IWB Introduced In Schools
By Yazdi Yahya

Bandar Seri Begawan - "All government schools in Brunei have at least one Interactive White Board (IWB)", said Mark Reeves, Senior Vice-President of International Sales of Promethean, a British company.

"There are 1200 teachers in Brunei trained to use the IWB," an audio-visual device to project a computer-generated display on the screen. Col (R) Haji Sabli Osman, Executive Director of Sunstream Technologies, said "we are now in the process of trying to introduce the IWB to more private schools as well as religious schools."

Today, there will be a demonstration on the use of IWB at the Dato Marsal Primary School in Kampong Perpindahan Lambak Kanan.

Since 2003, Promethean together with its local partner, Sunstream Technologies has put a lot of time and effort in training the local teachers on how to use the IWB.

"I see Brunei as one of the lighthouses of how it should be done. We believe that unless we help the teacher in making the transition, then it will always fail.

"The teachers we have worked with have been highly enthusiastic and immediately see the improvements after using the IWB.

"Promethean 10 years ago transformed teaching in classrooms through the use of IWB. The United Kingdom is leading the world in terms of using IWB. Brunei is one of the countries in Asia leading in IWB use.

"In schools, for as long as we can remember, the centre of attention has always been on the teacher, the blackboard and the chalk. What we want to do is make it more interactive," Reeves said. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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