Interactive+Whiteboards

 An interactive whiteboard is an electronic presentation device that hooks up to a computer and the computer images are then displayed on the whiteboard by a digital projector, where they can be seen and manipulated. It is fun, exciting and motivating. [|SmartTech] //**SMART Inclusion Pilot Project **// In September 2008, a SmartBoard Inclusion study was conducted in Canada involving sixteen students with significant learning disabilities in an inclusion class. The study concluded that: [] Other interactive whiteboards are from Promethean, Mimio, Numonics, eIntruction's, and Polyvision's. A short lesson on using the Word Match and Word Guess Interactive Tools media type="youtube" key="h35Wqujas-A" height="234" width="412" align="center"
 * //All// students in the classrooms were highly engaged in classroom activities using Assistive and SMART Technology. Engagement was defined by teachers as "a[[image:http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTG27bdgZm2uxA382Y9JbShRfjKqq6eO5puG7adri0Hbe-YJK7Q width="355" height="229" align="right"]]ttentive, interested in activities, not disruptive, excited about learning."
 *  Teachers reported that they were doing "more teaching, less behavior management" //with the entire class.//
 *  There were significant decreases in referrals to the school office and serious behavioral incidents for several students (including some of the Smart Inclusion target students) whose behavior had significantly impacted classroom participation and learning in previous years.
 *  Special needs students participated with peers in small and large group classroom activities to a greater degree in 2008-2009 compared to the previous school year.