Interactive Whiteboard (Iwb)

INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARD (IWB)

An interactive whiteboard (IWB), is a large interactive display that connects to a computer and projector. A projector projects the computer's desktop onto the board's surface where users control the computer using a pen, finger or other device. The board is typically mounted to a wall or floor stand.

They are used in a variety of settings, including classrooms at all levels of education, in corporate board rooms and work groups, in training rooms for professional sports coaching, in broadcasting studios and others.

Uses for interactive whiteboards include:

·  Operating any software that is loaded onto the connected PC, including web browsers and proprietary software

·  Using software to capture notes written on a whiteboard or whiteboard-like surface

·  Using software to capture notes written on a graphics tablet

·  Online whiteboard

·  Controlling the PC (click and drag), markup (annotating a program or presentation) and translating cursive writing to text (not all whiteboards)

·  In some instances, the Interactive Whiteboard may be provided with an integrated Audience Response System so presenters can carry out polls and quizzes and capture the feedback on the Interactive Whiteboard

Ways to use Interactive Whiteboards in the Classroom

·  Save lessons to present to students who were absent

·  Create video files to teach a software application, a lesson, or as a review to be posted to the server or web. Example- How to create a graph in Excel or how to burn a projects to cds

·  Use the built in maps to teach continents, oceans, countries, or states and capitals.

·  Present presentations created by student or teacher

·  Digital storytelling

·  Teach whole group computer or keyboarding skills

·  Brainstorming

·  Take notes directly into PowerPoint presentations

·  Reinforce skills by using on-line interactive web sites

·  Creating a project calendar

·  Teach editing skills using editing marks

·  Use in the 6 trait writing process

·  Use highlighter tool to highlight nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc.

·  Use it with Inspiration

·  Teaching students how to navigate the Internet

·  Illustrate and write a book as a class. Use the record feature to narrate the text.

·  Use the Interwrite software to create lessons in advance at home or at school. Then save them for future use or to be shared with other teachers

·  Diagramming activities

·  Teaching steps to a math problem.

·  Have students share projects during Parent/Teacher/Student conferences

·  Graphics and charts with ESL learners and special ed students.

·  Teaching vocabulary

·  Electronic Word Wall

·  End each day by having students write one thing that they learned

FAX (FACSIMILE)

A facsimile (from Latin fac simile, "made alike") is a copy or reproduction of an old book, manuscript, map, art print, or other item of historical value that is as true to the original source as possible. It differs from other forms of reproduction by attempting to replicate the source as accurately as possible in terms of scale, color, condition, and other material qualities. For books and manuscripts, this also entails a complete copy of all pages; hence an incomplete copy is a "partial facsimile". Facsimiles are used, for example, by scholars to research a source that they do not have access to otherwise and by museums and archives for museum and media preservation. Many are sold commercially, often accompanied by a volume of commentary. They may be produced in limited editions, typically of 500–2,000 copies, and cost the equivalent of a few thousand United States dollars.

A fax (short for facsimile) is a document sent over a telephone line. Fax machines have existed, in various forms, since the 19th century, though modern fax machines became feasible only in the mid-1970s as the sophistication of technology increased and cost of the three underlying technologies dropped. Digital fax machines first became popular in Japan, where they had a clear advantage over competing technologies like the teleprinter, since at the time (before the development of easy-to-use input method editors) it was faster to handwrite kanji than to type the characters. Over time, faxing gradually became affordable, and by the mid-1980s, fax machines were very popular around the world.

Although businesses usually maintain some kind of fax capability, the technology has faced increasing competition from Internet-based alternatives. However, fax machines still retain some advantages, particularly in the transmission of sensitive material which, if sent over the Internet unencrypted, may be vulnerable to interception. In some countries, because electronic signatures on contracts are not recognized by law while faxed contracts with copies of signatures are, fax machines enjoy continuing support in business.

In many corporate environments, standalone fax machines have been replaced by "fax servers" and other computerized systems capable of receiving and storing incoming faxes electronically, and then routing them to users on paper or via an email (which may be secured). Such systems have the advantage of reducing costs by eliminating unnecessary printouts and reducing the number of inbound analog phone lines needed by an office.