DAT304 Venture Culture

Initial Idea
Following up on my 3 business ideas, I plan to investigate the business and development possibilities with creating e - learning games for the Interactive White Boards (IWB).

Interactive White Boards - Research
- Through my research I have found that there are in fact a number of different Interactive white boards, which are being used world wide, in schools, businesses and universities.

Promethean IWB

Two of the best selling companies for IWBs are Promethean and SMART. Promethean runs a software learning kit called ActivInspire, that enables students to engage and learn certain topics. SMART is another company that specializes in building interactive touch screen technology and is one of the commonly used interactive white boards used around in schools, businesses and education.

SMART IWB

- Looking into detail about the IWB, I can see how it can affect teaching, because of the touch screen interactivity, it could lead to lessons taking longer and also it diverts the attention more on the technology, rather on what is actually being learned. However, the structure on how the IWB is used in teaching their students, is up to the teacher to decide. Therefore, the speed and the rate on which the pupils are learning can be adjusted accordingly.

www.edgalaxy.com - This website talks about how they are creating cheaper interactive white boards, that don't actually need the use of a board, which will cut down the cost of the product. This website also gives teaching tips for e - learning games.