The Reasons Why Interactive Whiteboards Are Being Attacked
1 in 7 classrooms worldwide are predicted to have an interactive whiteboard by the end of 2011, and as the number of classrooms with interactive whiteboards increases, so does the debate over their usefulness. Below I offer a list of the main arguments against IWBs and my responses. I write this with the background of using interactive technologies in my own classroom and from the experiences I have had using every brand of interactive whiteboard and pad since leaving the classroom.
1. IWBS are a waste of money.
In times of tight budgets, a target has been placed on IWBs for one primary reason