Introduction
Types of interactive whiteboards
There are two types of interactive whiteboards,
Touchscreen whiteboards
These are essentially just huge versions of the touchscreen that a mobile phone of table would use. They are usually combined with a fully functional computer into a large housing. You operate them like you would a normal computer.
Touch-sensitive whiteboards
These are a separate devices that you mount on the wall. The feature a touch-sensitive whiteboard which you can either write upon with a normal whiteboard marker, or project onto using a normal project.
The whiteboard is connected to the computer, usually by a USB cable connection and the whiteboard sends the touch location coordinates back to the computer to process as required.