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WOULD YOU LIKE A MORE VISUAL WAY to present ideas to your students? Do you have
difficulties captivating the interest of others at meetings? Visually stimulate
your learners by using an interactive whiteboard. Interactive whiteboards are
effective in improving the way we meet, teach, train, and present. What is
an interactive whiteboard?
An interactive whiteboard
hooks up to your PC and a projector. An interactive whiteboard is
a product on which you display your computer desktop and then interact with the
information. It allows the teacher or presenter to access and display information
from the Internet, run live video from a camera, and deliver CD-ROM presentations
and control software from a single location. Connected to a computer and projector,
an interactive whiteboard becomes a powerful tool for teaching, collaborating
and presenting. An interactive whiteboard is touch-sensitive, where your
finger can act as a mouse or a pen. With the press of a finger, you can access
and control applications on your computer or write, draw, and highlight on the
board using electronic pens and erasers. How does an interactive whiteboard
benefit learners? The interactivity of the board and the use of
colored electronic pens focus the learners' attention. Why settle
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ink to highlight important information and write notes on the board. Class or
group notes can be saved and printed then and there, or saved for later retrieval.
The large image and a focal point in the room support learning outcomes both in
terms of motivation and understanding. An interactive whiteboard provides whole-group
access to a wide range of activities before individuals embark on independent
work.
How does an interactive whiteboard benefit teachers and presenters?
Teachers can comfortably write, highlight, and draw to create visual and
interactive computer-based lessons. From the Internet to educational
software, there is an abundance of multimedia resources available to engage students'
imagination and intellect. Delivering exciting lessons with these materials can
be difficult if teachers and students have limited access to computers. With
an interactive whiteboard, teachers can combine a LCD or DLP projector and a computer
with the board to create visual and interactive computer-based lessons that involve
the whole class. An interactive whiteboard makes the instructor's computer
visible to the whole group, creates an interactive teaching environment, enhances
computer-based instruction, and is time-saving. Students are eager to participate,
and all eyes are where they should be, focused on the lesson material. Interaction
appeals to every student, especially those with a hands-on learning style. Whether
in the school or business environment, an interactive whiteboard is a superb tool
for communicating ideas. |