I believe that most of us, an educator has known Interactive White Board (IWB) since it was being introduce into education line. The functions of IWB are actually quite amazed me and I found that children and even teacher can have a lot of interesting and fun activities with it. I was browsing through Internet and found that this- Interactive White Board is interesting to view on.
I am quite interesting with IWB as I found that it is a very high tech tools that help children in their learning context regardless in any subjects. I really like the way of teachers and children can utilized the board with just a click and moving and personally think that it save time on preparing different materials to fulfill the needs of every child in class.
However, my working school do not have IWB as my principal think that it may reduce the real interaction between the teacher and students. And I am quite jealous that one of my classmate – Megan have the opportunity to try this in her professional experience setting. >.<
Well, it still depend on how we utilized it in our class and how we integrate into our lessons.
Here’s the information that I search from web.
What is an interactive whiteboard?
An interactive whiteboard is a touch-sensitive screen that works in conjunction with a computer and a projector. The first interactive whiteboard was manufactured by SMART Technologies Inc. in 1991. Educators were the first people to recognize the interactive whiteboard’s potential as a tool for collaboration, improving student learning outcomes and streamlining lesson planning. Educators continue to comprise the largest user base for this technology, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom.
( SMART Technologies Inc., 2006)
How can an interactive whiteboard be used in a learning environment? Interactive whiteboards are an effective way to interact with digital content and multimedia in a multi-person learning environment. Learning activities with an interactive whiteboard may include, but are not limited to the following:
• Manipulating text and images
• Making notes in digital ink
• Saving notes for later review by using e-mail, the
Web or print
• Viewing websites as a group
• Demonstrating or using software at the front of a
room without being tied to a computer
• Creating digital lesson activities with templates,
images and multimedia
• Writing notes over educational video clips
• Using presentation tools that are included with the
whiteboarding software to enhance learning materials
• Showcasing student presentations
References:
SMART Technologies Inc. (March, 2006). Interactive Whiteboards and Learning. Retrieved May 1st, 2013, from http://downloads01.smarttech.com/media/research/whitepapers/int_whiteboard_research_whitepaper_update.pdf