plan
  lesson.
• Teachers can use the board as an assessment tool
  as work done on the board is recorded.

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Summary

• Interactive Whiteboards enables students to
  interact in a social environment with computer
  technologies.
• It also enables teachers to record work completed
  in a whole class group session for assessment.
• The whiteboards, although expensive to purchase,
  can be beneficial for classrooms and allow
  greater participation by all students.

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References

• Electroboard Solutions Pty Ltd. (2008).
  Interactive.whiteboard.net.au. Retrieved May 15,
  2008, from http//www.interactivewhiteboard.net.au
  /
• Hayes, S. (2007) First Days of School. Retrieved
  May 17, 2008 from http//www.msd.k12.mo.us/stark/F
  irst20Days20of20School.htm
• IVCi, LLC (2008). Video Conferencing Products
  SMART Technologies. Retrieved May 17, 2008 from
  http//www.ivci.com/videoconferencing_smart_techno
  logies.html
• Lewis Harrison, 1988. in Salinitri. G,
  Smith. K, and Clovis. C. (2002). The Aural
  Enabler Creating a Way for Special Needs Kids to
  Participate in the Classroom Lesson. Retrieved
  May 15, 2008 from http//www.smarterkids.org/resea
  rch/paper12.asp
• Microsoft (2008). Promethean ACTIVboard 78 -
  Whiteboard - electromagnetic - wired - serial,
  USB, Bluetooth Product details. Retrieved May
  17, 2008 from http//shopping.msn.com/specs/shp/?i
  temId804413456
• St Mary's Catholic Primary School (2007).
  2004-05 - Another Exciting Year. Retrieved May
  15, 2008 from http//www.st-marys.bathnes.sch.uk/e
  vents/Events0405.htm