Faculty department

The purpose of the course work: Developing Competencies For Using The Interactive Whiteboard To Implement communicative language teaching in the English classaroom
Task of the course work: The realization of this goal required the following tasks:
1. Study, analysis and generalization of scientific, legal and normative sources on the subject;
2. theoretical study of methods of formation of multimedia and communicative skills in classes.
3. Development of recommendations within coursework materials;

1. What is an Interactive WhiteBoard?
An Interactive White Board is a touch-sensitive screen that works in conjunction with a computer and a projector. It is a presentation device that interfaces with a computer. The computer images are displayed on the board by a digital projector, where they can be seen and manipulated. Users can control software both from the computer and from the board. Participants can add notations, and emphasize by using a pen and or highlighter tool. By using his/her finger as a mouse, the teacher or student can run applications directly from the board. Another user at the computer can also have input. Any notes or drawings can then be saved or printed out and distributed to group members. 
An interactive whiteboard, also known as a smartboard, is an interactive display in the format of a whiteboard that reacts to user input either directly or through other devices.For a while, standard whiteboards have been used commonly as a way people can share messages, present information, and engage in collaborative brainstorming and idea development. With the same cooperative goals in mind, interactive whiteboards have the ability to connect to the Internet and instantly digitize tasks and operations.The technology behind interactive whiteboards varies between large format screens with a standalone system on a chip (SOC) and combinations of video projectors or smart projectors that use a tablet or other devices with drivers for user interaction. Forms of operation are often either by infrared or resistive touch, magnetic or ultrasonic pen. As writing and character recognition is generally digitized, keyboards can be almost completely unnecessary. Interactive whiteboard software often includes easy-to-use charts, polls and graphs, including virtual versions of tools one might find in a classroom like rulers compasses or protractors. They can play various types of media and provide teachers with interactive lessons for their students.Interactive whiteboards are a billion dollar industry and are used in classrooms, boardrooms, engineering, coaching and the strategic planning of many types of projects. According to the Becta Harnessing Technology Schools Survey in 2007, 98% of British secondary schools and 100% of British primary schools had an interactive whiteboard in use.¹
Interactive whiteboards are a classroom tool that allow teachers to display images onto an electric screen from a computer, using a projector.
Using the interactive whiteboard, teachers can show images, presentations and videos to the whole class at the same time.
Interactive whiteboards were invented to replace traditional chalkboards or whiteboards, which had to be wiped clean after every use. In order to use a blackboard or whiteboard, teachers used to need a constant supply of chalk or marker pens, whereas the interactive whiteboard doesn't need any of these.
As well as projecting images onto interactive whiteboards, teachers can also write onto them using a stylus. This feature has lots of uses for example annotating images, demonstrating a Maths problem and showing the class the correct spelling of a word.
Some interactive whiteboards can detect more than one person writing on them at a time, so the screen can be used by teachers and pupils to draw, write and click on things by touching the screen directly instead of using a computer.
When were interactive whiteboards first introduced?
In the past, teachers would use blackboards in classrooms and draw on them with chalk. This was common until the 1990s when classrooms replaced chalkboards with glossy whiteboards that could be written on with coloured marker pens.
The first interactive whiteboards were designed in the 1990’s but they were originally intended for offices, rather than schools.
Using interactive whiteboards in the classroom grew in popularity in the early 2000’s and by 2004, 26% of British classrooms had one.
Now, the interactive whiteboard has become a staple in UK schools, present in over 90% of classrooms in Britain.