interactive+white+board

===**[|TeacherLED][| – TeacherLED provides a wide range of resources for teachers who use interactive whiteboards in the classroom.] [|eBeam Projection Kit]**=== []  [|**Primary Resources for Interactive Whiteboards**] || This workshop explores a dozen ideas for using interactive whiteboards in the classroom, adapting existing Notebook projects, and integrating resources for each subject area. Explore each of the following areas:
 * Do some exploring using the following interactives:
 * All
 * [|Collage Machine]
 * [|Freaky Frank's Music Machine]
 * [|Grapher]
 * [|Kids Jungle]
 * Elementary
 * [|Analog Clock] (K-2)
 * [|ArtsAlive Games]
 * [|Cloud Dreamer]
 * [|Dinosaur Scene]
 * [|My Pyramid]
 * [|Simple Machines]
 * [|Thumb Piano Tunes]
 * [|A Walk in the Woods]
 * More [|Reading], [|Writing], [|Math], [|Social Studies] and [|Science] interactives
 * [|Desktop Learning Spaces]
 * Middle/Secondary
 * [|Making Vaccines]
 * [|Measuring Cylinder]
 * [|Panda Habitat]
 * [|Habitat Adventure]
 * [|Walk in the Forest]
 * [|Rate Tornado Damage]
 * Subject Areas
 * [|Flash Projects]
 * ==The Workshop==

Evidence It Works!
If you need scientifically-based evidence to support a purchase, use the following resources: || Watch the 2 Minute Tutorials: Try out the SMARTboard on a few of the following websites: (Download Notebook Example) Assignment: Explore the following websites. What are the characteristics of an engaging website for use with the SMARTboard? [|Create a Graph]
 * [|Education SMART Technologies]
 * [|SMARTer Kids Research]
 * ==Use a SMARTboard==
 * [Software Basics.htm|Notebook Software Basics]
 * [|Touch Write and Save]
 * Orient the Whiteboard**
 * Press the right mouse button and on-screen keyboard buttons on the pen try simultaneously for five seconds. Follow the directions on the orientation screen.
 * Ideas**
 * Velcro the eraser, pens, and remote control to the board.
 * Use a soft mallet instead of fingers on the board
 * Use a wireless keyboard for typing
 * If you can't install the SMARTboard software on all your computers, use a USB storage device that can be moved from computer to computer.
 * [|Flash-based Websites]
 * [|Teacher Tap: Interactive Websites]
 * [|BBC Schools]
 * [|Scholastic Activities]
 * [|Teacher Tap: Electronic Books]
 * **Language Arts**
 * [|ReadWriteThink Tools for Students]
 * BBC Schools: [|English], [|Language], [|Literature], [|Literature & Language]
 * [|Star Fall]
 * **Science**
 * [|Discovery Animal Guide]
 * [|E-nature]
 * [|EdHeads] - [|Virtual Knee Surgery], [|Weather], [|Simple Machines]
 * [|Jefferson Lab] - Science Resources
 * [|National Geographic Habitats]
 * Sciencelinks: [|Tools Index]
 * [|Virtual Rainforest]
 * **Social Studies**
 * [|Ancient Greece] from BBC
 * [|Anicent Romans] from BBC
 * [|Archiving Early America]
 * [|Bens' Guide to Government]
 * [|First Gov for Kids]
 * National Geographic - [|Xpeditions]
 * [|Timeline Maker]
 * [|US History] from PBS
 * [|US Mint: State Quarters]
 * **Math**
 * [|BBC]
 * [|BBC Math]
 * [|BBC Algebra]
 * [|BBC Algebra: Foundation] & [|Intermediate]
 * [|BBC Shape, Space, Measure]
 * BBC Study Skills - [|Algebra]
 * [|Illuminations Tools] - Dozens of Interactive Tools!
 * [|Illuminations: Algebra Tools 9-12]
 * [|Illuminations: Geometry Tools 9-12]
 * [|Virtual Manipulatives]

