Updated Reflections on IWB's

Hi All,
In the last 3 weeks during work experience I have been able to see an interactive white board up close and I have been able to have a play with it myself. It is incredible what they can do! I am with a prep class and the primary use for the white board in this class is in conjunction with the learning places resources in relation to letter sounds. The children can touch the letter on the screen and it makes the sound that the letter makes, the children then drag it down to the appropriate word and picture and the computer then goes on to say the whole word. This may seen like everyday work for some of the teachers to be in this course but I graduated before the implementation of IWB's in high schools and I hadn't stepped foot into a primary school since I had graduated. The simple implementation of this technology as part of the transitioning in the classroom has opened my eyes to how simple it can be to use these white boards.

Thanks to Meryl I now can consider making my own IWB to practice with. This blog, shows you how to make one and I already have the Wii remote to have a go at it with.... any one have a spare infrared light bulb lying around?

I can't wait to get out and find my own uses for the interactive white boards, at the beginning of the year it can be as simple as the daily routine being crossed off as tasks are completed, rather then using paper. Gosh the possibilities are completely endless..... I just hope that in 3 years time IWB's are in each and every single classroom and especially in mine!