About: Interactive Whiteboards
Interactive whiteboards are great for getting students involved and interactive with classroom lessons and activities. The boards can be used for many different skills such as: - Internet - Games - Activities - Spelling - Speaking - Writing. The interactive whiteboards is great for addressing and involving the whole class and can easily be integrated into every lesson of the day. The main subject I would like to discuss with using the interactive whiteboard would be Mathematics, by accessing the internet to find online games or problems to do with maths can be a exciting and interesting way to involve the class while learning through each other. Allowing students to feel confident with standing in front of the class to complete certain activities is also a great example for using the whiteboard. The teacher also has the opportunity to speak to the class showing interactive learning books and fun activities with their students.
IWB & Mathematics
IWBs have allowed teachers to take advantage of power of ICT within the ‘teaching’ component of the teaching and learning process in ways that that are just not possible with the traditional personal computing approach to ICT in schools.
In a Maths context, teachers with an IWB now have a wide range of ICT possibilities available to support their teaching. When and as required, teachers can easily move between using virtual graphics calculators, spread sheet programs, learning objects and Maths based software applications. In order to respond to and engage students in their learning, teacher can use ‘real world’ examples captured via a digital camera, or use ‘live’ data sourced in real time from the
Internet.
Through interactions with the content of the IWB teachers can:
o promote higher order thinking, easily shifting the students’ focus from merely remembering the content to gaining an deep understanding of concept
being taught.
o Lead substantive conversations that allow the class to create or negotiate understanding of the subject matter
Through this interaction with the context of the lesson teachers can:
o Connect the classes learning to the world beyond the classroom
o Engage the students in learning that is relevant to their everyday life
o Ensure that the curriculum has a real world focus.
Peter Kent, Deputy Principal, Richardson Primary School, Canberra, Australia. Using Interactive Whiteboards to Enhance Maths Teaching
http://www.richardsonps.act.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/83122/using_IWBs_to_enhance_Maths_teaching.pdf
In a Maths context, teachers with an IWB now have a wide range of ICT possibilities available to support their teaching. When and as required, teachers can easily move between using virtual graphics calculators, spread sheet programs, learning objects and Maths based software applications. In order to respond to and engage students in their learning, teacher can use ‘real world’ examples captured via a digital camera, or use ‘live’ data sourced in real time from the
Internet.
Through interactions with the content of the IWB teachers can:
o promote higher order thinking, easily shifting the students’ focus from merely remembering the content to gaining an deep understanding of concept
being taught.
o Lead substantive conversations that allow the class to create or negotiate understanding of the subject matter
Through this interaction with the context of the lesson teachers can:
o Connect the classes learning to the world beyond the classroom
o Engage the students in learning that is relevant to their everyday life
o Ensure that the curriculum has a real world focus.
Peter Kent, Deputy Principal, Richardson Primary School, Canberra, Australia. Using Interactive Whiteboards to Enhance Maths Teaching
http://www.richardsonps.act.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/83122/using_IWBs_to_enhance_Maths_teaching.pdf