Whiteboards!!! Helpful learning tool.

     Whiteboards, a electronic white board vertically mounted on a wall, are becoming a tool in which the teacher can seize upon opportunities to help their students become more knowledgeable about a subject.  A study showed that students who are using whiteboards showed a 16 point gain in student achievement.  As the study explain if a student was in the 50th percentile, they now would be in the 66th percentile.  The three features the whiteboards have are hand held voting devices, visual graphic, reinforcer app, allowing the teacher to signal which answer is correct.  Using these devices have a 26 to 31 percentile gain in students. In order to have effective whiteboard lessons one must be organized, make sure that time is given to students to absorb visual information and students must be engaged with information supplied.  Being organized is the fact that you have the information on the whiteboard detail and understandable for students.  You have to give students time to understand the visuals they are seeing.  flipping through pictures does not help.  Most of all students must fell enagaged in the process.  If it is not fun and active you will lose them.  In conclusion the whiteboards if used correctly can be helpful to teach and help students grow.