Interactive What? Board
In preparing for a “quickie” training I have to do tomorrow–I spent a little time searching for representative lesson plans for interactive white boards–It pains me to report that I found little more than blown-up worksheets that used teaching strategies that were best left in the 50’s……all in the name of “interactivity”. The vast majority of what I saw could just have easily been done with a box of colored chalk and a damp eraser….”but the students find it engaging” is what I hear–but if the teaching, in reality, remains the same…will we need to get a new “cool toy” every year? As students’ interest in an interactive board wanes, what will be the new “cool toy” that will scream for our technology dollars next year–all in the name of “engagement”