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Handbook of Research on Didactic Strategies and Technologies for Education: Incorporating Advancements
This structure is composed by four steps: (1) teacher assigns a number to each student, (2) teacher asks a question and gives time to answer; (3) students put their ‘heads together’ and answer, (4) teacher calls a number and that number corresponds to the student who has to respond.
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An Innovative Way of Learning through the Use of the Interactive Whiteboard within a Cooperative Learning Context
Sabrina Campregher (Free University of Bozen, Italy)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2122-0.ch017
Abstract
Over the last ten years, advancement in technology has increased two-fold. Fortunately, this advancement has started to filter down into the school education system. The recent introduction of the Interactive Whiteboard (IWB) in schools has prompted teachers to raise questions, which not only tackle critical doubts, but also initiate interest and curiosity. The most common questions concern the real potential of this tool to enhance learning, motivation, and attention of students. Moreover, this innovative tool has posed a new problem: how to integrate it into the didactic process? This chapter presents an example of a technology-learning environment, based on the social-constructivist approach, where the IWB has been integrated and its effects through research.
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