interactive whiteboards

Touch-sensitive classroom screens

Interactive whiteboards are large touch-sensitive display surfaces connected to computers, allowing users to control software, annotate content, and manipulate images by touching the screen directly.

Common in classrooms and conference rooms, they replaced traditional chalkboards and dry-erase boards in many settings during the 2000s and 2010s: The teacher pulled up a map on the interactive whiteboard and let students label the countries.

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lesson plans · touchscreen · pen tool · flashcards · computers · tech savvy · touch · manipulatives · classroom technology · annotation · drag and drop · calibrate · Promethean · collaboration · group work · virtual classrooms · stylus · projection

Opposites
technology level

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Erasable classroom writing surfaces

blackboards · flip charts · paper charts · overhead projectors · bulletin boards

interactivity

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Surfaces for displayed images

bulletin boards · notice boards · textbooks · wall charts

pedagogical approach

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Written record of teaching

standardized tests

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G