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Extracurricular :: For technologists who do their homework

11/01/07

Interactive whiteboards are quickly gaining a presencein US schools. District technology directors tell why.

HIGHLIGHTS

BETTER STUDENT ENGAGEMENT MOST OFTEN CITED BENEFIT OF USE
CLASSROOM PENETRATION STILL LOW
GREATEST USE IN ELEMENTARY LANGUAGE ARTS AND SOCIAL STUDIES CLASSES

Percentage of Classrooms Using Interactive Whiteboards

Usage is surging, but most districts report whiteboards in less than 10% of classrooms; only a small number say more than 50% of their classrooms have the technology.

Important Factors in Interactive Whiteboard Use
Extracurricular
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IMPORTANT SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT NOT VERY OR NOT AT ALL IMPORTANT

Interactive Whiteboard Usage by Grade Level
Extracurricular
ELEMENTARY MIDDLE HIGH

(Percentages may add up to 100 due to rounding.)

—Data courtesy of Jeanne Hayes (The Hayes Connection)and Tom Greaves (The Greaves Group).

Read about the full report, "America’s Digital Schools 2006: A Five-Year Forecast," at here.

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