|| Incorporate the following ideas into a series of learning activities: Make use of the variety of colors, fonts, and shapes available. There are many software packages you can use for concept mapping including the shapes in Notebook. If you plan to do a lot of concept maps, it's a good idea to use a separate package such as [|SMARTIdeas] for the SMARTboard. Or, [|Kidspiration] or [|Inspiration]. **3 - Export** (Download Notebook Example) **4 - Hyperlink** (Download Notebook Example) [|Multimedia Seeds: Video Clips] [] Lots of virtual field trips. || An online community for educators using SMART products. (Download Notebook Example) (Download Notebook Example) Best sources to download Notebooks and lessons Also, check the International [|lesson activities]. The following websites contain lots of examples of Notebooks to use with your SMART board. [] Download Whiteboard Notebooks in many subject areas. [] Lots of ideas particularly in literacy and math (PDF, DOC, and EXE files). [] Includes case studies using Smartboard, Whiteboard resources, and others. [] For evaluation only (Evaluation watermark) [] For purchase only [] Resources in many areas. [|http://www.lgfl.net/lgfl/...] Powerpoint presentations, spreadsheets, etc. to download and use (Notebooks, PowerPoint, Word documents). [] Download Notebooks across the curriculum [] Resources for Primary, History, Math, Science, Language Arts, Business, French, Art, Music and General ares including Notebooks and links to interactive sites. [] Includes files from all levels. [] Kidspiration, Inspiration, and Notebook templates. [] Download templates for Smartboard [|http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/...] Explore great interactive activities including English, Mathematics, Science, and Other Subjects. [] Resources in many subject areas. Lots of interactive resources to download (Flash, PDF, Notebooks, Word) [] Try the tasters at the bottom of the page (for evaluation); some secondary
 * ==Explore a Dozen Ideas==
 * 1 - Colors, Fonts, and Shapes** (Download Notebook Example)
 * Try some contrasting colors for text and backgrounds. Use bold text to make it jump out. Consider yellow text on a blue or red background.
 * Use colors to separate information from questions.
 * Create multiple columns.
 * 2 - Concept Mapping** (Download Notebook Example)
 * Explore [|SMART Ideas] for Concept Map examples and lessons to download.
 * Go to [|SMARTIdeas] to download software.
 * You can export files as PDF, HTML, or images.
 * **Website ideas**:
 * [|Teacher Tap: Interactive Websites] - [|BBC Science Clips]
 * [|Teacher Tap: Electronic Books]
 * [|Teacher Tap: Primary Sources] - [|Our Documents]
 * [|Teacher Tap: Visual Resources] - Photographs, videos, [|cloud websites]
 * **Maps**
 * [|42explore: Maps]
 * [|Atlapedia]
 * [|Maps and Geography] from National Geographic
 * [|Mapquest]
 * [|Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection] - current & historical
 * [|Historical maps]
 * [|Teacher Tap: References]
 * [|Visual Thesaurus]
 * **Video ideas**: Streaming video from United Streaming, video-rich websites
 * **Other ideas**: Link to Word, Excel, Kidspiration, etc.
 * Select an object. Pull down the Insert menu. Select Link. Paste the URL (web address) OR click Document and find the file. Click OK.
 * 5 - Interactive Resources: Simulations, Websites, Tutorials, Manipulatives** (Download Notebook Example)
 * [|Teacher Tap: Interactive Websites]
 * [|BBC Schools]
 * [|BBC Science Clips]
 * [|Place the State]
 * [|SMARTboard Portaportal]
 * Makers
 * [|BBC Radio] - Making Tracks (Shockwave sound manipulatives)
 * [|Kid's music games]
 * [|Create a Graph]
 * [|Teacher Tap: Magnet Poetry, Stories, & Mad Libs]
 * [|ReadWriteThink Materials]
