I encountered Interactive Whiteboards for the first time when I trained to be a teacher in 2002. A year or so before, the Welsh government had given every school in Wales an Interactive Whiteboard, (with full training), and every teacher was able to use it. The Interactive Whiteboard usually resided in a computer room or in some cases, each classroom had one equipped. Teachers designed work for themselves and each other and they seemlessly integrated with their school plan. By the time I got to Wales, although children were happy to use the Interactive Whiteboard, the novelty had completely worn off.
