INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARDS IN ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY

Interactive whiteboards are great for those who cannot hold a pen, they can now write and interact by using their finger to touch the screen. For students who have trouble using a regular keyboards with a mouse, the boards have touch and click so they can interact with a computer.

Students with learning disabilities require a great deal of repetition to understand a subject. Since it is difficult for teachers to repeat subject topics over and over the interactive whiteboard can become an effective tool. Interactive whiteboards come with a great deal of resources, and in this case can record the subject topic lesson and can be run each time a student requires it.

Students with special needs often have a shorter attention span and find it hard to grasp subject material at the same pace as regular education students. The interactive whiteboards are a valuable resource for these students with the help of audio and video software that are interactive. “A moving picture that reacts to your touch would certainly attract the student's attention and would be able to hold on to it.” (

INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARDS AS ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE BLIND