2. Traditional chalkboards and dry erase
boards are being replaced.
It’s so much more!
• More elaborate
presentations
• Interactive
• Multimedia
3. Kids Connect
• Auditory lessons can be
created using the multitude
of information available on
the computer
• Physical students are
excited about coming up to
the board and using the
technology
• Mental students are using
multisensory connections
• Also visual and manual
4. Technology
Most common US brands are • Whiteboard Technology
• Promethean is being included in
• Smart board classrooms worldwide.
• Other brands • 90% of classrooms in
– eBeam the United Kingdom
– Hitachi Starboard and Australia have this
– Polyvision
technology
5. What Can This Technology
Accomplish?
• The best use is the
multiple media
applications, text,
pictures, games and
graphics
• Application of interactive
projects
• Teachers must focus on
the content not the
technology
6. Pros and Cons
Draw Backs Benefits
• Technology is expensive • More information faster
• Teachers require training • New and fun for kids who
and time to practice are gaming, texting, etc.
strategically • Teacher can work from the
• Takes up space; it is desk
installed over a plasma
screen
• Sometimes the technology
isn’t working