 * [|Look-Listen-Learn Materials] from ArtsEdge
 * 6 - Print** (Download Notebook Example)
 * You can print in many ways.
 * Make class "big books"
 * Create class "review books"
 * 7 - Rotate and Move Objects** (Download Notebook Example)
 * Incorporate movement into your activities.
 * Use rotation for clock hands, protractors, and labels
 * Have some fun. Create a fact or fiction page. Use red Xs or green checks to mark answers.
 * [|Mythbusters] from Discovery.com
 * 8 - Templates** (Download Notebook Example)
 * Create a new page. Pull down the Insert menu. Choose Select Template.
 * Download [|PowerPoint] templates from Brainy Betty.
 * 9 - Video and Audio** (Download Notebook Example)
 * Ideas:
 * Record student presentations
 * Record short movies
 * Save lessons
 * [|Animation]
 * [|Animated Atlas] - Traces the growth of the United States
 * [|Cell Alive]
 * [|How Stuff Works - Animation]
 * [|BrainPop]
 * [|Ad Gallery] from Office of National Drug Control Policy
 * [|Chemistry-based Movies]
 * [|C-Span]
 * [|Early American Videos]
 * [|Holocaust Movie Clips]
 * [|Meet the Writers] from Barnes and Noble
 * [|Video Zoo] from Animal Planet
 * [|WHRO United Streaming]
 * [|Multimedia Seeds: Audio Clips]
 * [|Reading Rainbow Student Book Reviews]
 * [|Amazing Bats]
 * [|42explore: Bats]
 * [|Young Writer's and Illustrator's Contest]
 * 10 - Visuals: Photos, Drawings, Maps** (Download Notebook Example)
 * [|Teacher Tap: Visual Resources]
 * Ideas
 * [|It's No Laughing Matter: Analyzing Political Cartoons] from Library of Congress
 * Add digital photos to your assignments.
 * [|US Government Graphics and Photos] from First Gov
 * [|Historical Maps] from Perry-Castaneda Library
 * Incorporate Clipart collection photos.
 * Use photos as hooks, starters.
 * Use photos in assessment and review.
 * Electronic Manipulatives
 * Dissections, math manipulatives, simulations
 * [|E-examples for Math]
 * Country, state/province, regional, community
 * Ideas: biomes, invasive species, cultural movement, exploration routes, migration routes, battle sites and events, climates
 * Compare multiple maps over time, use different colors for different routes
 * [|Journey Note Field Notes] - Maps for earthworms, frogs, hummingbirds, loons, whales, ice, leaves, maple syrup, monarchs, birds, manatee, tulips, whooping cranes ([|Teacher's Resources])
 * Capture images from websites and take notes - chemical elements, animals, people, places, [|graphing software]
 * Directions
 * Pull downs the Draw menu, select Order, and send Back or Forward to layer photos.
 * Put Hyperlinks on photos to go to websites or open documents such as Inspiration.
 * 11 - Virtual Field Trips** (Download Notebook Example)
 * Teacher Tap: Virtual Field Trips**
 * [|Virtual Lake District] from Ambleside Primary School
 * 12 - Write** (Download Notebook Example)
 * Use computer keyboard, on-screen keyboard, markers
 * Prewriting activities: brainstorming, lists
 * Composing activities
 * Editing activities
 * Brainstorm a way to use:
 * Treasure box 1, Treasure box 2
 * ==Adapt Existing Notebooks==
 * SMART Technologies**
 * SMART Technologies Website**
 * Download Examples
 * [|SMART Learning Activities]**
 * ACCE Interactive Whiteboard Resources**
 * National Whiteboard Network** from the UK
 * Interactive Whiteboards** from Kent
 * Interactive Resources**
 * Learning Grids**
 * Primary Resources for Interactive Whiteboards**
 * Royal Kingston**
 * Smart - And Getting Smarter** from Kenton, KY
 * SMARTboard Resources** from Union
 * SMART Notebook Templates** from UK
 * Templates** from Missouri
 * Templates for Smartboard** from Sullivan Public Schools
 * Whiteboard Resources** from BGFL
 * Whiteboard Resources** from West Middlesbrough
 * Whiteboard Worksheets**

