REFLECTION OF IWB

This is my first time where I was being introduced with the ‘Smart Board’. For me, the smart board is rarely used in Malaysia especially in teaching and lesson process. The smart board has many interesting tools even though it is quite similar to the Microsoft PowerPoint. The differences between smart board and the PowerPoint are:

Smart board	PowerPoint
Can be touch on the board	Cannot be touch on the screen
Have many activity tools	No activity tools
More interactive	Common use
New exposed ICT	Common use
Expensive	Less expensive
Less utilized by educational institution	Common utilization in educational institution
Up-to date	Being used for since previous decades

Actually, the smart board is easy to be used even though I thought this smart board is quite troublesome before. But, after several times using this smart board I think it is interesting and more attractive to be used especially during presentation. However, the familiar problem in using the activity tools in the smart board is we need to touch it carefully because the board is sensitive to very smooth or very tough touch. If not, we need to calibrate it. In my opinion, it is quite difficult to make all the schools in Malaysia even high educational institutes to have this smart board because it is costly, new and need to be kept safe. Otherwise, government should spend more finance for this smart board and for its maintenances.