Wired Educator

I enjoy my SMART Board and I am continuously finding new ways to put it use in my classroom.  I know first hand how it is transforming classrooms and educators, but it is always nice to see some statistics to back us up.

Rowan-Salisbury School District in North Carolina announced their findings of  17 point increase in student achievement for students using interactive whiteboards compared to those students that are not. Additional benefits cited by their Superintendent included an increase in student involvement, fewer discipline problems, an enthusiasm for learning, and an increase in attendance.

Here is an excerpt from the Superintendent’s article:

The results of the Marzano Research Study indicated that the average percentile increase in academic achievement between the class that used the interactive board and the class that did not use the board was 17. The 17-percentile point increase is representative of a true change in student achievement and student learning. This is a phenomenal gain in achievement. Furthermore, if the teacher had been using the technology for at least two years, had 10 or more years of teaching experience, had received sufficient training to feel confident in the use of the board and used it as much as 75 percent of the instructional time, the gain in academic achievement between the class with the board and the class without the board was an average 29-percentile gain in scores. What an impact on student learning from just one technology tool!

Source: http://www.salisburypost.com/Opinion/060709-insight-grissom-colmn

If you know of any other studies completed on interactive white boards in education, please send them our way.  Thanks!