IWBs

Interactive whiteboards and teaching:

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10 ways to start using effectively: [] A blog containing regular tips on using technology in the classroom [] Good news from the UK about future filesharing between boards [] [] a growing clearing house for interactive content, which is rated etc. INTERACTIVE TOOLS FOR YOUR INTERACTIVE WHITE BOARDS http://www.superteachertools.com/ (from Stephen) This was the site with the group organisers and seating plan producers that Stephen showed people during the PD in the last week of Term 3. http://classtools.net/ (from Stephen) This site has some interactive graphic organisers (the timeline and fishbone -works really well). [|**http://www.cardiffschools.net/~roelmann/whiteboard/smart2.html**] A Welsh site with a collection of interactives for various boards [|**http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/15.cfm?s=15&m=429&p=250,index**] An English site with a Large collection of whiteboard resources. [|**http://www.echalk.co.uk/preview.asp**] Collection of interactive tools [|**http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx**] create graphs online [|**http://www.iknowthat.com/com**] requires free registration  [] for those who think PowerPoint is boring! Think again and get your IWB fired up! [|**http://www.knowitall.org/**] [] [|Promethean Planet] (for Activboards - Senior Campus) is a free subscription and offers prepared flipcharts in many subject areas. [|Smart] provides the same service for Smartboards (Junior Campus). The whiteboard challenge is now over but there are video tutorials here that show you how to do things like make sounds, containers, etc. Have a look! There are some great interactive sites for all year levels and subjects at the [|ABC] site. [] enables you to pick names out of a hat or randomly shuffle them during the lesson [] a hardware agnostic product that offers teaching ideas that should work on any board. [] is another site to keep an eye on for ideas. Swapping schools to a place with a different board to the one you are using? If you are lucky these people will be ready to help: [] http://edhouse.wikispaces.com/Meeting+topics a group of Australian and New Zealand teachers who regularly "meet" online. Smart board lessons podcast [] [] runs annual conferences for educators all over the world. It has links to the past conferences form 2006 onwards and this year's conference starts at the end of November. The link in the book is broken but a Google search for 38 Interesting Ways to Use Your Interactive Whiteboard will get some good YouTube clips and a downloadable PowerPoint. The seven ideas immediately above come from "The Interactive Whiteboard Revolution: Teaching With IWBs" by Chris Betcher and Mal Lee. A copy of this text is available from the Senior Campus Library. [] has great tools to use (thanks Ieva)