Download or read book Understanding how Interactive Whiteboard Technology Supports Teaching and Learning written by Dustin Jenkins and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: School districts around the United States have been purchasing Interactive Whiteboards with the hopes that teachers will create engaging lessons to support student learning. Unfortunately, these boards are being placed in teachers’ classrooms without a proper training on how to use the vast array of tools an interactive whiteboard can offer. This study used a design-based research approach to understand the role of instructional videos play in supporting teachers in using the tools offered by the interactive whiteboards. To determine the needs and different comfort level using an interactive whiteboard, the researcher interviewed three female middle school science teachers in a school district located in Southern California. Based on the interviews with teachers, the researcher created a website with six instructional videos that focused on six specific tools. One teacher was selected to watch all six videos and create a lesson to teach her students while the researcher observed and took field notes. After the lesson, the researcher debriefed the teacher about how the videos helped support her learning when implementing engaging tools in a flipchart. This study suggests that the quality of the videos which include HD video, high quality sound, proper pacing, clear spoken audio, and scaffolding the lesson led to higher understanding how to implement tools. Instructional videos were effective in supporting teachers because of the ability to pause, rewind, and re-watch a video based on their convenience. The educational implications and future directions are discussed.
Download or read book Affirming Diversity written by Sonia Nieto and published by Pearson College Division. This book was released on 2012-08-17 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This best-selling text explores the meaning, necessity, and benefits of multicultural education-in a sociopolitical context-for students of all backgrounds. Sonia Nieto and Patty Bode look at how personal, social, political, cultural, and educational factors affect the success or failure of students in today's classroom. Expanding upon the popular case-study approach, Affirming Diversity: The Sociopolitical Context of Multicultural Education examines the lives of real students who are affected by multicultural education, or the lack of it. This social justice view of multicultural education encourages teachers to work for social change in their classrooms, schools, and communities.
Download or read book The Art and Science of Teaching written by Robert J. Marzano and published by ASCD. This book was released on 2007 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a model for ensuring quality teaching that balances the necessity of research-based data with the equally vital need to understand the strengths and weaknesses of individual students.
Download or read book Literacy Smarts written by Jennifer Harper and published by Pembroke Publishers Limited. This book was released on 2011 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Literacy Smarts' explores the opportunities that interactive whiteboards offer for more effective and expansive ways of teaching. It introduces simple activities and tasks that use whiteboard technology to bring new vitality to classroom lessons.
Download or read book Interactive Whiteboards for Education Theory Research and Practice written by Thomas, Michael and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2010-02-28 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book contributed to the debate about the importance of research-based studies in the field of educational policy making in general and learning technologies, particularly the use of interactive whiteboards for education"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book The Interactive Whiteboard Revolution written by Chris Betcher and published by Aust Council for Ed Research. This book was released on 2009 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hardware - Classroom - e-Teaching - Designing lessons - Training and support.
Download or read book Teaching Languages with Technology written by Euline Cutrim Schmid and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-11-03 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book draws on theories of second language acquisition (SLA) to illustrate how interactive white board technology can be exploited to support language acquisition. It examines interaction, collaboration and negotiation of meaning and focus on form in the communicative language classroom in primary, secondary and vocational schools. In recent years new technologies have been incorporated into second and foreign language education as tools for implementing teaching methodologies. IWBs have established their role in the field of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) and are an effective and inspiring tool which motivates both teachers and learners. Although the number of IWBs in classrooms has rapidly increased over the past decade in many parts of the world, teacher training materials and pedagogical support for the design, evaluation and implementation of IWB-based materials in the foreign language classroom has not kept pace. Research also shows that language teachers do not always use IWBs in pedagogically sound ways. There is a real need for the development of training models and examples of good practice which can support teachers in developing the necessary competencies for exploiting the IWB in ways consistent with current theories of language teaching pedagogy.This book provides that best practice and gives a full account of in-depth research in an accessible manner.
Download or read book Using Interactive Whiteboards in the Classroom written by Kathleen Kopp and published by Teacher Created Materials. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get the most out of the latest classroom technology with Using Interactive Whiteboards in the Classroom. This resource covers the basics for interactive whiteboard users and explores the more advanced features to create truly dynamic lessons. Advice from real teachers and tips from experts provide the "know how" to incorporate interactive whiteboard activities across the curriculum, including the areas of language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, and health and fitness. Ideas for differentiation help teachers engage students with ease, providing a platform for increased student achievement.
