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Dr. Marzano's research laboratory. He is often considered the IWB "guru" in completing research about the use and impact of IWB and how students respond.

British research analysis on uses of IWB in education

This is book written by Howard Pitler, Elizabeth R. Hubbell, Matt Kuhn and Kim Malenoski This book with a foreward by Robert J. Marzano explains researched based instructional strategies that have proven to be effective uses of technology in educational settings. The authors are a distinguished list of experts in educational technology.

This article is a research synthesis. This woman looked into articles and compared their opinions and results on student motivation using an IWB. Specifically, she found that student motivation will increase if teachers provide students with many opportunities to interact with the IWB, use engaging effects within the IWB, and allow children to use multiple senses within the lesson.

This PDF document was put together by SMART Technologies, which is important to note, as there might be some conflict of interest in reporting factual research versus making money on their interactive white boards. In any case, after reading through it, it seems to me that a lot of the information is plausible. Specific topics of interest include how the IWB increases student engagement and motivation, as well as how it can be sued to adapt to various learning styles and specials needs.

This is an excellent example of how to use a Prezi in Langugae Arts - specifically in narrowing a research report topic. Its use of zooming in precisley aligns with the thought process we ask students to use when narrowing their topics.

This is a guest post by Caro Pinto, the John Hay Whitney Family Papers Processing Archivist at Yale University Library. Follow her on Twitter at @caropinto.--@jbj]An Archivist Walks into a Classroom… Many archivists spend their professional lives working in basements preparing diaries, letters, and photographs for use by students and faculty. This is first hand account of someone using Prezi successfully for instructional purposes at the college level.

This discusses the pros and cons of IWB on student collaboration with the studies conducted. These studies test if Interactive White Boards can be altered from their teacher-led purpose to encourage collaboration among students.

This article discusses a study done to see how Interactive White Boards affect student engagement within the classroom. The results of this study showed that students enjoy using the whiteboard and the use of an IWB as an instructional tool did affect student engagement positively, mainly because of visual potential. Although this information seems like having an IWB in every classroom is a 'no brainer', schools have to take many factors into mind such as funds, safety, teacher interest, and available technology training.

Read the same article earlier today. Interesting!

This article explains how IWB can benefit the needs of all types of learners. It focuses on using IWB and other technology to make accommodations of special needs students. It touches base on the fact that teachers feel overwhelmed with the increasing work load of general and special education students. In reference to this, IWB are able to create a sense of flexibility that allows teachers to make quick and effective adaptations with the click of a button.

This paper presents the results of a study that gathered information from pupils on their views of using IWB's inthe classroom. Specifically the researchers were interested in learning, metacognition, and how an interactive whiteboard affected this process. The report shares positive results from students as well as some of the students' frustrations. * note - To read the paper in complete you must sign up for an account.

This article discusses the advantages and downfalls of using IWB in special education. One suggestion is to give special education students 'jobs' that allow them to complete IWB tasks according to their strengths. The article also suggests that "content based" professional development on IWB should be provided to special education teachers. The manipulation of objects, ability to change font size, and large pens provide special needs children with the opportunity to actively engage in whole class lessons.

A paper that presents research and case study observations from the US, UK, and Australia. The information highlights increased student engagement and motivation with the use of interactive whiteboards, attention to different student learning styles, and the impact of using iwb's for review.

This PDF gives an introduction to IWBs. If you are new to using an IWB, this is a nice guide that provides information about what they are, how to use them, and most importantly, the benefits of using one in the classroom. Specifically, this PDF provides a concise list of these benefits as evidenced through research. This reading also provides information on other technologies that can be integrated with the IWB, such as webcams and tablets.