The Promethean panels promise a lifespan of about 10 years, Berry says. The district now estimates it installed SMART Boards in 3, to 3, classrooms; a spokesman could not give an exact figure.
The money will come from the Capital Programs budget, which is funded by a voter-approved penny sales tax. Carolina Park Elementary, which opened this fall, came equipped with Promethean panels paid for by new construction funds.
Google has made inroads into the lucrative education technology industry with its Google for Education suite, which boasts 70 million users. She received one of the original boards thanks to a special grant at her school, and she saw the potential for differentiated learning and interactive activities. The new technology has its skeptics, including school board member Michael Miller, who joined the unanimous vote for the upgrade in April.
He said he has yet to see data that show previous technology upgrades, like the one that brought Chromebooks and iPads to every school in , have improved student learning. As the learner response systems has continued to evolve, some companies have developed special software or applications that allow the user to enter interactive responses on a smartphone , laptop or iPod touch.
This enables the same features of the interactive clicker only without the hardware. Over the past twenty years, interactive whiteboards have become a leading technology in educational settings as it has the unique ability to transform a classroom from that of a traditional nature to a dynamic and integrative learning environment. Consequently, there has been a dramatic rise in the implementation of IWBs within primary, secondary and post-secondary institutions around the world.
As for third world countries, many initiatives have recently been established to bring interactive whiteboards to their classrooms too. The main goal for most of these projects is to improve the education offered to children and youth in poorer countries that are already facing many detrimental problems from poverty to disease and violence.
One of the key driving forces behind this initiative was to reach and improve the learning in Sub Sahara African schools that are often ignored and do not have access to educational technologies.
More information on this organization can be found here. As interactive whiteboards have become increasingly used in education, so too has research regarding its relation to learner performance. Among those studies, most have unanimously concluded that a relationship does exist, however there is also a discrepancy in whether that effect is significant.
On one hand, studies that compared classrooms using IWBs to those that did not, such as that conducted by Higgins et al. Conversely, a study conducted by Lewin et al. Despite this difference, most studies have agreed that a positive correlation between performance and motivation does exist. As such, the context within which the IWB is used in learning will play a key role in nurturing that motivation to improve performance.
According to Martyn Davis, a manager at MTC, using interactive whiteboards has exponentially increased the efficiency during their meetings with clients. Whereas they previously had to spend a full day preparing notes beforehand and were unable to record additional comments during the meeting, now they can automatically write any notes that come up directly on the IWB, save them on a USB and give a copy to the customer by the end of the meeting. Engagement - The IWB unequivocally improves the level of audience engagement, which is critical to learning Beeland, This capability has become supported by numerous studies that have concluded using the IWB in any given lesson or presentation creates the possibility for it to become visually enhanced.
Way et al. Learning Styles - Interactive whiteboards relate to the theory of multiple intelligences by appealing to different types of learners. Versatility - The IWB contains features that do not exist in other educational hardware such as the ability to integrate text, sound, video and flash animation. In addition, interactive games, web pages and documents can be linked or embedded.
Instant access to material from a wide variety of sources enables the presenter to more easily and effectively produce a lesson or presentation that is not only well resourced and structured but also lively, varied and complex Gillen et al. Technical interactivity - At its core, IWBs incorporate various multimodal functions found in other non-digital technologies all within one device.
This can be seen in the computer and projector components since they both have the capability to perform all the same actions a flipchart, whiteboard, overhead projector or video player would.
What differentiates the IWB is its touch-sensitive nature, which allows the user to directly input and manipulate information as well as move and transform objects with their finger or special pen Mercer et al. Grade levels and class composition - The IWB can be utilized among all age groups from nursery school to college and within numerous subject areas.
The application can also be further expanded to classes with different ability levels or multi-grade classes by using the split screen feature. This tool allows the educator to simultaneously teach multiple groups of students by separating the content on the board and easily flipping back and forth Smith et al. Since IWBs are a tool for creating, presenting, and sharing information in a variety of formats, it can be considered a valuable tool for incorporating the UDL principles in classroom instruction.
Availability and placement - When an interactive whiteboard is available, the first thing to decide is where it should be placed. This means considering the dimensions of the board, maximizing the site lines for the audience and space around the board so those who are disabled can also interact with it. If the IWB is going to be permanently installed in a room, the ideal mount for the projector is a ceiling or wall to avoid accidents or bumping, which requires a recalibration of the IWB.
These types of mounts typically are more costly but are worth the expense in terms of the ease of use and the fluidity of presentation Smith et al.
Training and willingness - When an IWB first becomes available, the teacher, school and district need to be willing to put in the time and effort required to be trained on how to use the board because installation itself will not lead to utilization. Technology support and upgrades - As with any technical device, unforeseen problems can occur and so it is important to be aware of whom to contact in the case of a technical failure or if a component needs replacement.
Over time, the IWB and the related technologies will also require upgrades as the hardware and software become obsolete. Interactive White Boards by Albert Bangma. A brief exploration of a framework for adopting IWBs adapted from Learning from the bottom up Burden, using stop motion video techniques.
ActivInspire Promethean World Products Section. Armstrong, V. Collaborative research methodology for investigating teaching and learning: the use of interactive whiteboard technology. Educational Review, 57 4 , Beeland, W. Student engagement, visual learning and technology: can interactive whiteboards help? Action Research Exchange, 1 1. Betcher, C. The interactive whiteboard revolution —teaching with IWBS.
This is primarily a marketing video; however, examples demonstrate diverse instructional applications. A California seventh-grade teacher talks about integrating whiteboard technology into the curriculum and engaging students in its use: A Clean Slate: Interactive Whiteboard Makes Lessons Snazzy. Are students ever too young to use technology in the classroom? Examples of interactive use of the whiteboard for literacy learning and for modeling best practices in internet use begin at about In Sydney, Australia, kindergarteners demonstrate how whiteboards engage them in learning.
Parents and teachers offer their own assessment. Whiteboards have been in classroom use long enough to allow assessment of their value as educational tools. The SMARTer Kids Foundation project library includes online copies of research papers about the effect of whiteboard use in the classroom. At a Glance What is it?
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