Drumcondra Education Centre - Interactive Whiteboards

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Why use an Interactive Whiteboard? What does the Research tell us?

Follow this link to read a Qualitative Report on our CBI Project (this is a 57 KB PDF file)...our Research Partner has noted

• Improved Lessson Planning
• More Varied, Creative and Engaging Classrooms
• A change in the traditional approach to teaching
• Better and more meaningful ICT integration

As part of our Research Seminar, hosted by Drumcondra on 3rd December 2007, Dr Miriam Judge delivered a presentation which noted positive impact: Read Miriam's Executive Summary (in Doc format) CBI Pilot Executive Summary.doc (43 KB)

Follow this link to read what our Irish Project Teachers have said about using the CBIs

Follw this link to read what has the Ennis Study told us?

Follw this link to read research observations by one of the teachers in the Project AWthesis2006.doc (24 KB, .doc file)

AW has also provided a PowerPoint, which was delivered as part of our Research Seminar on 3rd December 2007 ...AW PPT.ppt (7846 KB file containing Images)

The Irish Times 'Virtual Ireland' section carries an article "The school with no blackboard" at http://www.ireland.com/timeseye/virtualireland/schools/whiteboarding.html (subscription not required to read this)

Read the PC Live! Techcentral artical called "White space" at http://www.techcentral.ie/consumer_tech/White_Space/view. There is an interesting Government response!

Catherine Byrne has written a paper "The Use of the Interactive Whiteboard in the Teaching of Mathematics in the Primary School Curriculum" ...follow this link to read a useful abstract: https://www.cs.tcd.ie/~byrnes8/research_paper.html

In relation to a Post-Primary Maths class that I visited, I noted:

• Plotting Points - fun-based learning
• A 'game' is better than doing it in the copies
• They like to share out the 'goes'
• Using a Teachnet resource for plotting points
• Straight lines with Intellipen (this is a feature of the Cambridge-Hitachi board)
• Changing the Colour is very important
• So much faster and neater (e.g. Bar Charts)

Follow this link to read Becta's review of the Research Literature

My notes from workshops attended at BETT 2006 (the notes are in .doc format):

• CBIs in Language Class
• Some findings from MirandaNet
• Information from Promethean
• Series of useful information from a SMART workshop