Wow!!! These seem absolutely amazing!!
The main thing that stuck with me the entire time while watching and reading about them was how much fun the early years would have with this. Teachers would be able to engage all of there children in learning. The teachers out of the video clip stated that they used the interactive whiteboards or 'magic board' to do science, maths, spelling, reading and then again to revise over topics they have previously learnt.
In the video it looks as though there is a multi choice control, not to sure, but this would be great for quizzes where you can ask a question then provide a multi choice answer and allow the children time to think and answer and then shown the correct answer straight away. This would allow children to see where they went wrong.
The teachers also said that they regard the white boards as their very own professional college in the classroom that will be there everyday. This, to me, shows that these teachers are excited about coming to school each day. As they have something that not only they enjoy using but also engages all the children (even shy ones) to learn.
This is hands on learning in a nut shell and would provide the digital natives of the world something to relate to when they go to school. Providing students with something they can relate to will increase the level of engagement and attendence within the schools and classrooms.
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Hi Lauren,
ReplyDeleteI agree that interactive whiteboards provide a fabulous opportunity. I am not so sure that if this technology was available 20 years ago, considering the general teacher practice and attitude of that time, would have applied the technology in an interactive format. I think that the majority would have used it as another tool to enhance their teacher-centred approach and protected reserved the right to touch the board as "a right reseerved for teachers only - students must not play with this expensive item!"
Today, many schools have this technology but do not ustylise it appropriately for the above reason and lack of PD support available at the local level to educate teachers in their use and guide best practice. My last placement school resembled this situation - very sad.
You made a good point about potential to use the board to pose questions. Another benefit of this is that the board has the potential to record all student responses over time, providing eveidence of individual learner interaction or otherwise. Also potential to identify areas where individuals prgressing or struggling. The board can sumarise all data into a database and can be results or example exported for stakeholder reviews.
Kind regards
Peter