An Interactive Whiteboard is an electronic whiteboard that is hooked up to a computer and a data projector so that the board acts as a large touch-screen computer. Special stylus markers and erasers allow the instructor and students to write and erase on the screen without the use of actual ink. These boards are used around the globe to aid teachers in bringing the Internet and other technologies into their classrooms. With the power to bring anything on the web into the classroom on a large and interactive screen, the possibilities are endless.
As a future mathematics teacher, there are a number of ways to incorporate this technology in my classroom. First, there are a number of expert-designed lesson plans available on http://education.smarttech.com that utilize pre-made program templates for virtually every subject and grade level. Aside from using such templates, electronic whiteboards would be especially useful in teaching geometry where I could use line and shape tools in a word processing program to draw perfect examples for my students every time. This technology could also be used in my classroom as an interactive game board for reviewing skills in a matching game or flash card format. Finally, the whiteboard could be used in combination with programs like Mathematica to execute colorful three dimensional graphs and difficult calculations to help the students visualize difficult concepts more easily. The possibilities Interactive Whiteboards bring to classroom lessons are truly endless.
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This teacher is using an Interactive Whiteboard in her classroom to teach students how to measure angles using a protractor.
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I have heard a great deal about interactive whiteboards recently; many teachers and education students absolutely love them. While i have never had the opportunity to use one myself, I would love to in the future. They seem to be extremely effective tools for teaching, for they keep all of the students engaged and focused on the learning. You have great ideas for how to utilize them in your classroom.
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