Interactive Whiteboards: Collaborative and Practical Applications for Learners and Teachers

Rachel Drummond Sardell, University of Oregon | TESOL 2010

(This handout is available for download at http://www.uoregon.edu/~rachelds/tesol2010)

Demonstration outline

I. Introductory questions

a. What are interactive whiteboards? b. Why should you consider teaching with them?

II. How-to

a. Using an interactive whiteboard b. Manipulating digital text c. How to find and save pictures used as visual references (using SMART

Notebook software, version 10). d. How to save digital notes / drawings / scribbles of explained concepts

(using SMART Notebook software, version 10).

III. Video classroom examples: how to adapt known, non-technical pedagogical techniques for use with interactive whiteboards. a. Cloze grammar exercise b. Peer-editing writing c. Critical thinking

IV. Collaborative and practical applications

a. Participants can have a hands-on experience with a SMART Airliner Tablet and collaborate and brainstorm ideas for additional applications of using interactive whiteboards for learners of varying proficiencies and backgrounds.

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Notes / Questions / Ideas