| Interactive whiteboards open the door for lesson | | | | way your students learn in class. |
| activities, examples, games and a whole lot more. Of | | | | The IWB package includes the screen, computerised |
| course, teachers often find themselves at a bit of a | | | | software programs and special tools that can enhance |
| loss, wondering what to use with their whiteboards to | | | | the learning experience in any educational setting. With |
| make learning interesting for the children in their | | | | an array of virtual pens, pie charts, flip-charts, rulers, |
| classrooms. | | | | compasses and highlighters teachers are now able to |
| There are an abundance of teaching resources | | | | connect with students at an entirely new level. |
| options that you can use, for example an astronomy | | | | For users this could mean interaction with the screen |
| lessons is known as Stellarium, which provides great | | | | through the use of a stylus, a pen, a marker or even |
| illustrations of stars, constellations, planets and other | | | | fingers,very similar to a touch-screen computer, making |
| parts of the universe. A trip to the Planetarium, London, | | | | whiteboard ideal teaching resources for children and |
| may be out of the question however this interactive | | | | young people who have problems with their fine motor |
| activity is quite literally out of this world when it comes | | | | skills, these are the skills which are required to be able |
| to engaging pupils and retaining their attention! | | | | to hold a pen in the traditional manner. |
| A few of the tools needed include the whiteboard, | | | | Whichever interaction medium chosen it enables the |
| software, data projector and of course your | | | | user to present images, written text, link to websites |
| computer. There are more advanced tools available | | | | and other software applications, as well as being able |
| as well, such as tablets, voting panels and wands. With | | | | to give presentations to a wider audience by simply |
| some practice and some great teaching resources to | | | | loading it into their computer screen, making whiteboard |
| help you out along the way, you'll find that whiteboards | | | | accessories some of the best teaching resources |
| will totally revolutionise the way you teach and the | | | | available. |