Interactive white board is an instructional tool that allows computer images to
be displayed onto a board using a digital projector. The instructor can then
manipulate the elements on the board by using their finger as a mouse, directly
on the screen. Items can be dragged, clicked and copied and the lecturer can
handwrite notes, which can be transformed into text and saved.
The
interactive white board has changed the way teaching has been done and has help
teachers to make learning fun and interesting.
Teachers who use IWB have access to numerous images,
websites and videos that can be accessed in second and it ensure that teachers
do not have to spend a lot of time on searching or downloading the images etc.
because the white board has internet access. In terms of IWB as a pedagogical
tool it allows learners to interact, highlight and move images on the board and
for the learners who are visual they can clearly see the images and videos.
Teachers can have Skype sessions with professors or doctors in the different
subject fields and learners will be able to interact and ask questions.
The IWB are also known as SMART boards and have
numerous functions ranging from screen shade, spotlight, magnifier, calculator
to a pointer. This will assist teachers when they are explaining a certain part
of a graph or need to zoon into a certain picture. The tools available on this
IWB is amazing and learners have become more interacting and they tend to
understand the work better because the technology attaches their attention.
EduBoard is a South African interactive whiteboard
offering available to schools, education departments and other sectors. The
EduBoard system is very poplar due to its low cost and that it is easy to use
and allows for the teachers to integrate the interactive whiteboards with
student tablets. But what if schools cannot afford them? I do believe that IWB
is a great opportunity for all teachers and the government should ensure that
all schools have access as well as that all teachers have computers to use. No cost should be spared when it comes to the
education of our youth and time as well as money should be invested in our
future leaders, business entrepreneurs, doctors, teachers and everyone to
ensure a better chance at everyone finishing school and receiving the best
education possible.