Download or read book EBOOK Developing Interactive Teaching and Learning using the IWB written by Sara Hennessy and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2013-10-16 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do your students tune out from the IWB? No matter how 'whizzy' you make the technology, do you have trouble engaging them?Would you like some ideas to support a more interactive approach to using the IWB, so that your students are more motivated and involved in your lessons? Interactive Whiteboards (IWBs) are now found in the majority of UK classrooms and many teachers are highly technically competent with this technology. Yet there is a need to develop expertise that capitalizes on such advanced technological equipment as an effective teaching and learning tool. The aim of this resource is to support a more interactive approach to using the IWB, especially in whole-class teaching. Research into classroom practices shows that more interactive approaches - in particular engaging pupils in dialogue and discussion - promote better learning. This resource offers practical support and examples that help develop teaching practices that are more productive for learning, focused around the use of the IWB. This teacher resource has three key elements: The Professional Development Resource takes you through discussion, reflection and practical activities that focus on dialogue and the use of the IWB The Reader explores key issues related to use of the IWB in primary and secondary classrooms, and directly supports the Professional Development Resource The Resource Bank offers video examples, sample classroom activities, explanatory screenshots, and IWB lesson templates, all available online Together with its website containing the resource bank, this text is an essential toolkit for trainee and qualified teachers, as well as senior leadership teams. "I fully recommend this set of extremely useful material containing a strong classroom voice endorsed by authoritative academic researchers. Teachers will be drawn to this material, and will be able to review their own practice, reflect on the centrality of classroom spoken interactions, and investigate how best to use the expensive item of technology on the wall to get the very best from their investment. The blend of resources, ideas and readings coupled with the video clips will provide a wealth of material to do just that. It will prove very useful for teachers with any length of experience, from those who might want to take a fresh look at their classroom practice to those new to the profession. I will certainly draw from this in my CPD training with school staff." Sally Elding, Senior Adviser, Primary Elearning Team, The ICT Service, Cambridgeshire "This book ensures that 'interactivity' in the classroom does not just mean the casual interaction of students with software. Instead, the authors show how to combine two very powerful tools - the IWB and talk - to create an effective and inclusive learning environment. Chapters draw on classroom settings to show how use of the IWB can be enhanced by a focus on the quality of the talk that goes on between students, and between teacher and learners. Authors use practical experience to highlight the things that make the difference to the use of the IWB - for example the establishment of exploratory dialogue, the thoughtful organisation of group work and the creation of straightforward but stimulating IWB resources. In addition the text provides clear guidance for teachers on how and why to raise student awareness of the importance of their discussion when making or considering digital artefacts. There is a strong focus on ensuring that both students and teachers understand best use of the IWB; and that contexts for learning are provided which really merit discussion. The Teacher Development section considers use of the IWB in a dialogic classroom - and shows how best practice can be achieved, with useful resources, and a format for reviewing own learning. The Reader section provides insight into the aspects of talk that fit together to generate a dialogic classroom context, and crucially shows how use of the IWB is both enhanced by dialogue and contributes to students' capacity to take part in learning dialogues with one another. The Resource Bank draws on a range of classroom contexts, providing examples to support teachers as they create their own lesson plans and ideas. The text is accessible and interesting, with complex ideas clearly explained, and the book is readily navigated.This book will enable teachers to plan for dialogue based on the motivating and interesting features of the IWB. In particular it provides guidance for student use of the IWB, and creation of own resources tailored to learning needs. Teachers who wish to have a focus on dialogue will find here a theoretically based, practical approach to ensuring that their students really benefit from interactivity, with the IWB and with each other." Dr Lyn Dawes, Educational Consultant "This valuable resource provides both a theoretical framework and pedagogic guidance to use the interactive whiteboard to its full potential with learners of all ages. Written by established classroom practitioners and academic researchers, it provides a set of resources which are grounded in the reality of classroom life, but underpinned by academic rigour which make it useful to both student and experienced teachers alike." Professor Gary Beauchamp, Professor of Education and Director of Research, School of Education, Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK Contributors: Lloyd Brown, Simon Knight, Caroline Neale, Diane Rawlins, Rupert Wegerif
