INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARDS

							INTERACTIVE
WHITEBOARDS
 BY: Emma Davis
             CONTENTS
• What makes Interactive Whiteboards
  useful in a classroom setting    p.3-5
• What are Interactive Whiteboards?
                                   p. 6
• What implications do Interactive
  Whiteboards have on student’s learning?
                                   p. 7-10
  WHAT MAKES INTERACTIVE
  WHTEBOARDS USEFUL IN A
   CLASSROOM SETTING?

• Can be linked to a video camera and DVD
  player. Therefore enabling all students in
  the class to have equal learning
  opportunities.
• It enables the lesson to become more
  interactive and engaging as the teacher is
  able to make the lesson more visually
  appealing
• Interactive whiteboards allow teachers
  who are unfamiliar with technology to
  display information with ease.

• It allows students to broaden their learning
  experience through e-learning
     WHAT ARE INTERACTIVE
        WHITBOARDS?
• The interactive whiteboard is a device or a
  large display panel which uses a projector
  and a PC to project information from the
  computer onto the whiteboard screen. It
  allows you to move from program to
  program via touch screen with your finger
  or specialised pen. This allows the lesson
  to become more interactive and easily
  accessible by all students.
   WHAT IMPLICATIONS DO
 INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARDS
HAVE ON STUDENTS LEARNING?
   NEGATIVE IMPLICATIONS
• The projector light may cause impaired
  vision if constantly stared at for extended
  periods of time. As a result this also
  impairs students learning abilities.

• The surface of the whiteboard may
  become damaged therefore it makes it
  hard to see. Therefore disrupting the flow
  and the structure of the lesson.
   POSITIVE IMPLICATIONS
• The interactive whiteboard allows and
  promotes for group discussion and team
  work

• It allows students to broaden their learning
  experience through e-learning
• It enables the lesson to become more
  interactive and engaging as the teacher is
  able to make the lesson more visually
  appealing. Also allows for a collaborative
  approach to learning.
THE END