Interactive White BoardsChristine Wesling christine@fuzefotos.com Technology Resource Teacher Wisconsin

Goal & Objectives

1. Detailing how the IWB is a transformative technology and centerpiece of the 21st Century Digital Classroom

2. Defining the benefits the IWB will have to student learning and interacting in new innovative ways

3. Sharing the many ways you can bring software to life for whole group learning

It’s Not About The Hardware

Which User Will You Be?

•The Early Adopter •Interested But Weary •Doubtful & Irritated

Overcoming the Challenge

A visionary principal is vital

Acknowledge that this is will complex and not easy

We all react differently to new concepts – respect each other’s enthusiasm or apprehension

Listen to the perspectives of others – gain understanding

Provide opportunities for staff to see the boards in use – take a field trip

What Teachers Must Know to Gain Acceptance of IWB Technology

Believe IWB use will enhance your teaching and improve student learning

Feel comfortable using technology

Be able to use the technology integrally in your everyday teaching

Have technology readily available in each room

We must work together to achieve success with implementation and ideally adoptthese beliefs:

To Gain Acceptance

Leadership must embrace the adoption and show enthusiasm and share expectations.

The right kind of training is essential

Make a sound investment

Patience is key - know that full adoption will take time

What is the real challenge?

It’s a cultural shift that is necessary – moving to technological interactive environment

Developing a new mind set will to take advantages of new possibilities of ways for students to learn

Utimately it will be less on the “how” and more time on the “why”

Choosing the Right Boards

• SMART Technologies – the soft board (analogue resistive membrane technology)

• Promethean – the ‘hard’ boards

• Virtual Ink – ultrasonic tracking technology

• Ontech Technologies – infrared tracking tech

What is the magic of the software?

• Similar to Microsoft’s PowerPoint, it let’s the user create a notebook or a flipchart.

• Dragability is the function that makes this technology interactive and revolutionary.

• Virtual pens and highlighters allow magnification for focusing on parts of the page.

• Images, interactive tools and background add to the experience.

Installation Factors for Consideration

•Clear the Clutter – It will be important to have room on either side

•Design It For Student Use – student accessibility is essential, hang it low

•Have the Job Done By a Professional – specialized knowledge makes a difference with these products

•Additional Equipment – SPEAKERS, PROJECTORS

•Proximity of Computer to the Board is Important

•Consider Glare From Windows

•Cabling for power, USB, computer and associated devices

A Quality Projector is KeyDedicate a fair amount of your budget to buying high quality projectors that will throw a bright, clear image in normal room lighting. Budget at least $500 for new globes every year or two.

Note: Dragability and interactivity create the magic, so do not just install data projectors.

What is eTeaching?

• eTeaching – lessons infused ith rich media, digital resources and engaging communication technologies.

• Benefits to eTeaching? The nature of teaching that takes place in a technology-rich environment starts the change of moving away from content delivery to a more personal deeper approach to learning new concepts.

Phases of eTeaching

• Doing Old Things In Old Ways

• Doing Old Things, But In New Ways

• Doing New Things In New Ways

Doing Old Things In Old Ways

Basically this is when you use the IWB the same way you would have used your white board.

Doing Old Thing But In New Ways

Teachers begin to adapt lessons to slightly take advantage of IWB’s strengths.

Doing New Things In New Ways

Promethean ActivBoard 300 Pro: dual pen50 second video clip of students using an IWB

Freedom to Follow Where Kids Take the LessonNow when our students ask a question we can model using the technology and search for the answer on the fly, and what better way to model information literacy.

Ambiguity is the Goal

Lessons that engage thinking interactivity and questioning vs. just physical interactivity

Present information that is open-ended to create a fertile environment for rich discussion and to provoke to see a problem or solution from multiple viewpoints.

A well designed learning activity is filled with ambiguous ideas to intellectually engage students with the bigger ideas behind the lesson.

And the Research Says…

Independent research has shown that, when used wisely, IWBs can produce a significant improvement to student learning. As teachers make the move towards e-teaching through the implementation of IWB technology, they should bear in mind that IWBs do need to be "used wisely," and this primarily means ensuring that the pedagogy underlying the technology is implemented soundly.The ERNIST ICT study found that IWBs were often the catalyst for teachers to replace existing practice with more interactive, constructivist approaches.Contributors to this study noted that the interactive technology tended to help teachers become even more innovative in the resources they were able to bring to students, and that students appeared to learn more effectively when presented with the wide range of stimuli that IWBs were able to bring before them.

Eight Key Principals for Effective IWB Teaching

1.Be Proficient2.Be Organized 3.Be Interactive4.Be Flexible5.Be Constructive6.Be Open-Minded7.Be Willing to Share8.Be Prepared to Plan

Designing Lessons

The Role of the 21st Century Teacher

In many ways, the role of a teacher in the twenty-first century has evolved away from being the "source of all knowledge" to being more of an "information architect" charged with the task of designing engaging learning pathways for their students. for their students.

The Importance of “Dragability”

• The act of physically coming to the board, reaching out and instinctively grabbing the thing that needs moving and dragging it to a new location so that it connects with another idea, is a critical differentiating advantage of an IWB.

• Dragability Demo

Layering Objects

"Layering" refers to the way objects created on the board can be stacked in a particular order so that one object is able to obscure the object below.

Saving the Screen

Notes, diagrams, ideas and everything else that takes place can be saved and then distributed to students.

Interactive Board Pens

• They come in any color and a variety of thickness because the pens are virtual and the software provide many colors, solid or highlighter

• SMART Notebook 11 introduced “crayon” in late Spring 2012

• Can’t find the pen? Use your finger, a tennis ball, a ruler…

Use the Camera Tool!

• It’s a fast way to save and document part or all of your slide.

IWB Resource Libraries• Most have access to images ranging

from photos, videos to sounds and shapes and interactive simulations

• Use “Search” not “Browse”

• Don't forget that the library is not static. You can add your own images, sounds, videos , etc. to the library collection, making it even more functional for meeting your specific needs.

Adding Digital Media

One of the biggest differentiators between interactive board technology and anything that existed before it is the ease with which media can be included in a lesson.

What Do Applications That Can Be Shared on the Big Screen Have In Common?

It is interactive and great for large group showing.

Web 2.0 Open Source AppsGoogle Earth

SketchUp

SkypeGeogebra

Gapminder World

Webspiration

Dipity (Timelines)