Download or read book Investigating Interactivity Around Interactive Whiteboards written by Ibrahim Latheef and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interactive whiteboards are becoming increasingly popular in classrooms in Australia and many parts of the world and purportedly have a potential to transform learning. However, the extent of their utility is yet to be realized. Current research on interactive whiteboards suggests that the interactivity component is what fosters learning, yet there is a dearth of research that specifies how a higher level of interactivity is achieved. Research on interactive whiteboards is critiqued for being technologically, rather than pedagogically, focussed and lacks a theoretical underpinning to support data analysis. However, the literature suggests it is a combination of technical and pedagogical interactivity that achieves interactivity, which is claimed to foster learning. As a result, this study investigates how technical and pedagogical interactivity intersect and the implication for teaching and learning. Thus, examining what shape of interactivity exists in each learning episode. Consequently, the current research adopts a Cultural Historical Activity Theory framework in attempt to explain how enhanced interactivity is achieved. In addressing the main hypothesis a qualitative case study methodology is used including the following data collection means: observations, classroom videos, interviews and planning documents. The four cases consist of four primary school teachers and their respective classes whose classrooms are equipped with permanently installed interactive whiteboards. The results indicate that technical interactivity exists within pedagogical interactivity and thereby is most usefully analysed within in a pedagogical context. In contrast to what most of the interactive whiteboard research literature advocate, technical interactivity and pedagogical interactivity in themselves are not sufficient to understand the interactive potential of this technology. There are other sociocultural and sociohistorical elements that need to be considered in order to investigate interactivity around interactive whiteboards. It is proposed in this thesis based on the findings that the more interactivity conducted in class with interactive whiteboards, the greater the learning. Yet, no learning episodes observed in this study led to teaching achieving the highest levels of interactivity as measured by the five stage interactivity framework developed by Sweeney (2008). In addition, there is variability in how interactive whiteboards are utilised during teaching and learning. Some teachers used IWBs only as a presentational technology while others used them to enhance learners' interaction to achieve pedagogical actions. However, based on the findings of this research there are other elements that are related to achieving interactivity that are informed by Cultural Historical Activity Theory. Therefore, based on the findings, a new conceptualisation of interactivity is proposed and includes seven elements that impact the level of interactivity in learning episodes: teacher, learners, learning goals, tools, rules, roles (Division of Labour) and community. This framework is explained as part of the discussion. This study concludes that Cultural Historical Activity Theory approach is useful in understanding the potential of classroom technology, specifically for interactive whiteboards. Further research is needed to extrapolate this conceptualisation and the intensity of interactivity that does and does not foster learning.
Download or read book Implementing and Researching Technological Innovation in Language Teaching written by S. Whyte and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-04-20 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Implementing and Researching Technological Innovation in Language Teaching takes a case study approach to investigate the integration of the interactive whiteboard (IWB) into the teaching of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in French schools. The study highlights the advantages of collaborative action research for stimulating and supporting language teachers in innovative experimentation, and seeks to enhance our understanding of the challenges and opportunities inherent in this process. Utilising a framework which can inform further research into innovative practices with other interactive technologies, this book offers a research design and instruments suitable for assessing classroom adoption of the IWB. In this way, the study provides insights into general processes of technological innovation in language teaching and learning which is of relevance to further research and teacher development in today's new learning environments.
Download or read book Interactive Whiteboards Made Easy 30 Activities to Engage All Learners Level 4 SMARTBoard Version written by Michelle Baker and published by Shell Education. This book was released on 2011 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Integrate interactive whiteboard technology into your instruction using SMART Notebook software and engage your Grade 4 students with fun activities that feature touch-screen technology! Designed to support existing content-area lessons with standards-based, interactive activities, this resource is teacher-friendly, based on research, and easy to use. The 128-page book includes 30 easy-to-follow activities and a Resource CD with templates and examples.
