Using Electronic Whiteboards in Your Classroom: Benefits

1. The interactive electronic whiteboard is great for demonstrations....
2. The interactive electronic whiteboard is a colorful tool. Research indicates that students respond to displays where color is employed...
3. The board can accommodate different learning styles...
4. All ages of students respond favorably to board use...
5. Distance learning is an excellent setting for interactive whiteboard use...
6. One-computer classrooms can maximize the use of limited computer access...
7. The interactive whiteboard is an excellent tool for the constructivist educator...
8. The boards are clean and attractive tools...
9. Students with limited motor skills can enjoy board use...
10. It is interactive...
11. It can interface well with other peripherals....
12. The board is great for meetings are lessons where the participants need printed copies...
13. It is a kid magnet! ...

Secondary site on the use of Information Learning Technologies provides anecdotal evidence of the impact of electronic whiteboards

• Learners show increased motivation and enjoy the interaction the technology offers 
• It makes the subject come alive 
• It captures the attention of learners 
• It encourages the involvement of learners in the subject 
• It enables tutors to use multimedia resources and the internet with a whole class