The use of interactive whiteboards, or smart boards, are becoming more prevalent in classroom settings today. These boards are taking the place of chalkboards and whiteboards, and when used right can have many benefits for the classroom. Smart boards and devises like it give teachers the tools to have their students have hands on experience with these boards many functions.
Some smart boards come with interactive tablets that let students write down information that will appear on the board.
Some also come with devices where students can answer polls and the board will post results instantly.
These boards may sound amazing with all they can do, but are teachers being taught on how to use them and learn all the functions they can do?
For these to be more than any ordinary chalk board teachers are going to have to use the functions for interactivity or they could end up being just a waste of technology money.
These boards do not come that cheap and if teachers aren’t going to use the functions that chalk boards can’t give then why have them in the classroom?
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