On Friday, we had a look at interactive whiteboards and how they can be used in the classroom. We looked at both the Promethean and Smart board software. The main differences between the two that I noticed were that the Smart board can be navigated around with the touch of any object (including your hand), where as the Promethean board works only with their given pens. I enjoyed Promethean's online resources and think that they will come in very handy to myself when planning lessons and coming up with activities. However, I do prefer using the Smart board as I enjoyed they interactivity of it more. One of the main areas of using interactive white boards that i have always thought to be slightly annoying was that when writing on them, your handwriting would always end up looking scruffy and child like. However, with one of the tools in the Smart software, it manipulates your handwriting into a very presentable and aesthetically pleasing font. I found this to be very enjoyable to use and would also be a great aid in the classroom environment, enabling everyone in the room to clearly read the students handwriting.
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