Interactive Whiteboards

Interactive Whiteboards are becoming more and more popular in classrooms across America. They allow teachers to show images and PowerPoints and write directly on them. No longer is a mouse needed to change slides or point to specific things on the screen. Instead, just by touching the Interactive Whiteboard, you can change to the next slide or follow a hyperlink that appeared on the screen. Interactive Whiteboards are a wonderful way to get students involved in a particular lesson. For example, a calculator can be projected onto the Whiteboard and students can go up and press the buttons to solve the problem. A common example of an Interactive Whiteboard is a SmartBoard. With a SmartBoard, you can use various colored markers to write on the whiteboard and an artificial eraser is there if you make a mistake. Students seem to really enjoy being involved and being able to use the new technology. Interactive Whiteboards are a form of technology that I feel will become more and more popular while I am a teacher.