CICERO Lecture: The pedagogic possibilities of interactive whiteboards by Professor David Wray, University of Warwick, UK

DATE: 13 May 2008
VENUE: University of Helsinki, Minerva building, Room K113

This session will explore some of the possible ways of using interactive whiteboards in teaching and learning. These range from using the whiteboard as a display device, to using it in much more interactive ways to involve learners in the joint construction of knowledge.

Classrooms in the United Kingdom are now almost universally equipped with interactive whiteboards, although research suggests that these boards tend to be used largely as display devices. There are some interesting interactive uses, though, which have more potential for changing traditional pedagogy. In many ways the interactive whiteboard is a technology waiting for a pedagogy and in the session Prof Wray will explore some ideas about what such a pedagogy might look like.

David Wray taught in primary schools in the UK for 10 years and is currently Professor of Literacy Education at the University of Warwick. He has published over 40 books on aspects of literacy teaching and is best known or his work on developing teaching strategies to help learners access the curriculum through literacy. This has resulted in such innovations as the Extending Interactions with Texts (EXIT) model to guide the teaching of reading to learn, and writing frames to help with the writing of factual text types.

The lecture is likely to interest teacher trainees, teacher educators and researchers. Also all those interested in creating learning and teaching materials for interactive whiteboards will find the lecture insightful.

Everybody welcome. No prior registration needed.