It is clear that interactive white board is a versatile technological tool with significant multimedia capabilities that seemingly enhance the learners’ concentration and attention while at the same time, encourages student engagement. It has the potential to cater to the learners’ multiple intelligences, especially those who are visually-spatial and bodily-kinesthetic inclined, and appeals to both higher and lower levels learners as another way of differentiate instruction.
However, in my opinion, even though IWBs provide a great degree of engagement; they are primarily teacher-centred and would be most effective if used in conjunction with other means of teaching/learning strategies as a way of affording learners the opportunity to attain their fullest potential. Additionally, they are expensive and require a considerable amount of technical support to cater to their maintenance while at the same time, may be resisted by the ‘traditional’ teacher who is not technologically savvy since it would require a considerable level of training to be utilized effectively. The debate would surround its affordability as against other technological devices that are less expensive and provide similar or more far reaching experiences.
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