Interactive Whiteboards for Education: Theory, Research and Practice

Thomas (English language, Nagoya U. of Commerce and Business, Japan) and Schmid (English and applied linguistics, U. of Education Heidelberg, Germany) bring together 17 essays by learning technologies, languages, education, technology, multimedia, and other scholars, researchers, and educators from Europe, the US, Canada, and Brazil who discuss the use of interactive whiteboards in classrooms in these countries and the importance of professional development, educational research, and dialogue between teachers, administrators, policy makers, and learners to guide the process of technology integration. They detail existing research in the field, including that on classroom learning environments, teacher-centered approaches to language teaching, learning outcomes, pedagogical strategies used by science and math teachers, and learner response systems; training programs for teachers; and perspectives in different classrooms. Annotation c2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)