Interactive Electronic WhiteBoard

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By David PhenixWalden University

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What is an Interactive Electronic Whiteboard?

An Interactive Electronic Whiteboard (IEW) is a teaching and presentation tools that allows students to engage along with the teacher through the use of touch recognition and specially designed software which will help in facilitating learning .

Touch recognition allows both the students and teachers to move items on the IEW around on the board itself. This can be done by using a stylist or pen. This allows teachers to select, mark, move, drag, or erase items directly from the IEW.

Interactive Electronic Whiteboards combines the technology of a networked computers with the interactivity of a traditional erasable marker board or blackboard. All this can be projected and presented on a whiteboard.

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Needs: What problems or needs existed that gave rise to the Interactive

Electronic Whiteboard

• Unnecessary Teacher Stress Brought on by Excessive Planning

• Low Functional Math Skill by Students with Special Needs

• Limited Student Participation and Engagement in Class

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Research: Who Met These Needs?

The leading manufacturer of Interactive Electronic Whiteboard is SMART technologies. This company by far, offers the most complete, easy to use, integrated hardware and software products that meet the needs of today’s educational environment.

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Who Researched What

Researchers at the University of Virginia recently conclude that Interactive Electronic Whiteboards can lead to improved student learning outcomes and improved quality of life for teachers.

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Teacher Stress and Anxiety

Teachers have expressed stress due to large workloads, large classes, and the inability to meet the needs of individual students. All this is causing teachers to work longer and harder, sometime carrying a 50 hour per week workload.

Interactive electronic whiteboards have been able to provide time savings for planning and prep, personalize the learning for each student in their class, and improve resource sharing among teachers, thus reducing a duplication in work and activities.

7/1/11 http://downloads01.smarttech.com/media/research/international_research/usa/reducing_stress_brief.pdf

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Low Functional Skills of Special Needs Students

In a survey of 11 special needs students over a 24 week period in which Interactive Electronic Whiteboards were place in the classroom and then removed from the classroom, there was a significant improvement in performance during the time the IEW’s were used and the time they were not.

During this survey, a 24 week period was broken down into 4 six week periods. During the 1st six week period, there was no IEW in the classroom. IEW’s were placed in the classroom during the 2nd six week period then removed for the 3rd six week period, and then placed back into the classroom for the final six weeks of the period.

Overall, the median grades were positive for students during the time IEW’s were present in the classroom and negative during the times they were not used in class.

7/2/11 http://downloads01.smarttech.com/media/research/international_research/usa/mennoniteuniversityresearch.pdf

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Limited Student Participation and Engagement in

class

William D. Beeland did a study on the level of interaction or engagement of students using a IEW. Through the use surveys and questionnaires.The results of his research indicate that there is higher level of student engagement using the IEW’s than without using them. This is primarily due to the visual aspects of the IEW.

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Development: What problems did your innovation encounter in the development

process?

• Cost: $1200.00 + Mounting Stand• Lights must be dim in the

classroom when a IEW is being used (this could inhibit students with sight problems.

• Cost of a Projector: $1000 - $2000 • If the IEW is kicked or pushed it

loses its orientation7/2/11 http://downloads01.smarttech.com/media/research/international_research/

usa/mennoniteuniversityresearch.pdf

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CommercializationMarketing Interactive Electronic Whiteboards centers around two things: Student Engagement and Improved Student Performance. Being able to use a stylist, your finger, or a variety of other items to draw, write, copy, paste, zoom in, zoom out, or select information from online resources seems to be a big promotional part of marketing the IEW.

The working together of designed hardware and software to enhance the learning experience is also a big selling feature of the IEW.

Various endorsements by teachers and educators has also been a large selling tool for the IEW. There are also supporting technology such as projectors, interactive tables, and support stands which help sell the IEW.

Finally, there are numerous research studies that demonstrate the effectiveness of IEW’s by showing test scores and performances of students who utilize IEW’s versus those who do not.

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The Innovation-Decision Process of the Interactive Electronic

WhiteboardThe innovation-decision process is the process through which an individual (or decision–making unit) passes from gaining initial knowledge of an innovation, to making a decision to adopt or reject, to implementation of the new idea, and to the confirmation of this decision.

The next few slides will discuss how the Interactive Electronic Whiteboard went through this process and became an integral part of many or today’s 21st century classrooms.

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Initial Knowledge

http://legacy.einstruction.com/support_downloads/interactive_teaching/pad/History-of-Wireless-Tablet.pdf

The first interactive electronic whiteboard was developed in the late 1990’s. Teachers began to recognize the value of IEW’s over traditional blackboards and marker boarders due to variety or reasons. First, teachers recognized a need to integrate various digital resources into the classroom which will allow further interactivity in the classroom. Second, teachers wanted to be more mobile and teach from anywhere in the classroom thus allowing them to be more interactive with the students.

The interactive electronic whiteboard has afforded teachers this ability and flexibility since its inception.

http://www.waukeshaschools.com/WIT/smartBoard/benefits.htm

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Benefits of an IEW

• The interactive electronic whiteboard is great for demonstrations. The ability of a teacher to use his or her finger as a mouse or stylus enables them to easily point out and emphasize facts, features, points of interest, and elements of the curriculum.

