Interactive White Boards

I Love These!!!

We had these in my high school in England and also when I did my placement in a primary school. They are just brilliant and really engage students. I remember in high school in our senior years we still argued and got excited about who got to draw on the board! It was such a novelty and new and exciting.
Seeing them been used in the primary school every day was great. It was important for us to note who used the white board, as you know with young children it is important they all get a fair and equal go with the board or they could be upsets and conflict. We used it during literacy, we found a great website that had a aeroplane that looped in the shape of the letter. The children were able to follow the plane with their finger and draw the letter. They used it to complete puzzles and activities we found on the internet. We watched stories and the children were able to jump up and press the next page without going to the computer.

I do remember having problems with it though. The screen would often need adjusting and the mouse or pen would not always click in the correct place. These were simple to fix, but if you did not do it before the lesson it became time consuming and the children would be restless.

The MIT sketching board looks amazing. I have not had the chance to use one of those. It looks quite simple to use to which is good. Imagine all the magical creations children draw onto paper could be drawn on the boards and brought to life!! During the scientific experiments instead of trying to visualise you can draw the car or balls going down the ramp! It is just mind blowing the different types of technology available today.