For tons of solid, specific ideas for getting kids on the board, take a good look at this presentation from Candace Hackett Shively: Hands Off, Vanna! Giving Students Control of Interactive Whiteboard Learning. But if students are using it to really engage with their learning, that board starts earning its keep. Critics say that IWBs put instructional focus right where it does not belong: on the teacher, in front of the room. “Often I hear teachers say that they’re using it to prove to their principal that they’ve used it,” he says.”Make sure that you’re using it for the students.” One of the best uses I’ve seen for IWBs is as a station: Students rotated between independent seat work, hands-on manipulatives, a teacher-led activity, and a small-group task done on the IWB. If a task doesn’t really lend itself to IWB use, then don’t use it for that task. E d tech columnist Ben Stern advises teachers to use whiteboards selectively. Treat the board as one tool, not the focus of the room. First, here’s a summary of the best advice I’ve found online. How do you get the most out of your board? Since you asked about English, and that’s my background, I’ll share my own ideas at the end.

Others basically use them to show videos. Awesome!Īll snark aside, some teachers have done amazing things with interactive whiteboards (IWBs), adapting their teaching to really take advantage of what IWBs can do. So your school just spent an insane amount of money on interactive whiteboards without much forethought, and at the expense of other needs.

I’m not concerned about learning how to USE it, but more how to capitalize on its interactive nature. I walked into my classroom this week and saw that I’ve been given a Smartboard (No warning! No training! Tons of expectations!).

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