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.
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 possibilities of interactive whiteboards can be found at the following link.
http://www.shambles.net/pages/staff/IWBcontent/
Andrew/Charles, =)
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with you that the interactive whiteboards address multiple learning styles while promoting student ownership of their learning. Interactive whiteboards can address auditory, visual, and kinesthetic learning styles. They keep my students so engaged!
I find your obsolete choices interesting because while I do think these interactive whiteboards can make math manipulatives engaging on the screen, I don't agree that they make them obsolete (at least yet). As a teacher, my second graders still need to individually use their own manipulatives while me, or another student is using the interactive whiteboard's manipulatives.
Thanks for you informative tetrad! I really liked your colors! It makes it very appealing!
Lauren
I'm a big fan of interactive white board : )
ReplyDelete"smart" technologies are ideal for educators who wish to meet the needs of digital natives. Likewise, this type of technology goes beyond the limits of traditional textbooks and worksheets. I can imagine interactive emergent technology taking students on a face to face exploration of various content. Any fans of augmented reality in education?