Interactive Whiteboards 1 The Effects Interactive Whiteboards Have on Student Motivation Research Synthesis

After many weeks of completing preliminary searches, I decided to research Interactive whiteboards. I have always been interested in classroom technology. This interest recently increased since I had an opportunity to “play around ” with a SMART board in a technology class I took this summer. This experience along with my curiosity to learn more about Interactive whiteboards in hopes of creating a presentation to convince the leadership in my school to purchase Interactive whiteboards for classroom use are the major reasons that led me to pursue Interactive whiteboards as my research topic. As I began to search, I quickly found that Interactive whiteboards can yield a variety of search results. Therefore, I decided to specifically focus on the effects Interactive whiteboards have on student motivation in the learning process. I chose to address this particular issue because I feel that it would be major player in the leadership’s decision as to whether or not the boards would be purchased. It is my hope that through creating a compilation of a variety of research-based articles showing how Interactive whiteboards affect student motivation in the learning process, my school’