• Unlike traditional blackboards the teacher can present in multiple colors, line widths, and fonts.

• The IEW can accommodate both tactile learners who benefit from touch and marking and visual learners who benefit from seeing what takes place on the board.

http://www.waukeshaschools.com/WIT/smartBoard/benefits.htm

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Benefits of an IEW(continued)

• IEW’s have the potential to benefit all ages and educational levels from the youngest of elementary students to graduate level students.

• Due to it’s projection and presentation capabilities, the IEW’s are great tool for classrooms in which only one computer is available.

• Because the teachers use their finger as a mouse or stylus there are no erasers or markers and thus, the IEW are extremely clean.

http://www.waukeshaschools.com/WIT/smartBoard/benefits.htm

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Benefits of an IEW(continued)

• Because there are no markers or chalk that need to be held, students with limited motor skills have the capability of using the IEW with a great deal of ease.

• The IEW can interface with various other technologies in the class such as scanned documents, video players, and cameras

• It is a kid magnet! Students are drawn toward the board and end up using it at every opportunity

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The Results

• Students had no prior experience or exposure to IEW technology• Students participated in eleven 55 minute lessons about World War I• Approximately 40 or the 55 minutes of each lesson involved interaction with

the IEW.• 99% of all students reported a positive experience using the interactive

whiteboard and felt like they learned better using it.• 100% of all students agreed that they paid more attention when using the

Interactive electronic whiteboard• 88% of the students agreed it was easy to learn using the IEW.• 11% of students felt nervous when they used the IEW• 80% of students liked the seamlessness of using the streamed videos with

the IEW• 84% of students said they enjoyed being actively engaged with the IEW as

opposed to raising their hands.http://teach.valdosta.edu/are/Vol6no1/PDF%20Articles/

AmoloSArticle_ARE_format.pdf

In a study involving 5th grade students during a 3 ½ week period each student received 11 lessons of 55 minutes each in the media center. The results were as follows:

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The S-Curve for IEW’s

http://www.futuresource-consulting.com/press/2009-06_IWB_Update_release.pdf

In a 2009 release from Futuresource Consulting, it was stated that:

“Looking at the global picture, interactive whiteboard shipments for Q1 of this year increased by nearly 15%

compared with Q1 2008, despite the downturn. This strong growth will continue across all periods of the year, culminating in a projected yield of more than $1.1bn USD, which will rise to

over $2bn in 2013.”

“…our projections indicating that one in six classrooms will have an Interactive Whiteboard by 2012.”

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The S-Curve for IEW’s

http://www.futuresource-consulting.com/press/2009-06_IWB_Update_release.pdf

It appears that the S-Curve for Interactive Electronic Whiteboards is still in a high growth rate and yet to level out. According to data, sales of IEW’s have been growing at a rate of 15% per year. It appears that, despite a sluggish economy, the sale of IEW’s will steadily increase into the future. It is expected to keep or increase this rate at least through the year 2013 where the sale of IEW’s will top $2 billion in total sales.

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Decentralized vs Centralized Approach for

AdoptionDue to the quantity of scale costs of the end the fact that Interactive Electronic Whiteboard would most likely be purchased for multiple classrooms. It would be best to pursue a centralized approach for adoption.

While there would be feedback from the school level, adoption and purchasing would most like come from a the central school system office level, not the individual school themselves.

Even if a limited number of IEW’s were purchased, in order to fully adopt this innovation would require significant instructional and financial input from the central school system office level.

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Which of the 7 Roles of Change Agents Apply for the Adoption of

IEW’s1. Need for Change2. Establishes an Information Exchange Relationship3. Diagnose Problems4. To Create an Intent to Change in the Client5. To Translate Intentions into Actions6. To Stabilize Adoption and Prevent Discontinuance7. To Achieve a Terminal Relationship with the Client

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#1 – The Need for Change

The benefits of changing to an Interactive Electronic Whiteboard from a traditional blackboard or whiteboard can provide a interactivity between teacher and student. IEW’s offer students a chance to interact through web technologies as well as the use of mouse pointer and stylus technologies. As well as significantly cleaner than traditional blackboards and whiteboards, IEW’s provide student a chance to move and manipulate text and graphics. IEW’s introduce the presentation functions of blackboards coupled with the interactivity of computer technologies

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#2 – Establishes an Information Exchange

Relationship The adoption of Interactive Electronic Whiteboards provides a medium by which teachers and students can openly share information with one another and corporately. Teachers have the capacity to work one on one with a student with the student acting as the central presenter. The teacher also has the capacity to take on the presenter role utilizing the features of the IEW. The web accessible features afford the teacher and student to exchange information freely through various assessments and learning exercises.

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IEW’s Reaching Critical Mass

According to the definition of critical mass, if an innovation has a 10-20% adoption rate then it has the ability to become self-sustaining in terms being adopted

According to Futuresource Consulting, 1 in every 7 classrooms in the world features a Interactive Electronic Whiteboard by 2011. This would define IEW as reaching “Critical Mass” status.

http://www.edweek.org/dd/articles/2007/09/12/02board.h01.html