The word “interactive” for the $2 IWB means interaction among students. And most eIWBs only interact with one person at a time. The word “interactive” for the the $2,000 electronic interactive white board (eIWB) means interaction with a piece of hardware to manipulate virtual objects on a screen. Or, as 18-year-old Benjamin Marple put it: “I feel they are as useful as a chalkboard.” And as the lesson carried on, this irony became evident: Although the device allowed Gee to show films and images with relative ease, the whiteboard was also reinforcing an age-old teaching method - teacher speaks, students listen. A few answered the question, but the relationship between their alertness and the bright screen before them was hardly clear. “Let’s say this is Russia,” he said at one point, drawing a little red circle.
Here and there, he starred items on the board using his finger. But no one said the SMART Board helped them understand physics.Īccording to this Washington Post article, some educators question if electronic interactive whiteboards raise achievement:Īs he lectured, Gee hyperlinked to an NBC news clip, clicked to an animated Russian flag, a list of Russian leaders and a short film on the Mongol invasions. My waves lesson on the SMART Exchange website has over 400 500 600 700 downloads - the most of any high school physics lesson. There was an article written about me when I first got my SMART Board. Some students say I’m the best SMART Board user in my school. In my physics lessons, I use technology with my students, but only when the pedagogy demands the technology. I train other teachers how to use technology effectively.
But I guess that’s OK, because, according to one teacher, “It really does cut down on behavior problems ’cause they’re really motivated and interested to sit and look at the board and pay attention.” Is that what good teaching is?īefore you jump to the conclusion that I am some technology-hating Luddite, I want you to know that I love technology. While watching the video, count how many times the kids are interacting with each other while using the board. The TWO DOLLAR interactive whiteboard.īut first… The $2,000 interactive whiteboard
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