Selecting the ideal interactive whiteboard requires careful consideration of both your school’s needs and lesson content, and any relevant special skills or capabilities that need to be addressed. Utilizing a guide with all models listed by special capabilities can help narrow your options down further.

Teachers can project images, maps and videos onto a screen while annotating for students to print or download to their computers.

Convenience

Contrary to traditional chalkboards and whiteboard walls that require various markers and tools to operate, interactive whiteboards are self-contained systems with special software designed to connect hardware devices such as mice or keyboards, handwriting recognition for text input or even support of handwritten annotation.

Interconnected interactive whiteboards open a wealth of resources for students to utilize when it comes to learning. Teachers can download whole presentations, embed videos and even incorporate quizzes and games into lessons with an IWB.

Some interactive whiteboard models allow teachers to control them remotely via mobile stands or tracks that allow the teacher to operate the board from any part of the room, eliminating shadow effects caused by ceiling fans, windows or other objects in front of the board and computer projectors positioned directly before it. Some manufacturers also provide “short throw” projection systems which mount directly above whiteboards minimizing shadow effects even further.

Flexibility

Interactive whiteboards give teachers access to an expansive library of resources via the Internet, allowing them to integrate different lessons, videos, games and programs into their lessons plans for different students who learn differently. This feature is especially important as each child learns differently.

Engaging students through multiple teaching approaches helps engage them, as well as increase the likelihood that they’ll retain what they learn.

Use of interactive whiteboards also makes it easier for students to collaborate, which is an essential skill that needs to be developed early on for use in the workplace. Projects that require teamwork can be completed quicker while files can be shared quickly between collaborators during real time collaboration sessions – especially helpful during meetings where not everyone can attend simultaneously! Finally, interactive whiteboards enable notes taken during meetings to be stored quickly after they end and shared quickly among participants.

Collaboration

Because high-tech devices require time and effort to learn how to use, many older teachers are uneasy about introducing new technologies that would benefit their students in the classroom. This may cause them to shy away from new devices that might help.

Interactive whiteboards provide an effective collaboration platform, enabling all team members to actively contribute and interact with the information being shared – be it virtual sticky notes, interactive polls or digital annotations – making remote meetings more dynamic than ever.

Digital whiteboards can also be used to share files and videos, making it easier for all team members to access and work with the same information. This makes project and presentation collaboration much simpler for teams. Interactive whiteboards’ flexibility also provides many benefits – particularly beneficial in organizations working across multiple platforms and software; schools in particular are typically equipped with many student and teacher devices that could use an interactive whiteboard system.

Technology

Interactive whiteboards differ from traditional whiteboards in that they connect directly to the internet and give teachers access to online learning tools and resources for creating creative lessons using maps, photos and graphs.

Interactive whiteboards also allow students to forego extra teaching materials like dry markers, erasers and chalk which helps reduce classroom costs as well as environmental impact.

Another advantage is keeping students engaged through these boards. For instance, they can form groups to take notes and share screens during meetings rather than waiting for one person to raise their hand and raise it themselves.

Interactive whiteboards can also be used to display articles, videos and images to help students better comprehend topics. This provides them with a more complete picture of the subject matter while building critical thinking skills. Furthermore, presentations may even be recorded for future reference on the board itself.

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