Interactive Whiteboards in Education
By Christie Hill and Samantha Nixon
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
This website has been created with the intention to inform and explain what an Interactive Whiteboard (IWB) is and what role they play in education today. Throughout this website the aim is to acknowledge whether or not technology does change learning.
Interactive whiteboards are becoming increasingly popular in classrooms today, with the government aiming to increase whole class interactive teaching, paying particular focus to literacy and numeracy. (Wood & Ashfield, 2008)
Primary Schools
In primary schools in 2004 the percentage of schools that had interactive whiteboards was 63%, which was a 15% increase from 2003. (DFES, 2004)
Alongside this in primary schools the average number of interactive whiteboards in each school was 1.9 in 2004. (DFES, 2004)
Secondary Schools
In the secondary schools the number of interactive whiteboards that were in the schools rose from 82% in 2003 to 92% in 2004. (DFES, 2004)
Secondary schools had an average of 7.5 interactive whiteboards in 2004. (DFES, 2004)
Special Educational Needs (SEN) Schools
In special educational needs schools there were 71% of schools in 2004 that had an interactive whiteboard, whereas in 2003 it was 53%. (DFES, 2004)
There was an increase in the number of interactive whiteboards per school from 1.3 in 2003 and 2.6 in 2004. (DFES, 2004)