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Everything you

wanted to know

about interactive

whiteboads

Pete Sharma

February 2012

EAP lecturer

Teacher Training

Reviewer

Learning Technologies SIG

Director of training at PSA

Overview

Background

Hardware & software

Pros and cons

Practical ideas– Grammar & vocabulary

– Four language skills

– ‘Pron’ & games

Questions

Part one: background

• What does the research show?

Mixed picture

• Better clarification and display

• Model difficult concepts

• Increase attention span and improve focus

• Role of the Teacher – knowledge of

technology and how to use it is the most

important factor in determining if progress

can be identified

• Lack of objectivity in case studies

undertaken by teachers convinced of the

potential of IWBs

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Part two

• Hardware & software

Hardware

Smart

Promethean

Hitachi Panabord

Hardware

Portable

Mimio

e-beam

Low-cost alternatives…

Pictures

Videos

Charts

Maps

Flags

Time-lines

Software

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Learner response

devices

Text to

board

Voting

Slates

Peripherals Connecting classrooms

Part three

• Pros and cons

Benefits

• memorable presentations

• ‘savability’

• easier review

• ‘heads-up’ learning

• precise answer

• kinesthetic students

• JIT teaching

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Drawbacks

• cost issues

• need to calibrate

• ‘learning curve’

• can encourage teacher-

centred classroom

• implementation – tech-led

Merge with existing pedagogies

Re-align practice

Introductory stage

Stages

Foundation

Formative

Facility

Fluency

Flying

Maureen Haldane,

Manchester

Metropolitan

University

Part three: practical ideasWhat a difference an IWB makes…!

• Grammar

• Vocabulary

• Skills

– Receptive (L / R)

– Productive (S / W)

• Phun with fonology

• Games

Grammar

ARC (Scrivener):

authentic, restricted, clarification

Multimedia in the classroom

Teacher

IWB Learners

Unlikely-likely language• 40 persons / 40 people.

• We're at Stockholm / We're in Stockholm

• If we would have done that…….

• Did you do that already? / Have you done it yet?

• If I was you / If I were you

• Charles, you're not understanding me

Awareness-raising

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Infinite clone tool

Right or wrong?

“I am born in Pune”

“I have seen Mark yesterday”

“I am in London for two days”

“If I will see James, I will give him the message”

Storage

Class scribe

Dogme and the IWB

Lexis on-line -storage

E-vocabulary notebook

(Case Study)

Vocabulary

Note-able words Word frequency

Audio in

one place

Listening

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Sentences

out of

sequence

www.wordle.org

ReadingGapping lyrics www.lyrics.com

Think of a song with lyrics you would

love your learners to read!

Screen reveal tool – speed read Speaking

Google Earth

Barney Barrett’s – Directions - Handout

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Generating ideas Voting devices

“Should schools invest in an IWB?”

Vote now:

1 – Yes

2 - Unsure

3 – No

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2

4

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10

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1 2 3 4 5

Series2

Process writing

Brainstorm Edit

ReviewFinal proof

Writing Giving feedback

Handwriting recognition

softwareWriting - wiki

Peer correction

Refutation

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Phonology Pronunciation

Sound linkingTake it in / one apple / five elephants

Stress-shiftRE-cord (n) / re- CORD (v)

Homographsread / wind / row / tear

Past simple endings /t/ - /id/ - /d/

How do you feel about students

playing language games?

Games

Digital die

Kooshball!

Bridge builder

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Part four

• Questions

• Where to go from here

Sharma, Barrett and Jones! Blended Learning - updates

Update 10

November 2011

Interactive whiteboards

Ten things to do with an

interactive whiteboard

(MET Vol 19 Number 1

January 2010)

Interactive

technologies in

Language Teaching