So here I go again - talking
about something that I know very little about and trying to sound intelligible
whilst doing so. But, as always, a few google searches later and I feel like an
expert....
Apparently interactive
whiteboards are the future of teaching and any school who does not employ this
tool, is moving back in time. (I have to admit, I sometimes wonder whether or
not stagnation is really such a bad thing, but then I hear my mother's voice
telling me only dead fish drift with the stream.) So in the spirit of constant
change and innovation, I shall now fantasize about all the way in which I could
employ this tool in my specific fields of teaching: Business Studies, Life
Orientation and Mathematical Literacy.
In all of these subjects, the
demonstration of topics and seeing the bigger picture of “Where does this fit
in the global environment?” can be problematic and an interactive whiteboard
does definitely hold a lot of promise in addressing these types of questions. Enabling
students to interact with the board also speaks to different learning
modalities and will without a doubt will encourage their engagement with the
subject. Engagement with social media platforms are also simplified and can
thus be incorporated in more and more classes.
Another thing that I think will benefit
many schools, is the fact that in a one-computer-classroom, an interactive
whiteboard will enable all the students to engage with the technology without
having individual access to a computer. This might even save on development
costs for the school and I think the government should definitely investigate
this option.
All in all, I think that interactive whiteboards will revolutionise education in South Africa, if only we can muster up the guts to actually employ them in our classrooms.
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