Share Paper: Preservice Elementary Teachers that Built their own Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Interactive Digital Whiteboards

  1. Victor Santellanes, The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), United States
  2. Carlos Paez, The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), United States
  3. Daniel Tillman, The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), United States
Tuesday, March 26 10:45 AM-11:15 AM Salon 825

Abstract: While some K-12 teachers in the U.S. have been given access to interactive digital whiteboards in their classrooms, many others have not. In this paper, we examined a case study in which a teacher built a do-it-yourself (DIY) interactive whiteboard so that he could teach middle school mathematics in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Using this case study as a model, a group of two teachers were provided with the materials and supports necessary to build their own DIY interactive digital whiteboards, similar to those sold by commercial companies such as SmartBoard and Promethean, but at a small fraction of the price. ...