Research indicates that when interactive whiteboards are used well they can increase student engagement and learning (Glover, Miller, Averis & Door, 2007; Schuck & Kearney, 2007, 2008). This means it is important to educate future teachers in how to use interactive whiteboards and how to incorporate them successfully into their teaching. Current research indicates that a teacher’s pedagogy or ‘...

We present a prototype large-scale interactive electronic whiteboard wall. Various input, output and vision technologies are used to create a surface that can capture digital ink as well as support pen-based interaction with displayed information on subregions of the wall. A simple automated capture application is demonstrated on our prototype surface and research challenges for developing more...

This paper presents the design of a prototypical system to support creative group discussions, like brainstorms. The central concept of this design is the Idea-collector: a tangible input device that is used to organize information displayed on an electronic whiteboard. A working prototype of the Idea-collector was made, following a range of early prototypes. Initial user tests are encouraging ...

This paper explores the effects of in-class level differentiation by making innovative use of an interactive whiteboard (SMARTboard) on math proficiency. Therefore, we evaluate the use of SMARTboard in class, in combination with teacher training, using a randomized field experiment among 199 pre-vocational students in 7 th -grade in the Netherlands. During six weeks, students in the interventio...

Interactions between students can be ineffective when they fail to understand how to talk together and what they should aim to achieve (Dawes, Mercer & Wegerif, 2004). Research suggests that argumentation skills need to be taught explicitly to children and recent work developed students’ collaborative argumentation as a means of improving their understanding of science (Aufschnaiter, Erduran, O...

Recent policy initiatives in England have focused on promoting ‘interactive’ teaching in schools, with a clear expectation that this will lead to improvements in learning. This expectation is based on the perceived success of such approaches in other parts of the world.At the same time, there has been a large investment in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) resources, and particular...