IWBNet has published a series of research papers on the uptake of interactive whiteboards at Richardson Primary School, the internationally path finding government primary school in Canberra, Australia.

The idea of the series is to provide classroom teachers, school and system leaders and interested teacher educators an insight into the workings of one of the first schools world wide to successfully introduce interactive whiteboards across the total school and to examine the impact of that take up on the total school community, the teachers, student learning and the curriculum.

Please feel free to make wise use of the research and to pass it on to others who can make good use of the findings. All we ask is that you give due acknowledgement.

If you would like to pursue any of the research email info@iwb.net.au

The Richardson Review

(Released October 2003, Research undertaken by Mal Lee and Dr Maureen Boyle)

The full title of the review is ‘The Educational Effects of the Implications of the IWB Strategy of Richardson Primary School’.

In brief the review provides a snapshot of the use made of interactive whiteboards in education at Richardson Primary, the school’s context and the very significant, albeit revolutionary, attainments made by the school community by the latter part of 2003.

By that time the total school community, the students, teachers and parents, had embraced the use of ICT in every classroom from Kindergarten to Year 6.

The review documents the views of the staff, a significant cross section of the students from K-6 and the parents.

It also identifies a series of areas for further attention.

The Teachers Tell Their Story

(Released June 2004, Research undertaken by Beth Lee and Dr Maureen Boyle)

This research emerged out of the structured interview of all the teaching and school leadership staff at Richardson in early 2004.

The report focuses on the impact of the interactive whiteboards on the teachers, their pedagogy and their use of ICT and identifies a set of elements common to all teachers.