IWBs…Not Your Mother’s Chalkboard

Joquetta Johnson

If you believe...

“The IWBs are simply

glorified chalkboards!”

then you must also

believe that computers are nothing but glorified typewriters.

http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/08/01/smart-technologies-whiteboard-software-new-requires-product-keys-for-installation/

No matter what tool we are discussing,

the tools can only do so much. The

teachers need time to explore how best to use it. It is only in

that way that teaching pedagogy can be improved.http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/08/01/smart-technologies-whiteboard-software-new-requires-product-keys-for-installation/

Working on a whiteboard is

like conducting a symphony.

You're bringing in drag-and-drop collaborative writing and

problem solving activities,

then cueing up a film clip or

bringing in the Internet to do

research. There are many

seemingly disparate functions

and features, that when used

together, create a holistic

lesson.

http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=10621http://www.soulful-song.org/

http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=10621

It's important to avoid thinking

of a whiteboar

d as a glorified

chalkboard…There

is so much you can do with

whiteboard

technology, it is

essential that you

allow yourself to fall in love with teaching

in a whole new way.

One upside of the whiteboard is the ability to personalize lessons with different learning

styles in mind. “I am reaching every

learner with this technology…”http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=10621

We unplug our students, believing that laptops, iPods,

cell phones, and even whiteboards have no

real place in teaching the three

Rs.  As a result, students

fail to see the relevance of their education as they judge the delivery

and not the content. 

http://connected.waldenu.edu/index.php/blogs/35-policy-matters/536-interactive-whiteboards-uneven-learning.html