Current Use of Interactive Whiteboards

       Interactive whiteboards are currently used throughout the world, especially in colleges and universities, but also in elementary through high schools. Teachers find them successful in stimulating student interaction and ease of displaying images and graphs. An interactive whiteboard can be connected to PC via USB or Bluetooth. The user collaborates with the interactive whiteboard either by touching it or by a pointer or computer keyboard. Teachers can display their own presentations, consisting of graphs, media, or about any other form. Students can interact with the notes or assignments presented by the teacher, either through directly touching and interacting with the board or by use of a clicker, which can be used for polling, quizzing, or responding. The results of the clicker can be displayed on the board. Teachers can also display textbooks and highlight passages for the students to view and read as a class.  Uses of these interactive boards are practically innumerable and applicable to any subject and classroom. Interactive whiteboards are spreading rapidly and are being proven extremely effective and helpful (Mundy 2011).