The document discusses the benefits of using interactive whiteboards in classrooms. It argues that interactive whiteboards can [1] help raise student achievement and engagement by appealing to different learning styles, [2] research shows they increase attendance and productivity, and [3] teachers believe they offer new strategies for interactive teaching. It also examines how interactive whiteboards became widely adopted in schools between 2005-2008, and identifies administrators, teachers under 10 years experience, and students as champions of the technology.

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We are now in the 2 1 st century and in order for our urban students
to stay competitive with other school districts, it is necessary for us
as leaders to provide them with the right technology tools in the
classroom.
The technology tool that I want to talk about today is the interactive
whiteboard. We use the interactive whiteboard during our monthly
meetings and it has been effective in getting our points across during
each presentation.
N ow, imagine how effective the interactive whiteboard can be if
teachers are given the opportunity to use this technology tool in the
classroom.
I know, your first question is why do need to spend thousands of
dollars to implement this innovation into the classroom.
Well looking at the first slide, there are 3 things that come to mind:
First if implemented, it can help to raise the level of achievement of
student engagement in the classroom.
Second: it will increase the motivation of level of students learning in
the classroom while promoting enthusiasm.
Third: the interactive whiteboard will appeal to many different
learning styles of our students. For example: The interactive
whiteboard has programs that can help those students with hearing
and visual impairments.
N ow let’s take a look at some of the research that has been
conducted on the advantages of interactive whiteboard use in the
classroom:
• N otes taken on interactive whiteboards can play a pivotal role
in student review processes.

2. • The interactive whiteboard has led to increase in student
attendance because it offers so many touchscreen and
interactive features compared to that of the regular chalkboard.
• Educators can design their lessons around interactive
whiteboards.
• I nteractive whiteboards can increase overall productivity.
We will now look at the developmental aspect of the interactive
whiteboard:
• Two-thirds of teachers believe that the interactive whiteboard
offers strategies for teachers to develop interactive teaching.
• O ne-third of pupils from all ability groups are now more willing
to take part in lessons.
• Teaching is more visual and learning more interactive. This
encourages greater participation, improvement in motivation
and concentration.
How popular is the interactive whiteboard? Well let’s look at this
innovation in terms of commercialization.
• The interactive whiteboard has become a must have technology
tool in the classroom.
• Companies such as Smart-Technology and Promethean are in
competition with one another to provide boards, software and
online resources that will meet the need of lessons taught in all
discipline areas.
So when did the interactive whiteboard become a classroom
phenomenon? From the S-curve you can see that:
• The interactive whiteboard was not adopted in 2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 4 .
• From 2 0 0 5 -2 0 0 8 , the interactive whiteboard became a
classroom sensation.

3. • Looking at the graph from 2 0 0 8 until present, the interactive
whiteboard has become an effective teaching and learning tool
in the classroom.
With any new technology tool there are the innovators, adopters,
and the laggards.
• Administrators and educators who participate in technology
conferences are more inclined to introduce new technologies
that will help raise student achievement levels.
• Teachers who have been in the classroom for less than 1 0 years
are more motivated to use interactive whiteboards to deliver
instruction.
• Those educators who have been in the field of education for
over 2 0 years are less likely to embrace new technology and
implement it in the classroom right of way.
• Trialability and observability will help motivate laggards to
become more comfortable with using interactive whiteboards.
• Students assigned to projects are able to encourage laggards to
implement technology into teaching and learning through their
various demonstrations.
• Team teaching with older and younger teachers can help
implement more technology usage in the classroom.
• Encouraging laggards to attend more technology conferences
will encourage laggards to become adopters in using technology
in teaching and learning in the classroom.
Which approach will be used to implement the interactive whiteboard
into the classroom? Will it be decentralized or centralized?
• I ntegrating interactive whiteboards into the classroom for our
school will be done with a decentralized approach.
• Core subject teachers will work in teams with their
departments.

4. • Each department will be responsible for developing lesson plans
and activities that correlate with interactive whiteboard usage.
Who will be the key change agents?
• The key change agents within my organization will include the
administrative team, curriculum team and select students.
• The seven roles of change agents within my organization will
help promote academic growth among students and promote
growth among faculty, staff and teachers. All will work
together for the common goal of raising student achievement
and helping students to become more successful in life once
they leave the classroom.
N ow we will take a look at the champions:
• Who are the champions of the interactive whiteboard?
• I n our school we believe that administrators, teachers, and
students are all champions.
• When our administrators first were introduced to the
interactive whiteboard they were visiting other urban school
districts that were able to turn failing schools around. The
key to their success was the use of technology. As a result
they were eager to share these innovations with the faculty
and staff.
The next step was to bring the champions together:
• Administrators introduced teachers to interactive whiteboards
through the use of presenters.
• Lottery numbers were drawn to determine which teachers would
be the experimental group for using the interactive whiteboards
in their classroom.
• The control group consisted of teachers that did not have access
to interactive whiteboards.

5. The experimental vs. control group:
• Two science classes were used in a one month study to
determine the effectiveness of the interactive whiteboards in the
classroom.
• Chemistry was the control group and physics represented the
experimental group.
• At the completion of the study, it was determined that the
experimental group outperformed the control in terms of an
increase in student achievement.
O ur students as champions:
• Students who had the opportunity to experiment with the
interactive whiteboard stated that this innovation helped to
bring more meaningful learning into the classroom.
• Students who were subjected to the traditional way of teaching
and learning were not as motivated to learn the material.
Let’s not forget our teachers as champions:
• The chemistry teachers who represented the control group
reported that student attendance was down, homework
assignments were incomplete and test scores were down.
• The physics teachers representing the experimental group
reported an increase in student participation, attendance, as
well as test scores.
So what can be said about interactive whiteboards in the classroom?”
• Teach students to learn in the traditional way, they will learn
the material for a day…
• Teach students to learn using interactive whiteboards, they will
learn for a lifetime…

6. So I am asking that you will all carefully digest the information that I
have presented to you in terms of the effective use of interactive
whiteboards in the classroom.