Isn't it amazing!? Learning in the classroom is so multi-sensory now and can encourage all types of learners. My motto for teaching has always been to 'make learning fun and encourage children to want to learn more' (Lynch 2012) and now I can see that the resources that are available to me now can make this possible.
Just think how far things have come along, I remember seeing the teacher clap erasers after school when blackboards were still in fashion, then it progresses to white boards but that still wasn't enough, they had to make them interactive and boy am I glad they did!
Don't forget
There are still elements of an IWB that you need to take into account. It is no good for example having a board half way up your wall when your little kiddies are still the size of pixies. Try to consider your positioning and not have an elaborate stage set up. Lighting is essential, you need to have good blinds and lights that can switch on and off easily. Have a font size that all the children in the class can see. Why not start the day with a game or put a register on the board so they can take responsibility for themselves? You can make anything fun.
Don't forget
There are still elements of an IWB that you need to take into account. It is no good for example having a board half way up your wall when your little kiddies are still the size of pixies. Try to consider your positioning and not have an elaborate stage set up. Lighting is essential, you need to have good blinds and lights that can switch on and off easily. Have a font size that all the children in the class can see. Why not start the day with a game or put a register on the board so they can take responsibility for themselves? You can make anything fun.
What to do?
Our group specifically worked on the Magnifying Glass effect on the IWB and it was quite the nifty little tool. What you can do is hide words around the board and reveal them once the magnifying glass is put over the top. We thought we would set up a little science lesson and hide the names of different minibeasts for what would be the children in the class to guess. It worked really well and I will almost certainly use this tool in the future.
And that's just one of the things you can do! Children can practice their handwriting, their numeracy, their sentence construction skills. To quote Recycle Now 'the possibilities are endless'. So go explore, check out how to make a lesson interactive and exciting and if you click this link and go down to 'Create Engaging Lessons' you can see just a few ways you can make a lesson interactive. You have to really get stuck in an explore for yourself to really unleash the potential...
...so, what are you waiting for, go play!
Our group specifically worked on the Magnifying Glass effect on the IWB and it was quite the nifty little tool. What you can do is hide words around the board and reveal them once the magnifying glass is put over the top. We thought we would set up a little science lesson and hide the names of different minibeasts for what would be the children in the class to guess. It worked really well and I will almost certainly use this tool in the future. And that's just one of the things you can do! Children can practice their handwriting, their numeracy, their sentence construction skills. To quote Recycle Now 'the possibilities are endless'. So go explore, check out how to make a lesson interactive and exciting and if you click this link and go down to 'Create Engaging Lessons' you can see just a few ways you can make a lesson interactive. You have to really get stuck in an explore for yourself to really unleash the potential...
...so, what are you waiting for, go play!
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