There is been an increased Use of whiteboards in universities, schools and institutions. And it is been demonstrated to be helpful for learning and teaching in ways, like stimulating the enthusiasm of pupils and teachers more efficient interaction in courses for classes, raising teachers’ productivity and pupils’ attainment.
Preparing Stuff with flexibility
The Interactive whiteboard supports many multi-media materials, like texts, images, audio and video files from various input devices, such as desktops, laptops, DVD players, USB drives . With this flexibility of the whiteboard, teachers are not limited to cards paper documents and chalk in education settings but can produce teaching materials to suit unique needs.
Showcasing Lessons with convenience and efficacy
The Interactive whiteboard in the classroom is like a whiteboard digitally with touch purpose for courses but its dimensions which makes it far distinct from boards which are impossible to achieve every student in a classroom. The screen surface is big enough. Teachers’ efficacy and teaching convenience improves. Anyway, teachers may use the whiteboard freely without the need, at the front of the classroom.
Annotating On teaching materials in ways that are various
In Addition to helping demonstration in the teaching process, the whiteboard makes interaction between teachers and students easier with teaching documents. The teachers may stress the components by circling, underlining and annotating to enhance students understanding of their lessons. Saving or erasing annotations and the opinions is possible so the teachers can conserve their records that they require.
More possibilities of interaction
With the Interactive whiteboard in the front of the classroom may have opportunities to manipulate graphics and the texts on the screen such as the teachers. Pupils are engaged in the interaction with tools when the tools touch and move with their hands and pencils. Students gain a deeper comprehension of them and concentrate on the course according to participations.
More chances of presentation
Teachers can shorten the time that they want for assessing concepts which saves time to ask questions and do demonstrations and presenting knowledge. The lousa branca supports virtually all sorts of inputs which encourages pupils to take advantage of it frequently since they can show videos and PPTs to the class and make annotations through discussion and the demonstration.
Motivating teachers
On one hand so as to catch up with teaching method and the latest technology, teachers must learn other skills and computer skills. They are motivated to get the knowledge to utilize devices the whiteboard included. On the other hand when teachers see students take an active role in interaction with the learning materials make their instruction more lively and fruitful and they are also stimulated to interact with students.