Here are some great reasons and ways you can use an ACTIVboard.

1. The interactive ActivBoard is great for demonstrations.
2. The ActivBoard is a colorful tool, and research indicates that students respond to displays where color is employed.
3. The board can accommodate different learning styles.
4. All ages of students respond favorably to board use.
5. Distance learning is an excellent setting for interactive ActivBoard use.
6. One-computer classrooms can maximize the use of limited computer access.
7. Students with limited motor skills can enjoy board use.
8. It can interface well with other pieces of software and hardware.
9. The board is great for meetings where new strategies are discussed and where the participants need printed copies immediately.
10. Learners show increased motivation and enjoy the interaction the technology offers.
11. It makes the subject come alive for students and actively involves the student.
12. It captures the attention of learners.
13. It encourages the involvement of learners in the subject whether it be K-12 Science, Social Studies, Language Arts, Math as well as other areas..
14. It enables students and teachers to use multimedia resources and the internet with a whole class.
15. The teacher is at the front of the class and the whole class is engaged together.
16. It gives the teacher instant access to a vast array of electronic resources.
17. It enables seamless links to be made between the technology and the subject material.
18. Teachers all over the world are rethinking their approach to teaching, and the ActivBoard is top on their list of new approaches to teaching.
19. The flexibility and the scope for imaginative lesson planning is found in the ActivStudio software.
20. Pages can automatically be saved and can be printed, emailed or even pasted into a website..
21.  It encourages more varied, creative and seamless use of teaching materials
22. ActivBoard engages students to a greater extent than conventional whole-class teaching,
23. The interactive board increases enjoyment and motivation for learning.
24. ActivBoards facilitates student participation through the ability to interact with materials on the board.

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