"An interactive whiteboard is the electronic version of a
regular whiteboard, a white, glossy surface that uses erasable markers and can
play the same role as a chalkboard (Roblyer & Doering,
2013)." Interactive whiteboard is a software/hardware program
with the use of a projector and a electronic screen is a good example of how
"additional materials serve teachers and students in a variety of ways,
making possible many kinds of freedom in the classroom (Roblyer & Doering,
2013)" which displays the essential conditions for technology
integration. The interactive whiteboard I have chosen is the Body
Regions and parts flipchart. In this flipchart that I have chosen,
students with technology use based on problem solving can
learn about the human anatomy through the use of "electronic table with a
touch-screen surface that several students can give input to at the same time
(Roblyer & Doering)." This flip chart can also be used if available
with IPads or tablets (Roblyer & Doering, 2013). The most
popular developer of interactive whiteboards is Prometheus, and with
their Promethean ActivBoard, and Smart Technologies' SMART
Board, and the Prometheus website offers software/support tools to
aid the teacher in today's classroom (Roblyer & Doering, 2013).
Whiteboards and
flipcharts is a good example of how technology can be used in education today,
and whiteboard is a tiny part of what is possible many kinds of freedom in the
classroom, but remember "we shape our tools and afterwards our tools shape
us (Roblyer & Doering, 2013." Technology has become more capable and
complex, and society in response changed, and with those changes came different
views of education and appropriate teaching strategies that affects us today (Roblyer
& Doering, 2013).
References
Hattabaugh, E. (2007, April 9). Body Regions and
Parts. Retrieved March 19, 2015, from
http://www.prometheanplanet.com/en-us/Resources/Item/29313/body-regions-and-parts#.VQtEQxDF9tJ
Roblyer, M. D., & Doering, A. H.
(2013). Integrating educational technology into teaching (6th
ed.). Boston: Pearson.