Links
[] [] Art, business, communication arts, foreign language, math, music, physical education, health, science, social studies, special education.
 * SMART Boards** from USD259
 * SMART Ideas for using the SMARTBoard**

Tutorials
[] Download a tutorial
 * SMART Notebook Tutorial** from Columbia College of Missouri

Related Topics
Game Templates - [] Inspiration - [] Kidspiration - [] PowerPoint - [] || [] Lots of interactive activities [] Activities on counting, place value, phonics, and letter formation. Other resources for [|students]. [] Games across content areas and grade levels. [] Lots of grade level and subject area links [] Lots of interactive activities. [] ||
 * ==General Resources==
 * Ambleweb**
 * Early Years Teaching Resources for Whiteboard** from Athena - UK
 * FunBrain.com Curriculum Guide**
 * The Learning Experience**
 * National Geographic Activities**
 * Puzzle Websites**
 * [|CRpuzzles]
 * Teacher Tap: Daily Resources**
 * Technologies**
 * Inspiration
 * Kidspiration
 * PowerPoint Jeopardy
 * PowerPoint Millionaire
 * ==Applied and Fine Arts==

Ideas for Whiteboard

 * Analyze works of art
 * Compare techniques
 * Demonstrate drawing techniques
 * Explore famous artists
 * Create art as a group
 * Examine sculpture and masks
 * Explore a [|school mural] at Ambleside Primary School.

Web-based Ideas for Whiteboard
[] Download Notebook files for humanities.
 * Building Smarter Ways to Use the Smartboard** frm Kenton KY
 * Art PowerPoint Presentations**
 * [|Jefferson County Schools]

General Web Resources
[] Using resources, lessons, standards, and how to's. Try their [|Look-Listen-Learn] section. [] Links to professional organizations, starting points, resources for teachers, young adults, and children. [] Links to professional organizations, starting points, resources for teachers, young adults, and children. [] Links to professional organizations, starting points, resources for teachers, young adults, and children. ||
 * ArtsEdge**
 * Teacher Tap: Applied Arts**
 * Teacher Tap: Fine Arts**
 * Teacher Tap: Music**
 * ==Communication Arts==

Ideas for Whiteboard

 * Change or add adjectives
 * Circle elements to check authenticity of a website
 * Explore editing and proofreading marks
 * Highlight words in sentences and paragraphs - use e-books!
 * Identify the fact or opinion in an article
 * Match words
 * Use highlighter tool to highlight parts of speech (i.e., nouns, verbs, adjectives)
 * Practice words. Move the icon to see the answer.
 * Use a story starter, write a class story, chain story, or peer story
 * Put key words in middle and write two points of view
 * Scramble words and make sentences
 * Share autobiographies
 * Write a daily journal, news article, or newsletter with key information from news websites
 * Write poetry such as haiku
 * Write rhyming words
 * Write sentences based on photographs
 * On e-grid paper, plot the relationship between two characters (i.e., calm/stressed, happy/sad) through the book
 * Use photo of a person (i.e., character from book, person from history). Ask students to write in “bubble” about their thoughts.
 * Show a book cover, analyze the photo before you start reading, then after. Use bubbles for brainstorming.

Web-based Ideas for Whiteboard
[] Download Notebook files for language arts. [] Guidelines for evaluating essays, stories, and reports. [] Activities on diaries, discussion, autobiography, and letter writing. Other resources for [|students]. [] Literature lessons with SMARTboard. [] Start with photos then a few words. [] Great place to find examples to use with your Whiteboard including anagrams, similes, oxymoron, etc. []
 * Building Smarter Ways to Use the Smartboard** frm Kenton KY
 * Evaluation Station**
 * Language Arts PowerPoint Presentations** - K-5 & 6-12
 * [|Jefferson County Schools]
 * Literacy Teaching Resources for Whiteboard** from Athena - UK
 * Sly's SmartRoom Hints, Ideas, & Tips**
 * Visual Story Starters**
 * Wacky World of Words**
 * Whiteboard Resources** from West Middlesbrough
 * [|Grammar for Writing Texts]
 * [|Developing Early Writing Texts]
 * [|Big Story texts & poetry]
 * [|Animated Stories]
 * [|Rhyming Activities and resources]
 * [|Literacy planning]

General Web Resources
[] Art and culture, literature and language arts, and history resources. [] Strategies for reading. [] Explore [|student materials], websites, and lessons. [] Links to electronic books in the classroom. [] Links to professional organizations, starting points, resources for teachers, young adults, and children. [] Links to fun online activities. ||
 * EdSitement**
 * ReadingQuest**
 * Read Write Think**
 * Teacher Tap: Electronic Books**
 * Teacher Tap: English and Language Arts**
 * Teacher Tap: Magnet Poetry, Stories, & Mad Libs**
 * ==Math==

