Case Studies-Interactive Whiteboards

Below are some case studies from various schools explaining how the IWB has impacted the overall education standard. I thought that it would be intresting to se how various schools truly felt about this technology. All the resources were taken from the ITC in education website (www.ltscotland.org.uk)

Case study 1- Tullos Primary School

Dawn Davidson is a teacher at Tullos Primary School and uses an interactive whiteboard. She is keen to develop resources for literacy and has created her own punctuation exercise using.

Ms Davidson thinks the class went well - punctuation is beginning to ‘sink in’ for the pupils, and they are remembering how to use the different software tools on the interactive whiteboard.

She has noticed that pupils particularly like using the interactive whiteboard: they enjoy working as a group or as a whole class, rather than doing exercises on their own in their jotters. This enjoyment contributes to the achievement of the learning outcomes.

Case study 2- Kilmarnock Academy

Pat Young is head of modern languages at Kilmarnock Academy. In this lesson she is revising French vocabulary for colour and clothes with a set of secondary 2 children using an interactive whiteboard.

Both Pat and the pupils clearly enjoy the lesson. One pupil says she remembers things she learns from the interactive whiteboard better than from a book. Another boy comments that learning from the whiteboard is much better than learning from a book because the pictures move and there are real French voices. Pat is very happy with the way the class went - above all, it was fun, and if the children enjoyed it, there's a good chance they'll remember what they were taught.

Overall I have found the feedback taken from these case studies very informative. Due to the fact these case studies have been taken independently, there would be no reason why this information should, or would be biased in any way.

I feel that the information that has been gained has really backed up my claims that this particular form of interactivity really does improve the learning environment- however this isn’t simply due to the technology, there are numerous factors that must be take into account, all of which will help to create a fun, educational learning environment.