IWB - Interactive Whiteboard

When we were little none of us thought that one day the blackboards and dusty chalk would be replaced by a big screen, let alone that students would interact with it.

The use of the IWB is making life easier for the teachers- we can all remember our English specialists going around with a lot of physical resources and the CD player.

For students the use of IWB means that they can a better understanding of the concepts that we teach them and they also can perceive the world around them in a more specific way.

My experience of using this resource is very positive. For a year and a half I have had the chance to  use it in my daily teaching and I can say that it is wonderful to see the children relate the key concepts to meaningful things.

I created two activities that belong to the same category of Blooms Taxonomy which is Low Order Thinking Skills (LOTS).

The first one it would suitable for children of year 3. It consist of guessing and writing the name of one animal that responds to an specific clue which the game is providing.

This game is a kind of competition because the child earn points if he or she answers correctly but at the same time the child can loose some points if he or she doesn't give the correct answer.

The other activity consist of making a draw following the descriptions. The child needs to understand every single word of the description to achieve a correct drawing.