| Interactive
Whiteboards are phenomenal tools. Don't know what an interactive
whiteboard is? Perhaps you've heard of some of their brand
names - SMART Board, ActivBoard, eBeam, Mimio, and Webster
are some of the most widely used at this time.
An interactive whiteboard is a touch-sensitive
projection screen that allows you to control a computer directly
by touching the board rather than using a keyboard or mouse
(although these can still be used). This technology requires
a computer, a projector and the whiteboard itself.
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The computer is connected to the projector
and whiteboard, and the projector displays the computer screen
image on the board. As you point at active elements on the
board, using your finger or an appropriate electronic 'pen'
as a mouse, the action is transmitted to the computer.
These are some resources for interactive
whiteboards. Some are specific to a certain brand, but the
ideas can still be used on most of them. We aren't specifically
recommending a certain brand. Some teachers of the deaf like
the SMART Board because they don't have to use a digital pen
to write on the board, hindering their signing.
Some of the more portable systems like the
Mimio and the eBeam are good for more transient classrooms.
The ActivBoard has a lot of built-in templates and resources;
but there are probably more online resources for the SMART
Board (at this time).
Ways to use Interactive Whiteboards in the
Classroom
# Save lessons to present to students who
were absent
# Create video files to teach a software application, a lesson,
or as a review to be posted to the server or web. Example-
How to create a graph in Excel or hoe to burn a projects to
cds
# Use the built in maps to teach continents, oceans, countries,
or states and capitals.
# Present presentations created by student or teacher
# Have students create e-folios including samples of their
work and narration
# Digital storytelling
# Teach whole group computer or keyboarding skills
# Brainstorming
# Take notes directly into PowerPoint presentations
# Reinforce skills by using on-line interactive web sites
# Creating a project calendar
# Teach editing skills using editing marks
# Use in the 6 trait writing process
# Use highlighter tool to highlight nouns, verbs, adjectives,
etc.
# Use it with Kidspiration or Inspiration
# Teaching students how to navigate the Internet
# Illustrate and write a book as a class. Use the record feature
to narrate the text.
# Use the Interwrite software to create lessons in advance
at home or at school. Then save them for future use or to
be shared with other teachers
# Diagramming activities
# Teaching steps to a math problem.
# Have students share projects during Parent/Teacher/Student
conferences
# Graphics and charts with ESL learners and special ed students.
# Teaching vocabulary
# Electronic Word Wall
# End each day by having students write one thing that they
learned
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