Imagine

This….

1.Capabilities of an interactive whiteboard

2.Students’ positive attitudes toward school and learning

3.Student achievement4.Teacher perspectives to be

shared

Traditional blackboard

Use of Internet Interactivity PowerPoint Assessment Teacher’s role

changes

Kulik’s Meta-Analysis Study Sivin-Kachala’s Review of the Research Numerous other research Teacher observations Student responses

Phase I Findings from Marzano Research Group show that by using the

ActivClassroom, the average improvement was 17 percentile points!

An experienced teacher Who has been using the technology for 2

years Who uses it about 75% of the time in class Who has had enough training to be

confident in their use of technology For a teacher with this profile…

› One would expect a greater than 30 percentile increase in academic achievement!!

Professional development

Boards in classrooms instead of multimedia room

Additional prep time to collaborate

Change methods