I often hear teachers
saying that interactive whiteboards make lessons more interactive. But research
actually suggests that IWBs make the lessons less interactive with
students sat in their chairs and teachers stood at the board. Even when
students do use the board only one can use it at a time.
The interactive in
interactive whiteboard refers to the fact you can interact with the computer
from the whiteboard not that there will somehow magically be a lot of class
interaction.
Of course you can make it interactive if you want to but I prefer
to think of mine as a display tool, something to help me to save time in the
classroom and with preparation, and meaning that I can be monitoring my
students and helping them rather than writing something on the board.
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