Interactive

White Boards
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Megan Connor
EDT 180 12p
4/1/19
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THE HISTORY OF INTERACTIVE
WHITEBOARDS
1990
THE FIRST INTERACTIVE
WHITEBOARD WAS MADE
Created by Xerox Parc
Originally an office tool

2000
INTERACTIVE WHITE BOARDS MOVE
INTO THE CLASSROOM
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THE HISTORY OF
WHITEBOARDS
Moving forward…

The technology continued to get

more advanced.
Document cameras, colored
pens, and backlight projection
were added.
Hand held versions were created
that acted as tablets
These board continues to get
cheaper.
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HOW DOES IT WORK?

INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARDS TOOLS INCLUDE:

ALLOW TEACHERS TO…  Pens and eraser
 Annotate text or images  Projector

 Teach from the front of the class  Built in lesson plans

rather than from a computer screen
 Eliminates the need to take notes
and do lessons under a document
camera
 The ability to pick color and
thickness
How does it work (3:18)

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United Kingdom

Schools with interactive whiteboards Schools with interactive whiteboards

Schools without interactive whiteboards Schools without interactive whiteboards

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Schools with interactive whiteboards
Schools without interactive whiteboards
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PROS AND CONS

Pros Cons
• Level of engagement • A lot of moving parts
increases • Too complex
• One time payment with • Teacher are reluctant to
few updates, no supplies change
to buy every year
• The learning process is
more fun

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The amount of interactive
INNOVATIVE whiteboards in classrooms has
gone down.
SINCE THE
INVENTION OF Teachers don’t use them as often
THE IPAD… anymore if they do have one.

Teachers are unwilling to learn the

technology and use it.

One interactive whiteboard costs

between $1000 and $10000. One
iPad cost $330 and $1750.
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THE
EVOLUTION

A school has to make a decision

between getting interactive
whiteboards for each classroom
teacher or get an iPad for each
student. The school has 21 teachers
and 558 students. Interactive
whiteboards, on average, cost $4,400
each. iPads, on average, cost
$1,050.
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The total cost to buy The total cost to buy
each classroom teacher each child an iPad:
a whiteboard: $92,400 $585,900

THE BETTER CHOICE?

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THE BETTER
CHOICE?

The technology of the iPad

continues to grow and get more
expensive every time there is a new
one.

New iPads would have to be bought

every few years.

The technology for an interactive

whiteboard can be updated and
replaced on site by techs for much
less than the cost of a new iPad.

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THANK YOU

maconnor@asu.edu

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Benefits of Interactive Whiteboards in the Classroom. (2017, May 27). Retrieved February 5, 2019,
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Cunningham, C. (n.d.). The History of Interactive Whiteboards. Retrieved February 5, 2019, from
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IPad - Compare Models. (n.d.). Retrieved February 5, 2019, from
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from-the-downfall-of-interactive-whiteboards
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