Benefits of Promethean Interactive Whiteboards for schools in Ireland,

• Promethean Interactive Whiteboards encourage more varied, creative and seamless use of teaching materials.
• The ACTIVboard will engage students to a greater extent than conventional whole-class teaching, thereby increasing enjoyment and motivation
• They facilitate student participation through the ability to interact with materials on the board.
• They allow the teacher to present materials in multiple ways, using a variety of media such as text, images, audio and video.
• Lessons can be pre-prepared, annotated and reused by individual students or by the class.
• Versatility, with applications for all ages across the Irish curriculum.
• Increases teaching time by allowing teachers to present web-based and other resources more efficiently.
• More opportunities for interaction and discussion in the classroom, especially compared to other ICT
• Increases enjoyment of lessons for both students and teachers through more varied and dynamic use of resources, with associated gains in motivation.”

Benefits for classroom teachers

• The Promethean interactive whiteboard will enable teachers to integrate ICT into their lessons while teaching from the front of the class
• Encourages spontaneity and flexibility, allowing teachers to draw on and annotate a wide range of web-based resources
• The ACTIVboard enables teachers to save and print what is on the board, including any notes made during the lesson, reducing duplication of effort and facilitating revision 
• The Promethean Interactive whiteboard will allow teachers to share and re-use materials and flipcharts, substantially reducing workloads
• The Promethean software is  easy to use, particularly compared with using a computer in whole-class teaching
• This will inspire teachers to change their pedagogy and use more ICT, encouraging professional development