Reflections on IWBs

I do not have any experience with IWBs, so this activity was a learning curve for me as were a number of the other activities. Based on my readings and the various comments made in the group blogg by my colleagues, I now have a better understanding of and a keener appreciation for this powerful piece of learning tool. My understanding is that IWBs provide ways to show students anything which can be shown on a computer screen, (educational soft ware, websites and so on and so forth)
 Classroom application of this tool is almost limitless. Teachers can use it in a number of ways including but not limited to: presenting presentations made by students and teachers, digital story telling, preparing lessons to be presented at a later dater using the interwrite software, collaborative problem solving and reinforcing skills by using online interactive websites.                                             The readings and the testimonies of my colleagues who have had the privilege of using IWBs strongly suggests that they have the capacity to transform our regular classroom environment into a multi-modal one where students can begin to act as agents of their own meaning-making,locating information and more importantly exploring and interpreting how to turn data into knowledge. In short, IWBs if used properly should help to expand critical and creative thinking among our students.