Interactive Whiteboard usage according to Google

Posted on July 10th, by admin in IWBs. 6 comments

I believe the Interactive Whiteboard has the potential to reverse teaching back to the days of when we were in school. A quick Google search of “Interactive Whiteboard” reveals an interesting trend. Have a look at these photos that were taken from a Google search today and let’s see.

Most of the photos don’t show where the rest of the people are in the room but I’m sure you can guess! However, it is heartening to see that some of the photos show a group of pupils using the boards rather than the traditional set up of either the teacher or a pupil standing there in front of the class.

Samantha Clewes

Simon, I think the point is you can’t guess!!
You
don’t know what else is going in the room, most of these photos are staged and even if they are not there is no way to know the context in which they were taken. It could be that the other children
are all working at stations round the room and the whiteboard is one as well.
Other children could be working independently at their desks. It could be a
small group using the board taking turns while the rest of the class are doing
other things elsewhere in the classroom.
Without the ‘whole’ picture the inference is meaningless.

Also,
good lessons can be conducted with the class listening and the
teacher choosing students for the board. Whole class lessons are still
valuable and effective when done right. The IWB allows all students to be visual engaged in whole class instruction – visual and auditory stimulus, even in the same teaching situation this mix of sensory stimulus can never be describe as ‘reversing teacher’.
- simonmlewis
  
  Thanks for the comment Samantha. I’m pretty sure almost all the photos are staged so, to me, it asks the question is this the way, whoever photographs these images, believes is the best way to use an IWB?
  
  Naturally there is a place for the teacher to use the IWB as a whole class stimulus but we both know there are other creative ways. Wouldn’t it be nice to see these rather than the traditional teacher/pupil at the board?
http://www.neteffects.com.au/ IT Support

I think this only goes to show that technology is being used and adopted even by the younger generation. If everybody can afford it, then interactive whiteboards are effective tools in learning and teaching because of the visualization effects that it gives.
http://acticart.com/all-sports/cricket.html Cricket bats

White board usage is really a good practice.
http://www.smarterinteractive.co.uk/ Jon Knight

Interactive Whiteboards initially replaced older static whiteboards which explains why so many images online are of the older ways of using these devices. However, with upgraded software from the manufacturers you find that interactivity is now the order of the day, so, many of the pictures you can find don’t fully reflect what is going on because they are from the past. Equally, many of the pictures of interactive whiteboards show children in classrooms, yet one of the most rapidly growing areas of interactive whiteboard use is as a business collaboration tool
- simonmlewis
  
  Fair point, thanks Jon

Samantha Clewes says:

July 10, 2012 at 9:15 am

Simon, I think the point is you can’t guess!!
You
don’t know what else is going in the room, most of these photos are staged and even if they are not there is no way to know the context in which they were taken. It could be that the other children
are all working at stations round the room and the whiteboard is one as well.
Other children could be working independently at their desks. It could be a
small group using the board taking turns while the rest of the class are doing
other things elsewhere in the classroom.
Without the ‘whole’ picture the inference is meaningless.

Also,
good lessons can be conducted with the class listening and the
teacher choosing students for the board. Whole class lessons are still
valuable and effective when done right. The IWB allows all students to be visual engaged in whole class instruction – visual and auditory stimulus, even in the same teaching situation this mix of sensory stimulus can never be describe as ‘reversing teacher’.

simonmlewis says:

July 10, 2012 at 9:48 am

Thanks for the comment Samantha. I’m pretty sure almost all the photos are staged so, to me, it asks the question is this the way, whoever photographs these images, believes is the best way to use an IWB?

Naturally there is a place for the teacher to use the IWB as a whole class stimulus but we both know there are other creative ways. Wouldn’t it be nice to see these rather than the traditional teacher/pupil at the board?

IT Support says:

July 11, 2012 at 9:58 pm

I think this only goes to show that technology is being used and adopted even by the younger generation. If everybody can afford it, then interactive whiteboards are effective tools in learning and teaching because of the visualization effects that it gives.

Cricket bats says:

July 13, 2012 at 8:23 am

White board usage is really a good practice.

Jon Knight says:

August 24, 2012 at 2:22 pm

Interactive Whiteboards initially replaced older static whiteboards which explains why so many images online are of the older ways of using these devices. However, with upgraded software from the manufacturers you find that interactivity is now the order of the day, so, many of the pictures you can find don’t fully reflect what is going on because they are from the past. Equally, many of the pictures of interactive whiteboards show children in classrooms, yet one of the most rapidly growing areas of interactive whiteboard use is as a business collaboration tool

simonmlewis says:

August 24, 2012 at 9:37 pm

Fair point, thanks Jon

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