Educational Technology Analysis – Smart Board

Educational Technology Analysis-Smart Board
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Educational Technology Analysis-Smart Board
The increasing popularity of smart boards in educational settings over recent years is attributable to several factors. The interactive whiteboards facilitate engagement and interactivity in the classroom, offering educators innovative methods for delivering information. According to Higgins et al. (2007), the versatility of smart boards allows for multiple applications, such as displaying multimedia content, encouraging collaborative learning, and enabling hands-on interaction with course material. Additionally, the digital format offers practical advantages over traditional printouts, which can be cumbersome and require physical storage. Brandl et al. (2008) highlight the user-friendly nature of digital whiteboards, which can be integrated with various software applications, making them ideal for multiple settings. Gericke et al. (2010) emphasize the unique capabilities of digital whiteboards to capture messages in a way that traditional boards cannot. Taken together, these qualities suggest that smart boards have the potential to significantly impact education by enhancing student engagement, fostering collaboration, and streamlining instruction.
One of the key benefits of smart boards in the classroom is that they can facilitate interactive learning. Hur and Suh (2012) describe how smart boards can make learning more active by engaging students in multimedia activities, such as podcasts and digital storytelling. Equally, Haldane (2007) discusses how smart boards can weave together different forms of media, such as text, images, and video, to create a more interactive learning experience. One way that smart boards facilitate interactive learning is by allowing students to manipulate pictures and draw diagrams. This is especially beneficial in science and math, where visual representations can be crucial to understanding concepts. Kennewell and Beauchamp (2007) and Giannikas, C. N. (2021) argue that the features of smart boards make them a powerful tool for teaching and learning, as they allow for the use of color, motion, and animation in ways that traditional whiteboards cannot. Smart boards also allow for the benefit of different applications and software. This can help to make learning more engaging and interactive. Lisenbee (2009) discusses how intelligent boards can introduce young children to websites and other digital resources, making learning more interactive and engaging. For example, one way that interactivity can encourage collaboration is by enabling students to brainstorm together. With a digital whiteboard, multiple students can write or draw on the board simultaneously. This allows for simultaneous brainstorming, which can be helpful for group projects or for helping students to bounce ideas off one another. Another way interactivity can encourage collaboration is by allowing students to work together to solve problems (Higuchi et al., 2015). A teacher can present a problem on the digital whiteboard, and students can work together to develop solutions, which provides an opportunity to have a closer view of the given detail...