Wednesday, 29 May 2013

Interactive whiteboards



 

 

Research has repeatedly demonstrated that students learn better when they are fully engaged and that multisensory, hands-on learning is the best way to engage them. Interactive whiteboards facilitate multisensory learning whether it is a collaboration exercise for math problem solving or a Google Earth tour of the Amazon rainforest
"Interactive whiteboards are used in many schools as replacements for traditional whiteboards or flipcharts. They provide ways to show students any thing which can be presented on a computer's desktop (educational software, web sites, and others). In addition, interactive whiteboards allow teachers to record their instruction and post the material for review by students at a later time. This can be a very effective instructional strategy for students who benefit from repetition, who need to see the material presented again, for students who are absent from school, for struggling learners, and for review for examinations. Brief instructional blocks can be recorded for review by students—they will see the exact presentation that occurred in the classroom with the teacher's audio input. This can help transform learning and instruction." (Wikipedia 8/07) 

The lecture of interactive white board was very beneficial  for me because not only add for me something but teach me something new that I never know before especially that the doctor show us  how to use it and how to make some programs like active inspire , so at the end of this course I  know how to make active inspire and how to use it especially we apply it before in  groups. Although it is very beneficial , useful and new tool for me but I don’t like it because I found many difficulties before I know how to do it  

On the other hand when I watch some videos about active inspire I notice that most of the children are engaging learning by it and through my reading I found that children can learn more through using this tool and they feel that like they achieve something  that make them happy about every thing they do so this will change my opinion about using this tool with the children in the future because the thing that I wish is to gain their attention and increase their performance and thses can be achieved through using this tool..

What does research said about the interactive white board

Marzano recently divided 85 educators into two groups: One taught a lesson to students using interactive whiteboards and the other taught the same lesson using standard, more traditional tools. His data was undeniable:

  • Of those classrooms employing the boards and using the voting technology, there was an immediate increase of 17 percent in scores.
  • He also found that if a teacher had been given 20-30 months to hone his or her skills, there was an average 20 percentile gain.
  • The sweet spot, he says -- the perfect storm of student achievement, according to his findings -- was when a teacher was trained to use the technology, had used it for two years, and did so 75 percent of the time. That profile shows a whopping 29 percentile gain in scores
  Video  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuSoEGZKqeg
  
  


 

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