Interactive Whiteboards

The growing use of interactive whiteboards in the classroom today is increasingly helping teachers and students. These new whiteboards allow students to directly interact with PowerPoints and other interactive images and activities. I think this particular piece of technology will become more widely used and integrated in to the modern classroom within the next ten years. These whiteboards allow teachers to get students more directly involved with the lesson at hand. I think this direct interaction truly helps students make more connections with what they are learning because they are having a more hands-on experience with it. I think that students are also more likely to pay attention to lessons involving interactive whiteboards because it uses technology. This generation of students is constantly consumed with technology so the more we can integrate it into teaching, the more we are going to grab student attention. During a time when attracting student attention is becoming harder every year, I think this piece of technology is definitely worth schools investing in for every classroom.

Taboada, MB. (2009, October 6). Leaving chalkboards in the dust. Austin American Statesman.
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/2009/10/06/1006grant.html