Since the interactive whiteboard provides an excellent and professional way of teaching, it is stated that students are showing more interest and teachers also feel comfortable with this presentation tool.
Cost to set up: To set up this interactive whiteboard, including projector, laptop computer, software and installation and white board, it costs about $5000.
Portable units are about half the cost.
Though it costs a lot, it's worth the cost.
IWB give teachers several different ways to reach kids, based on how the child learns.
It is a visual medium where the audio learners could learn through audio and video that is incorporated with IWB while those who learn with their hands could navigate and manipulate objects on the screen using their finger or pen.
It also allows the teacher to save the entire lesson including anything written on the board while taking sessions.
This data can then be posted in the website for students to review in future else they could refer it for further use.
Students also feel that learning through IWB is exciting and interesting and it tempts students to learn more without getting bored.
Interactive whiteboards frees the stressed teachers from learning and remembering the matter.
With a fresh time, they can teach the students better.
The interactive whiteboard will help the students to explore exactly what happens and how it happens.
The visual learners will particularly benefit from the whiteboard resources.
The biggest advantage of this tool is its user-friendliness!! Almost anyone can enter data, store the data and display it when it is required.
The whiteboard is turning out to be a boon for students.