Reflection on Whiteboard Technology Integration in Education

This report reflects on the use of whiteboard technology in an educational setting, particularly its alignment with the Australian curriculum. It highlights the benefits of using interactive whiteboards to enhance student engagement through features like live feedback and multimedia integration, catering to diverse learning abilities. The report also addresses potential drawbacks, including the cost, complexity, and over-reliance on technology, which could hinder traditional learning methods. The reflection underscores the importance of ICT in education and the need for teachers to adapt to new technologies while maintaining a balance with traditional teaching practices. The report also references the Australian curriculum's emphasis on learning areas, general capabilities, and cross-curriculum priorities, demonstrating how whiteboard technology can support these dimensions. The student acknowledges the initial challenges of using the technology but recognizes its potential as an effective teaching tool with practice.

Reflection and Infographic

INFOGRAPHIC

Describe how it may be used effectively in an educational setting, linking it to the
Australian curriculum
This is also a very effective way of influencing the personal interests through engagement with
issues such as environmental sustainability, cultural competence and other learning practices.
The factor which influences the learning of Australian curriculum through this learning is this
whiteboard tool which impacts the classroom, providing the live feedback and immediate
overview over the students. This application is going to be very useful for the teachers to create a
sense of engagement which is essential for the Australian curriculum.
The most use of this tool will be during the lectures in which the teacher will be able toi
give lectures using a presentation or video while also being able to highlight any text for
understand the important points of the topic.
During the teaching practices the learners will be having many inquiries that can help the
learner have the information which they require that can help them to save information regarding
the learning experiences. These features of this digital learning tool which help it to align with
the learning goals with age-equivalent content drawn from learning are content. This is going to
be very helpful for offering multiple points of entry and exits and with a range of quality
resources for engaging learners with different abilities.
Some cons of using Whiteboard tool software are going to be the following,
Expensive :
This tool has been recognised to be very expensive which makes the teaching practice
already expensive which would also include the device that would be needed for using this
software.
Complex :
Utilisation of this software on a projector or smart board can be very complex for the
teachers to understand and effectively imply on the teaching. This is the reason why it can result
into the difficult factor which needs to understand the important aspects of the teacher
capabilities. Therefore, training might be required for the teaching practise.
Lack of traditional method of training :

The over utilisation of this software can also result in laziness in the students which will
forget the traditional learning methods and will be over relied on the smart software for better
performance.
Waste of time :
Due to the complex technology involved in this software the teachers are not going to be
able to teach with effective timing hence it can be result in less teaching and more technological
hindrances.

REFLECTION
I have been able to learn that utilization of the Whiteboard technology for the purpose of
learning can help teachers improve the student engagement with the educations related to
Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The creation of the infographic was a very
creative task which was the initial reason why I choose this task. During the selection of the
teaching tool I started looking for this tool over the internet which was actually the platform I
found many other tools but this was the outstanding performer.
I have discovered that utilization of this technology in the schools can help the teacher to
gain flexibility in different forms. This is going to allow them to use tools such as presentation,
videos for the purpose of teaching and also modify them for even better learning experience
(Chen and et.al., 2021). I was able to understand that learning through this is going to provide me
the strong interactive abilities with the teaching practices with selection and effective use or
resources. This is going to allow me to improve how effectively I am able to practice learning.
The discussion between the assessment task and with the course is very connected as in the
Australian Curriculum we are required to focus on the three dimensions. These dimensions are
learning areas, general capabilities and cross curriculum priorities. This software has been able to
prove itself in ICT safely, responsibly and ethically. As per the Australian curriculum as learning
areas of assessment tasks are achieved (Mitrofanova, Sherstobitova and Filippova, 2019). It also
helped us as students to build our general capabilities and it also creates perfect balance between
the cross curriculum priorities which is the balance between both the practices.
I have been able to understand the struggle which the teacher would have at the
beginning with the complex nature of this tool. However, with a little practice this is a very
effective and important tool for teaching. Hence, as per my learning to engage in professional
learning an improving and improve the practice of developing growth of the organizational
strategy.

Books and Journals
Chen, X., and et.al., 2021. Past, present, and future of smart learning: a topic-based bibliometric
analysis. International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education. 18(1).
pp.1-29.
Mitrofanova, Y.S., Sherstobitova, A.A. and Filippova, O.A., 2019. Modeling smart learning
processes based on educational data mining tools. In Smart Education and e-Learning
2019 (pp. 561-571). Springer, Singapore.
Online
Top Interactive Whiteboard Apps, 2021 [Online]. Available through: <
https://www.commonsense.org/education/top-picks/top-interactive-whiteboard-apps>