Comments on: Interactive White Boards: Engagement Is Not Interaction

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 20:02:25 +0000

Exactly right, and a pencil is far more interactive than an IWB for a student. Just maybe not as engaging.

By: suz

suz — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:51:53 +0000

IWB is a tool. It is up to the teachers to make it interactive.
A pencil is a tool, and it does not make your students sharp writers!

By: ktenkely

ktenkely — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:10:41 +0000

It all comes back to the teacher doesn’t it? What are they doing to engage their class (with or without the IWB). What are they doing that is innovative? How do they help inspire students to learning? The teachers who have mastered that can do it with or without an IWB. In fact, no matter what tools you give them access to, they will have an engaging, rich learning environment. Those who lacked that before the IWB will lack it after the IWB.

By: Decisions. | The Principal's Posts

Decisions. | The Principal's Posts — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 13:15:35 +0000

[…] insights about this topic from other educators here: Interactive Whiteboards: Engagement is not Interaction from Christopher Rogers @MrRog3rs. His stance is that IWB are a great, traditional tool, but not […]

By: Lizzy

Lizzy — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:01:48 +0000

Rogers I have to say I completely agree. Every single classroom in my school has a smart board because we got a technology grant from being a failing school. The fact is that technology is not what is holding my students back: the lack of quality instruction is.
Until the state realizes this and until the school can begin budgeting better, the problems will not change. Honestly, if it wasn’t for TFA, my kids would not be learning anything in any of their classes. It’s sad that as a first year teacher I am considered one of the better teachers in the district, when it doesn’t have to be that way. I really think that rather than technology schools should be spending much more on hiring and training its teaching staff: a good teacher will make a lesson far more interactive than any smart board ever will.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:43:02 +0000

You will really like it I think and they are useful to a point, certainly it is much easier than hooking up a projector every time. There are a great deal of resources available out there too.