Week 12

The article I read was about the use of active boards in classrooms and the some of the studies regarding the use and effectiveness of them. In some studies between 16-26 percentile point gain in student achievement was noted, but "One of the more interesting findings from the study was that in 23 percent of the cases, teachers had better results without the interactive whiteboards." When they looked into this though, they discovered that this tended to result from how the boards were being used. Stemming from that, this article was able to help explain effective and not effective ways of using an active board. Reading this article can help a teacher to understand the best ways to utilize technology and in particular active boards in the classroom. 

http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/nov09/vol67/num03/Teaching-with-Interactive-Whiteboards.aspx