This is my first time using Interactive White Board (IWB). The Smart Board is an interactive whiteboard that uses touch detection for user input – e.g. scrolling, right mouse-click – in the same way normal PC input devices, such as a mouse or keyboard, detect input. A projector is used to display a computer's video output on the interactive whiteboard, which then acts as a large touch screen.
The Smart Board interactive whiteboard typically comes with four pens, which use digital ink and replace traditional whiteboard markers. Most Smart Board interactive whiteboards register only one touch at a time however, in June 2009; Smart Technologies introduced their first dual-touch interactive whiteboard. The dual-touch Smart Board interactive whiteboard accepts two simultaneous touches; however, the touches only register on two separate sides of the interactive whiteboard surface. The Smart Board 800 series is the latest interactive whiteboard comes with only two pens. Users can select the ink color they want to use - red, blue, green or black - by pressing the corresponding button on the pen tray. Multiple users cannot write in different colored ink at the same time.
The interactive nature of the Smart Board provides many practical uses for the classroom. Using Smart Notebook software, teachers can record each step of a lesson activity for students to review at a later time. The Smart Board allows users to work with large amounts of information, offers an information space that invites active collaboration, and the work produced is often “dynamic and contingent. Users also have the opportunity to engage with the technology by direct manipulation. Moreover, this space allows for more than one user; essentially, it invites multiple users.
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