The article on “The Use of Interactive Whiteboards in Schools” is very useful for me. It gives me the idea of the practical suggestions that give benefit to the teachers and future teacher like me. This article contains of 4 parts. The first is the technical bits. It tells about the physical part of the interactive whiteboard. We need to be familiar with the entire physical parts o the board before starting to use it. Even though it is just a small thing, we should know how it functions.
The second part of this article talks about the software that is used in the board. Here are five different types of software that can be used in IWB. IWB operating software, the support tools, the generic tools, interactive programs, and remote access. The support tools and the interactive programs are the software that most captured my interest. The support tools provide useful libraries of software tools. Besides, it included tools that are very useful to be used for the primary students. Meanwhile, the interactive programs offer interactive activities that can be used in teaching such as games. This software can be used as hands on activity to make teaching and learning more fun and interesting.
The third part gives information about the levels of interactivity. And the last part included twelve teaching techniques using the IWB which are very useful for me as future teacher. These techniques make teaching and learning process become interactive as it makes easier for teachers to prepare their resources. “Developing Tray” for instance enables teacher to use a variety techniques to reveal their resources. This is very useful as teachers can use this technique when they want deliver info separately. Another technique that I like is “Multiple Pages”. It is very interesting as teachers will not have problem about space anymore. It allows teachers to go back to the page that they have used earlier without having to write them again. Other techniques such as “Prepared Links, Boundaries, lesson Outlines, Brain Storms, Handwriting, List Sorting, Simulations, Video Shorts, Maths and Science Symbols, and Concept Maps” also very useful for the teachers.
The workshop carried out by Miss Fenny gave me knowledge about IWB and this article has increase the knowledge by giving me the idea of the teaching techniques using IWB, the software included in the IWB and etc. All the knowledge that I have gained will be very useful and will help me a lot in designing the teaching resources using the IWB for the assignment 3.
The third part gives information about the levels of interactivity. And the last part included twelve teaching techniques using the IWB which are very useful for me as future teacher. These techniques make teaching and learning process become interactive as it makes easier for teachers to prepare their resources. “Developing Tray” for instance enables teacher to use a variety techniques to reveal their resources. This is very useful as teachers can use this technique when they want deliver info separately. Another technique that I like is “Multiple Pages”. It is very interesting as teachers will not have problem about space anymore. It allows teachers to go back to the page that they have used earlier without having to write them again. Other techniques such as “Prepared Links, Boundaries, lesson Outlines, Brain Storms, Handwriting, List Sorting, Simulations, Video Shorts, Maths and Science Symbols, and Concept Maps” also very useful for the teachers.
The workshop carried out by Miss Fenny gave me knowledge about IWB and this article has increase the knowledge by giving me the idea of the teaching techniques using IWB, the software included in the IWB and etc. All the knowledge that I have gained will be very useful and will help me a lot in designing the teaching resources using the IWB for the assignment 3.
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