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Many people find that they learn best when they have to engage with what it is they're attempting to understand. Whether this is undertaken in its most extreme form - they learn by doing - or in a lesser way, such as being asked to identify and explain key aspects of what they're taking in while they're learning it, interactivity definitely has its moments when it comes to the most effective way of learning.
If you're a teacher and looking for ways to improve the way you conduct lessons, an interactive whiteboard could be the perfect solution for you. Interactive whiteboards allow students to engage with the material in a manner as fun or as functional as you choose to programme it. The technology utilises innovative software that will really bring your classroom to life, whatever age group you're dealing with. There is plenty of software available for download that will let primary school kids play games involving numeracy and literacy, as well as more complex programmes ideal for getting university students' brains working, or a group of adult learners.
There is so much to interactive whiteboards that you might have a difficult time knowing where to start. Imagine the new heights the teaching of politics and modern studies could reach if you have wireless audience response units that will allow students to vote in mock elections at the click of a button. Or how useful it'll be to project videos with sound and perfect clarity on the wall, straight from a DVD, CD Rom or the internet with just a few mouse clicks - it certainly beats rolling out the battered old school television that looks almost ready to fall apart!
If you're one of the teachers that can sometimes be somewhat disorganised, an interactive whiteboard will help you plan your lessons well in advance so you can be sure you'll never go off track, and you'll also be able to make the most of the wealth of free software there is out there that'll ensure you keep your ideas fresh, interactive and fun.
With video projection technology, interactive audience response units letting students engage with answering questions and polls, downloadable software and intelligent educational tools like electronic notepads that hook up with the interactive whiteboard wirelessly, you'll be amazed at all the interactive whiteboard tools out there - and each and every one of them can help improve your teaching skills.
