What is the general name for the Promethean or Smart boards? IWB (Interactive White Board) The name implies that one should use the Promethean Board in an interactive way. How do you use your IWB? Do you use it just like you did when you had a projector and pull down screen? Do you use it as you did with an overhead transparency projector? Or, are you using it as an interactive tool for students to engage and manipulate content? Maybe your answer is that you use it in all of these ways!