{"id":95194,"date":"2021-11-08T19:24:05","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T19:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prometheanworld.com\/?post_type=blogs&p=95194"},"modified":"2022-09-30T20:10:37","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T19:10:37","slug":"how-to-use-an-interactive-whiteboard-in-the-classroom","status":"publish","type":"blogs","link":"https:\/\/www.prometheanworld.com\/gb\/resource-centre\/blogs\/how-to-use-an-interactive-whiteboard-in-the-classroom\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use an interactive whiteboard in the classroom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

During the 1990\u2019s educators and instructional gurus knew that as the 21st century approached, technology was becoming more accessible to our students in their day-to-day activities. As we entered the 21st century, the generation known as \u201cthe millennials\u201d replaced the former generation. The new 21st-century learner used technology at an unprecedented rate. Educational theorists knew we had a huge task, and that was to keep our new learners engaged in the classroom with similar technology that they used in their leisure time, or else they would grow increasingly bored and disengaged in their learning. Not only did the 21st-century learner bring a new culture of students, it also brought a new culture of learning. In the race to meet the needs of these learners, cutting edge instructional technology was developed to assist teachers in facilitating teaching and learning in the classroom. Traditional chalkboards and dry-erase whiteboards were replaced with interactive whiteboards.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The introduction of the interactive whiteboard<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With the introduction of the interactive whiteboard<\/a>, 21st-century teaching finally began to accommodate 21st-century learning. Interactive whiteboards (or interactive screens as they\u2019re known) are front-of-the -classroom technology where students and teachers can engage with Web 2.0 tools such as apps, websites, and creative platforms. This new classroom technology can either be operated using an overhead projector with a connected laptop\/computer or by accessing it through the even more innovative and cutting-edge technology, an interactive panel. An interactive whiteboard has many functionalities. In previous years, the interactive whiteboard could only be activated using an overhead projector and a connected computer. In this model, users were able to mirror their connected displays onto the interactive whiteboard. As whiteboard technology progressed, users were then able to use their fingers and interactive pens on the whiteboard to control the connected PC. Fingers and Pens were used to annotate, write, draw, open documents and search the world-wide-web. So, just imagine going from using a chalkboard or dry-erase board to having the teacher\u2019s computer displayed in front of the classroom with the options to discover, create, share and collaborate.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interactive displays for education \u2013 the evolution of interactive whiteboards<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Companies such as Promethean have taken the interactive whiteboard experience even further to keep up with the advancement in modern technology. They have introduced an interactive display. Promethean\u2019s newest and latest interactive displays<\/a> for schools do not require an overhead projector, nor does it require a connected computer. It also has a built-in interactive whiteboard app, along with many other apps, and the ability to annotate directly on the display.”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to use your interactive whiteboard in the the classroom to encourage students and bring learning material to life<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Similar to its predecessor, the interactive whiteboard, users can do the following:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n