Oh the joys of having technology at the tip of our fingers in the classroom! The use of the interactive white board in the classroom has made learning more accessible to all learners. It’s a real time safer- you don’t have to go through the laborious  process of writing everything on a blackboard, it’s big enough for everyone to see and you can use a range of media, resources, colours and characters to keep everyone engaged, benefitting the learners greatly.

The only thing I would mention is, it’s only a good tool to support teaching and it should not be the only resource teachers use. It’s easy to become lazy and use this as your main tool. Children need all types of different input, and using the IWB is great for presenting ideas, but in order for children to learn they need to be active and learn for themselves through doing and exploring!

I have only just started to get to grips with ‘Notebook’ and all it’s amazing functions- from adding pictures and videos, hiding and revealing texts and creating quizzes- the world is our oyster!