A Smart Board combines the simplicity of a whiteboard with the power of
a computer. It’s an electronic whiteboard that interacts with users in a number
of different ways: it can project the contents of a computer to the entire
class (for example, the teacher’s laptop, or the iPad of the student doing a
presentation, or from the Internet), and it can also be a gigantic touch screen
that registers input from fingers and special Smart Board pens.
This technology encourages active collaboration by students, because it
allows them to access large volumes of data, share their findings with others
(even those who are not in the same geographic location) and save their work.
Even quiet and withdrawn students respond well to Smart Boards and increase
their classroom participation through interaction with this gadget.
Visual students love the colourful pens, the images and
the video clips. Auditory students appreciate the sounds that accompany their
interactions with the Smart Board, such as different beeps to right and wrong
answers. Tactile students enhance their learning experience by manipulating
data on the touch-sensitive Smart Board.
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