ABSTRACT
Research shows that effective use of ICT requires teachers to think through the pedagogical issues its use raises, and this applies equally to the interactive whiteboard (IWB). The IWB helps teachers to use a wide variety of different teaching styles, benefiting all types of learners, with objectives made clear and links to preceding material emphasised. The IWB is often used for whole-class teaching or for working with groups of students around the board. The teacher can lead a discussion of what is on screen, reading it aloud, perhaps, for those with reading difficulties, using IWB tools to support this process. The addition of other tools to the IWB, such as infra-red keyboards or graphics tablets, and access devices such as a gyroscopic mouse, makes it even more powerful.
