An Interactive Whiteboard for the classroom can allow a savvy instructor to present and share presentations more dynamically by electronically capturing notes, displaying images to annotate with a digital pen, playing back previously captured notes and more. Other advantages (depending on what you buy and budget) include capturing notes in color to save, print, or email them in various file formats instantly (JPEG, TIFF, HTML, PDF, PowerPoint, etc.). Tap into a gallery of clipart and backgrounds or paste images from other programs onto the Board. You can even control computer mouse functions with the digital presentation pen, in addition to importing files from most business programs like Word, Excel, PowerPoint and annotate and save changes. The Digital whiteboard is popular in classes that require a lot of diagramming, note-taking, or illustrating. At the end of the lesson, Instructors can save the files directly from the digital whiteboard or email them to students. The 3M DB565 is a good example of such a feature-rich product. The other value add-on I found on some brands is the ability to connect to a web conferencing suite and conduct training in a physical class and over the web to a virtual audience. They could serve as great communication tools for businesses that have remote employees or satellite offices. Employees can collaborate from different geographic regions, saving time, money and energy. Nice. The cost? Less than USD 2000 can get you an interactive whiteboard. Major brands include SMART, 3M, Numonics, and Hitachi. For a more advanced product, Engadget covered a new interactive touchscreen display from SMART. Watch the video for the full effect. I was impressed and felt an incredible urge to sign up for any class that employs such cool new technology. The wow factor for the classroom.
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Interactive Whiteboards - The WOW factor
An Interactive Whiteboard for the classroom can allow a savvy instructor to present and share presentations more dynamically by electronically capturing notes, displaying images to annotate with a digital pen, playing back previously captured notes and more. Other advantages (depending on what you buy and budget) include capturing notes in color to save, print, or email them in various file formats instantly (JPEG, TIFF, HTML, PDF, PowerPoint, etc.). Tap into a gallery of clipart and backgrounds or paste images from other programs onto the Board. You can even control computer mouse functions with the digital presentation pen, in addition to importing files from most business programs like Word, Excel, PowerPoint and annotate and save changes. The Digital whiteboard is popular in classes that require a lot of diagramming, note-taking, or illustrating. At the end of the lesson, Instructors can save the files directly from the digital whiteboard or email them to students. The 3M DB565 is a good example of such a feature-rich product. The other value add-on I found on some brands is the ability to connect to a web conferencing suite and conduct training in a physical class and over the web to a virtual audience. They could serve as great communication tools for businesses that have remote employees or satellite offices. Employees can collaborate from different geographic regions, saving time, money and energy. Nice. The cost? Less than USD 2000 can get you an interactive whiteboard. Major brands include SMART, 3M, Numonics, and Hitachi. For a more advanced product, Engadget covered a new interactive touchscreen display from SMART. Watch the video for the full effect. I was impressed and felt an incredible urge to sign up for any class that employs such cool new technology. The wow factor for the classroom.
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