Are you looking for a way to take your teaching to the next level? Split screen teaching is a powerful tool that allows you to engage with students like never before. With the help of a modern smart board, you can harness the power of split screen teaching to create a more engaging and effective learning environment.

Split screen teaching is a method of teaching that allows you to show multiple sources of information on one screen. With this approach, you can display two or more windows side-by-side and allow your students to view and interact with the content simultaneously. This type of teaching style allows you to give your students more control over their learning, as they can move between different windows to explore different topics.

Split screen teaching has numerous benefits that can help to improve student engagement and learning. When used with screen mirroring software on a smart board, there are many benefits of using this approach:

1. It allows students to easily view different windows to explore different topics or viewpoints.

2. It enables simultaneous visibility of both overview (“roadmap”) and detailed (“content”) information.

3. Empowers teachers to compare and contrast topics or provide more detailed explanations of topics to improve understanding. 

4. It can help to improve student understanding and comprehension, by enabling them to share their own screen on the main board using screen mirroring technology.

5. It can help to reduce the amount of time spent on explaining topics, as students can explore topics independently.

Screen mirroring is a feature of the BenQ Board that allows you to wirelessly share the teacher computer screen with either the main display or directly to your students, and students to wirelessly share their screens to the main display. This technology allows you to display multiple windows side-by-side, allowing your students to explore different topics and view different sources of information during a lesson.

Every BenQ smartboard comes with screen mirroring software that is designed to facilitate split screen teaching. InstaShare enables teachers to have multiple presenters to share their screens simultaneously and express their ideas – while easily moderating the content before it reaches the screen.  

InstaShare enables teachers to simultaneously share up to nine screens on the BenQ Board display for synchronized discussions.  To help keep teachers organized, you can also select a connected screen to share in "Floating Window mode" alongside other apps to help students to focus on the main point. 

The BenQ Smartboard enables teachers to completely control how many and which screens are shared. Here are some of the key reasons that the BenQ Board using InstaShare won the Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence in 2023.  

1. When you need the room focused on only one presenter, turn on "Do Not Disturb mode" to temporarily disable incoming presentation 

2. The teacher can preview the content before it goes onto the screen using their computer, tablet or phone 

3. A student must request access to the display, and the teacher can terminate any screen with a single tap if something goes wrong.  

4. You can present specific files – or your whole screen.

5. The teacher can mirror the main display to student notebooks / Chrome books for easier viewing

Split screen teaching can be an effective way to engage with your students and provide them with an immersive learning experience. Here are some tips that can help you to get the most out of split screen teaching:

1. Make sure to plan ahead and prepare your lesson in advance. 

2. Make sure to use a variety of different sources of information to keep your students engaged.

3. Encourage your students to explore different topics and sources of information. 

4. Make sure to use visuals, such as images and videos, to help explain difficult topics.

5. Allow your students to take control of their learning by encouraging them to move between different windows. 

Split screen teaching can be a powerful tool for teachers looking to engage with their students and provide them with an immersive learning experience. With the help of a BenQ Board equipped with InstaShare wireless screen mirroring, you can easily take advantage of the benefits of split screen teaching to create a more engaging and effective learning environment.  There is no cost to the InstaShare software.

Are you ready to take your teaching to the next level? Harness the power of split screen teaching with a BenQ Board today!