What exactly does an interactive whiteboard enhance? It provides the perfect opportunity to address multiple learning styles. Of course, this alone would be enough to take notice but this technology provides an opportunity for the student to take ownership of their learning. Interactive whiteboards enable students to emerge themselves into the learning experience and at the same time removes the lack of engagement which has been a stumbling block in education.
We are going forward, but we need to wait just a minute and retrace our tracks. What technology did interactive whiteboards make obsolete? Interactive whiteboards will replace math manipulatives, composition note books, globes, and hard cover books.
Interactive whiteboards are radically different then most tools from the past. It serves as a one-stop tool to access material to understand and present content. It brings to mind a live presentation of improvisation. You just do not know what you are going to get. It reverses the show and tell presentations.
Replacing this technology would be virtual reality technology which allows multiple users to assess, collaborate, and manipulate various tools in real time. For example, videos could be viewed and altered at the same time.
The potential of interactive whiteboards can be found at the following link.
http://www.shambles.net/pages/staff/IWBcontent/
I agree that interactive boards are a one-stop tool that easy access to resources to develop teaching and learning.The interactive boards obsoleted a lot of tools. I enjoy working with the boards because I helps incorporate texts, images, and videos for students to have a better understanding of the learned concept.
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I do not have IWB, but have seen youtube videos which display how to create an IWB. It does work.
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