Interactive Whiteboards

I chose to read, Improving Instruction with Interactive Whiteboards (on the Cheap) by Dian Schaffhauser. In this article I was reminded by how much education has changed over the years. In my teaching elementary math class, we spent weeks learning how angles were centered around the circle, yet in this article, this was revolutionary to the teacher at the seminar. It seemed like a double learning opportunity for the teacher; reformed math and interactive whiteboards. The article made me anxious to hear how the boards did affect the schools test scores. I wish it had been a two part article: the first impressions of the teachers when learning the board, and then the effects on student learning. Also, the title made me think the article was going to give some hints as to how to get interactive boards cheap, or some way of sharing the boards to lessen costs, however, there was no mention of any of these things. Just that the technology director has had to squeeze out the money.