How to Use an Interactive Whiteboard Really Effectively in Your Primary Classroom [Paperback]

Jenny Gage (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1843122359 | ISBN-13: 978-1843122357 | Publication Date: December 31, 2004 | Edition: Pap/Cdr

This book helps teachers get to grips with using software and offers advice on the different classroom management, differentiation and learning styles issues involved in using a whiteboard in a classroom context by:

* Covering issues specific to Primary school teachers integrating whiteboard teaching into their classrooms

* Providing cross-curricular strategies that help teachers incorporate the board in a range of subjects

* Including screenshots and photos that show what can be created and how to do it

* Offering innovative ways of presenting curriculum topics

* Including a CD packed full of resources that teachers can develop for their own use.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Full of practical tips, this book doesn't try to over-awe you with all the features, but rather to take you from familiarising yourself with the basics to a point where the IWB is integrated into your teaching in a seamless and stress-free way. This is an extremely useful addition to a school library for teachers and learning assistants - in fact it does what it says on the cover!" The TES Online, January 2006. "shows you how to make the most of the software that comes with your interactive whiteboard...general advice on choosing and setting up your IWB, and on managing your pupils' learning" Child Education, ICT Focus Issue, July 2006

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; Pap/Cdr edition (December 31, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1843122359
• ISBN-13: 978-1843122357
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 7.6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #510,548 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not useful for those who know how to use the computer, September 7, 2008

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M. Lopez - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Use an Interactive Whiteboard Really Effectively in Your Primary Classroom (Paperback)

The entire first section of this book is an attempt to convince the reader that an interactive whiteboard is useful...something that I see as irrelevant as any reader purchasing this book either must or wants to use an interactive whiteboard and therefore does not need convincing. For a relatively short book (with 131 pages including the index and appendices), a great deal of time is "wasted" on this argument.
Additionally, this book is geared primarily to teachers with little to no experience with computers and while helpful to this group of individuals, it does not provide much new information to those who are already familiar with common programs such as Microsoft Word and PowerPoint.
There is little information specific to the the different types of Interactive Whiteboard (Smartboard or ActivePrimary Software) and instead instructs readers to refer to the manufacturer's instruction manual for instructions on how to orient the board or manipulate it. If I had realized that it had so little information on how to operate the Smartboard, I would have just sought out an instruction manual instead!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars How to use an Interactive Whiteboard in the Primary Classroom, April 12, 2010

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D. Gyuras "iTeach1st" (Bryantown, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Use an Interactive Whiteboard Really Effectively in Your Primary Classroom (Paperback)

I have a Smartboard in my room and was hoping this book would help give me some pointers. Unfortunately, it was useless as Smartboards and Whiteboards do not run on the same software nor do they have the same tools.