The Interactive Whiteboards, Pedagogy and Pupil Performance ...
The Interactive Whiteboards, Pedagogy and Pupil Performance ...
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Figure 3: Type of interactive whiteboard used<br />
More than one<br />
5%<br />
Hitachi<br />
1%<br />
Smartboard<br />
24%<br />
Promethean<br />
70%<br />
Figure 4 shows that most IWBs in classrooms are connected to the school network<br />
<strong>and</strong> have access to the Internet, allowing ease of download of resources. Just 64%<br />
of teachers report they use the electronic pen: this relatively low figure implies that<br />
the interactive potential of the board may be less significant in many classrooms than<br />
its ability to act as a surface for data projection. Equally, it is worth commenting that<br />
not all of the boards require a pen to operate, as some are also designed to be<br />
driven by h<strong>and</strong>. Beyond the basic IWB functionality, very few teachers currently<br />
have access to ancillary devices.<br />
Figure 4: Percentage of teachers using ICT resources with IWB<br />
Internet 84%<br />
School network<br />
76%<br />
Speakers<br />
Electronic pen<br />
64%<br />
68%<br />
Teacher laptop<br />
Printer<br />
42%<br />
46%<br />
Visualiser<br />
14%<br />
Slate 5%<br />
St<strong>and</strong> alone pupil laptops 5%<br />
Teacher tablet 5%<br />
Voting pods 4%<br />
Networked pupil laptops 4%<br />
Figure 5 shows that the respondents in the survey almost all describe their own<br />
departments as being ‘rich’ in ICT resources <strong>and</strong> this suggests that most teachers<br />
are very satisfied with the current technology available to them. All Science<br />
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