Download or read book Bridging between Research and Practice written by Sara Hennessy and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2014-04-03 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a fresh approach to bridging the perceived gap between academic and classroom cultures. It describes a unique form of research partnership whereby Cambridge University academics and school teachers together grappled with and reformulated theory – through in-depth case studies analysing practice using interactive whiteboards in five subject areas. The inquiry exploited the collaborators’ complementary professional knowledge bases. Teachers’ voices are particularly audible in co-authored case study chapters. Outcomes included deeper insights into concepts of sociocultural learning theory and classroom dialogue, more analytical mindsets, sustained new practices and ways of working collegially. The book reflects upon the power of lesson video review and details how the co-inquirers negotiated “intermediate theory” – bridging educational theory and specific settings – framed in mutually accessible language and embodied in interactive multimedia resources for teacher development. These include video clips, analytic commentary from multiple perspectives, lesson materials, plus optional prompts for reflection and critique – not models of “best practice”. The resources make pedagogy explicit and vividly illustrate the book’s ideas, offering theory-informed yet practical tools designed with and for practitioners. Hennessy and colleagues have tested a model of ongoing, teacher-led development and innovation, professional dialogue and classroom trialing stimulated by discussing selected multimedia resources. The book will interest academic and teacher researchers, initial teacher educators, professional development leaders, mentors, plus practitioners interested in using interactive whiteboards and dialogic teaching. It explores widening approaches to collegial development to reach educators working in other contexts (with and without technology). This could involve intermediate theory building or shortcutting by sharing and adapting the outcomes – springboarding teachers’ further critique and professional learning. “I cannot recommend this book too highly ... it weaves a complex developmental story with a range of facets. It emphasises clearly the rigour of the research that was conducted, while demonstrating the complexity of the inter-relationships, practices and issues for both teachers and researchers in developing practical and theoretical knowledge. Its graphic insights through text and associated media provide exemplars for teachers and those who work with teachers as a rich resource. It shows us all what can be achieved and the means of achieving it.” Prof. Barbara Jaworski, University of Loughborough
Download or read book Instructional Technology and Media for Learning written by Sharon E. Smaldino and published by Pearson Higher Ed. This book was released on 2011-11-21 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. With its hallmark ASSURE technology integration model and classroom cases, this renowned text places you squarely in the classroom while providing a framework that teaches you to apply what you learn about computers, multimedia, Internet, distance learning, and audio/visual technologies to the 21st Century classroom instruction. Filled with examples drawn from authentic elementary and secondary education situations, this text paints a vivid picture of technology and media enhancing and supporting teaching and learning. The ASSURE cases are supported by video, guided reflection prompts, and lesson plans that demonstrate strong technology integration and lesson planning. In addition to preparing educators with best practices to incorporate technology and media to meet the needs of 21st Century learners, the book includes strong coverage of copyright concerns, free and inexpensive media resources, as well as learning theory and instructional models. The tenth edition updates reflect the accelerating trend toward digitizing information and school use of technologies, especially in the Web 2.0 era. The tenth edition also addresses the interaction among the roles of teachers, technology coordinators, and school media specialists, all complementary and interdependent teams within the school. Associated online resources sold seperately Fall 2011 at www.myeducationkit.com.
Download or read book Teaching and Learning with ICT in the Primary School written by Sarah Younie and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new edition of Teaching and Learning with ICT in the Primary School introduces practising and student teachers to the range of ways in which ICT can be used to support and extend teaching and learning opportunities in their classrooms. Fully updated and expanded with brand new chapters reflecting the abundant changes in the field since the first edition was published, it offers practical guidance underpinned by the latest research and teaching in the field. It is illustrated throughout with case studies and examples together with a glossary explaining key terms. It focuses on how technology-based practices can support the teaching of individual subjects, as well as a range of teaching and learning styles. Key topics covered include: Support reading and writing with ICT Enhancing mathematics with technology ICT in the foundation subjects Computer programming Creativity and ICT ICT and sustainability Linking home and school Digital technologies for special educational needs Mobile technologies Gaming and virtual worlds Assessment E-Safety Written for all training primary teachers, as well as more experienced teachers and ICT co-ordinators looking for guidance on the latest innovative practice,Teaching and Learning with ICT in the Primary School, 2nd edition offers advice and ideas for creative, engaging and successful teaching and learning.
Download or read book Interactive Whiteboards Made Easy 30 Activities to Engage All Learners Level 5 SMARTBoard Version written by Karen Kroeter and published by Shell Education. This book was released on 2011 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Integrate interactive whiteboard technology into your instruction using SMART Notebook software and engage your Grade 5 students with fun activities that feature touch-screen technology! Designed to support existing content-area lessons with standards-based, interactive activities, this resource is teacher-friendly, based on research, and easy to use. The 128-page book includes 30 easy-to-follow activities and a Resource CD with templates and examples.
Download or read book written by Meg Ormiston and published by Solution Tree Press. This book was released on 2010-12-01 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Instead of asking students to power down during class, power up your lesson plans with digital tools. Design and deliver lessons in which technology plays an integral role. Engage students in solving real-world problems while staying true to standards-aligned curricula. This book provides a research base and practical strategies for using web 2.0 tools to create engaging lessons that transform and enrich content.
