Interactive white board is an interactive display device that displays the computer screen that can be controlled using the electronic pen. It is also known as Smart Board. A projector, projects the computer screen on to the interactive board so that the user can control the PC by touching the surface of the board. It is easy to control all the actions of the computer through the board. You can write or draw on the interactive board usingfinger or electronic pen and also save the image in the computer. Interactive white boards are now widely used in classroom teaching, presentations etc. All operations on the computer can be realized on the interactive whiteboard.
The working of interactive board is similar to the use of mouse on the computer screen. The interactive board is connected to the computer through a projector system. The connection may be wired or wireless using Bluetooth. Making use of the processing system of the computer, it is easy to write, draw, edit, print and also internet transfer of files. You can control the computer from the front of the class room. As you move the finger or electronic pen on the display, the computer desktop changes as in the case of mouse clicking. By tapping twice on the screen, It is possible to do the double clicking action. The notes and drawings can be emailed directly from the class room.
Some interactive boards have software for optical character recognition so that when we write on the board with finger, the computer will convert it into text. Like the computer, it also possible to use all formats like Word, Excel, PPT etc. It also works with multimedia systems so that videos and images can be displayed and important parts can be highlighted.
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