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Article: Whiteboards support whole class teaching.
- Article from:
- Heller Report on Educational Technology Markets
- Article date:
- September 1, 2000
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One of the barriers to more extensive use of technology in the classroom is the need for teachers to learn new ways of approaching instruction. Solutions centered around interactive whiteboards allow teachers to remain at the front of the room, in control of instruction. One solution, from Virtual Ink (Boston, MA), turns an ordinary whiteboard into a device for capturing handwritten notes, Another, from Promethean Ltd. (Blackburn, England) adds powerful software that lets teachers create and present digital lessons from the whiteboard. Interactive WhiteBoard Company (Bristol, England) offers a solution enhanced with wireless keyboards. And a more traditional whiteboard ...