Ideas for Whiteboard

 * Use [|Froogle] to locate prices for activities
 * Build graphs
 * Create number lines
 * Explore area and perimeter
 * Explore shapes and patterns
 * Explore Pythagoras
 * Make change
 * Sort objects
 * Telling time
 * Work with math manipulatives and patterns

Web-based Ideas for Whiteboard
[] Download Notebook files for math. [] [] Resources in many subject areas. Lots of interactive resources to download on a Windows system. [] Math word problem using SMART Board Notebook [] Lots of e-manipulatives across grade levels. [] Electronic examples and activities for PK-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12 [] Activities on place value, number line, and than. Other resources for [|students]. [] Dozens of math presentations and lessons [] Lots of resources to download and try including: [] Explore the [|Shape and Space in Geometry] and [|Patterns in Mathematics].
 * Building Smarter Ways to Use the Smartboard** frm Kenton KY
 * Interactivate** by Shodor Education Foundation
 * Interactive Math Whiteboard Resources** from West Middlesbrough
 * Math Word Problems** from SAISD
 * National Library of Virtual Manipulatives for Interactive Math**
 * NCTM**
 * Numeracy Teaching Resources for Whiteboard** from Athena - UK
 * PowerPoint Math Presentations** from CyberExchange
 * The Standards Site: Interactive Teaching Resources** from UK
 * [|Area Grid Tool] (Shockwave)
 * [|Calculating Angles] (Shockwave)
 * [|Coordinates] (Shockwave)
 * [|Counting on a 100-bead String] (Shockwave)
 * [|Data Handling] (Shockwave)
 * [|Decimal Number Line] (Shockwave)
 * [|Difference] (Shockwave)
 * [|Division Grid] (Shockwave)
 * [|Fixing Points] (Shockwave)
 * [|Fractions] (Shockwave)
 * [|Grouping] (Shockwave)
 * [|Grid for rows and columns] (Shockwave)
 * [|Isometric Grid] (Shockwave)
 * [|Line Graph] (Shockwave)
 * [|Measuring Cylinder] (Shockwave)
 * [|Measuring Scale] (Shockwave)
 * [|Multiplication Facts] (Shockwave)
 * [|Multiplication Grid] (Shockwave)
 * [|Number Dial] (Shockwave)
 * [|Number Facts] (Shockwave)
 * [|Number Grid] (Shockwave)
 * [|Number Line] (Shockwave)
 * [|Number Spinner] (Shockwave)
 * [|Ordering Numbers] (Shockwave)
 * [|Place Value] (Shockwave)
 * [|Polygon] (Shockwave)
 * [|Ruler] (Shockwave)
 * [|Sort Shape by Color and Shape] (Shockwave)
 * [|Sort Shapes by Angles] (Shockwave)
 * [|Sort Triangles and other Shapes] (Shockwave)
 * [|Symmetry] (Shockwave)
 * [|Tell the Time] (Shockwave)
 * [|Thermometer] (Shockwave)
 * [|Twenty Cards] (Shockwave)
 * Teachers' Lab** from Learner.org

General Web Resources
[] Trial version of great interactive tool [] [] Lots of great online, interactive tools. [] Links to professional organizations, starting points, resources for teachers, young adults, and children. ||
 * Explorelearning**
 * Illumination Tools** from NCTM
 * Teacher Tap: Mathematics**
 * ==Physical Education and Health==

Ideas for Whiteboard

 * Categorize things (i.e., healthy and unhealthy habits, foods on pyramid)
 * Identify parts of the human body

Web-based Ideas for Whiteboard
[] Explore human anatomy.
 * InnerLearning Online**

General Web Resources
[] Explore interactive activities. [] Links to professional organizations, starting points, resources for teachers, young adults, and children. ||
 * KidsHealth**
 * Teacher Tap: Health & Physical Education**
 * ==Science==

