Interactive White Boards

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We're having one of these installed in a meeting room, we'll see what benefits it brings. Probably just another bit of kit for users to raise calls on when they've used permanent marker

 

Whilst expensive if used they will be worth the money, I attended a training course where one was used and I have to say it was vital tool for the training allowing the tutor to display what was on his screen at all times in order to help us see what was going on.

If used correctly teachers could have stuff easy to hand making there jobs much easier, they can also swop and change stuff much more quickly without wasting half there time writing.

I think it could be a very effective aid if used correctly.

 

They are very effective, and we currently have 20+ deployed in my old secondary school in london, I have used them in a training environment too and I think they are wonderful

now if only I could play a Real Time Strategy game on one of them (!)

 

Hi Nugget

We had one whitebaord in my old school.

What's so good about them is the ability to "engage" the students in what they are learning. The ability to get them to come to the front of the classroom and show the rest of class what they have done.

They also allow the teachers to display and thoroughly explain what they need the students to do on their computers. (Most handy if there each student, or pair has their own PC).

In terms of other lessons or classrooms where there is only one PC and that is for the whiteboard, the main use is allowing the teacher to present "pre-made" materials, or take notes and draw diagrams.

I hear you cry "what about chalk and a blackboard??" the good thing is that you cam save the notes, diagram or explanations you have created and print them out or send it to each student so they have effective notes and materials to learn from. Very handy around exam time.

But proper training is essential to use these features, otherwise they are just used as a "big screen".

Matt

 

One of my favorite uses that I've seen around our school is in music with the dance ejay software. The teachers have the kids come up one at a time to the board and drag and drop the looped samples into the tracks to form a tune they have all helped create. Its more the younger kids that love this sort of thing and I think its great.

I've also seen them used with a powerpoint presentation of the who wants to be a millionaire game that has maths questions and the kids have to try and reach a million by answering the questions as a group.

 

AJ, from what I can see they would have to be trained how to use the properly and effectively. While I can see that it's really worthwhile that the teachers have new technology to help them, the fact is the whiteboards will only be the newest tech toy for them to play with if they aren't trained to use them.