Submitted by Glenda Robertson (not verified) on October 5, 2007 - 10:56.
Once you have had an interactic whiteboard, you will not be satisfied with anything else - - you can show artwork on a grand scale, go to websites that have wonderful interactive materials,etc. (Marco Polo alone will make your investment worth 10 times what you pay for it.) You can annotate and highlight text that students can see from the back of the room, you can shape paragraphs to show main ideas, cause-and-effect- -I could go on and on forever. The really mind-blowing effect, however, is the way the kids really respond to the board - seeing their writing in bright colors, moving pieces of puzzles, playing Jeopardy with review questions, writing with digital ink. I am not a gadet person in any way and this is definitely NOT a gadget. An interactive white board is a wonderful tool to make teaching so much more interesting and learning "cool" beyond words. Until you work with one, it is impossible to truly understand what a wonderful tool teachers have been given. Student engagement is the magic in learning and an interactive white board makes that happen in a BIG, BIG way.
High School English
Submitted by Glenda Robertson (not verified) on October 5, 2007 - 10:56.
Once you have had an interactic whiteboard, you will not be satisfied with anything else - - you can show artwork on a grand scale, go to websites that have wonderful interactive materials,etc. (Marco Polo alone will make your investment worth 10 times what you pay for it.) You can annotate and highlight text that students can see from the back of the room, you can shape paragraphs to show main ideas, cause-and-effect- -I could go on and on forever. The really mind-blowing effect, however, is the way the kids really respond to the board - seeing their writing in bright colors, moving pieces of puzzles, playing Jeopardy with review questions, writing with digital ink. I am not a gadet person in any way and this is definitely NOT a gadget. An interactive white board is a wonderful tool to make teaching so much more interesting and learning "cool" beyond words. Until you work with one, it is impossible to truly understand what a wonderful tool teachers have been given. Student engagement is the magic in learning and an interactive white board makes that happen in a BIG, BIG way.