Ideas for Whiteboard

 * Categorize (i.e., landforms, creatures)
 * Compare characteristics and properties (i.e., rocks/minerals, plant/animal cells, vertebrates/invertebrates)
 * Conduct a dissection (i.e., frog, owl pellet)
 * Explore science visuals and processes (i.e., cell parts, electrical circuit, life cycle, mitosis, water cycle)
 * BBC Games
 * Explore solar system
 * Go on virtual field trips
 * Label parts of plants and animals (i.e., skeletons)
 * Records science data (i.e., atmospheric pressure, wind, temperature, humidity, clouds). Write questions for an online expert
 * Trace plagues, spread of fires, and other movement.

Web-based Ideas for Whiteboard
[] Download Notebook files for science. [] Activities on water cycle.
 * Building Smarter Ways to Use the Smartboard** frm Kenton KY
 * Science PowerPoint Presentations** - K-5 & 6-12
 * [|Jefferson County Schools]
 * Science Teaching Resources for Whiteboard** from Athena - UK
 * National Whiteboard Network** - Lessons and PowerPoint Projects
 * [|Science and the Whiteboard]

General Web Resources
[] Lots of online activities. [] [] High school level interactive labs. [] Lots of great animations for teaching cell biology, microbiology, immunology, and microscopy. Interactive animations on plant and animal cells, mitosis, meiosis, cell cycle. [] Great virtual dissection software (subscription service) [|http://www.borg.com/%7Elubehawk/hdigsys.htm] Explore the model of the human body [] Conduct a virtual owl pellet dissection, explore bird skulls, eggs, nests, feathers, beaks, feet, and other aspects of birds. [] Many online lessons. [] Standards-based lessons. [] Explore the [|Science of Light] and [|A Private Universe Project]. [] Links to professional organizations, starting points, resources for teachers, young adults, and children. [] Explore lots of topics in biology. Also, check out the section on [|plants] (i.e., how plants travel) and [|botany]. ||
 * American Museum of Natural History**
 * Atomic Structure** by Jefferson Lab
 * BioInteractive** from HHMI
 * Cells Alive**
 * Froguts**
 * Human Digestive System**
 * KidWings**
 * PBS: Science**
 * [|Mysteries of Deep Space]
 * Physics Lessons**
 * Science Netlinks** from AAAS
 * Teachers' Lab** from Learner.org
 * Teacher Tap: Science**
 * Wayne's World: Online Textbook of Natural History: Biology 100**
 * ==Social Studies==

Ideas for Whiteboard

 * Build timelines
 * Categorize landforms
 * Compare time periods, groups, and civilizations (i.e., Mayans/Incans/Aztecs, Indian Tribes, Ancient Civilizations)
 * Compare political parties
 * Compare the clothing of rich and poor in specific time periods (i.e.,Victorian times). What would it be like to wear these clothes? How would they feel?
 * Distinguish laws, interpretation of law, and enforcement of law
 * Examine primary resource materials such as historic documents and maps
 * Label maps
 * Identify branches of government, states vs national government, types of governments
 * Show development of cities, movement of people (i.e., immigration), developments of products (i.e., transcontinental railroad, food from farm to city)
 * Take virtual field trips
 * Trace the movement of people (i.e., authors, characters in story, movement of troops, Lewis and Clark)

Web-based Ideas for Whiteboard
[] Download Notebook files for social studies.
 * Building Smarter Ways to Use the Smartboard** frm Kenton KY
 * National Whiteboard Network** - Lessons and PowerPoint Projects
 * [|Geography and the Whiteboard]
 * [|History and the Whiteboard]

General Web Resources
[] Resources on economics. [] Art and culture, literature and language arts, and history resources. [] Links to professional organizations, starting points, resources for teachers, young adults, and children. || [] ||
 * EconEdLink**
 * EdSitement**
 * Maps**
 * Greenwich Meridian- []
 * National Geographic Interactive Elements**
 * Xpedition Hall - []
 * Social Studies PowerPoint Presentations** - K-5 & 6-12
 * [|Jefferson County Schools]
 * Teacher Tap: Social Studies**
 * ==Other SMART Resources==
 * Teacher Resources** from Goshen WY