This document provides strategies for using an interactive whiteboard to engage students, including addressing challenges like small displays and accessibility issues. It recommends free resources like interactive websites and math manipulatives that can be used. Signs of effective interactivity include using games/puzzles on the board, adding multimedia, and having student responses determine what is shown. Tools like Triptico and PowerPoint can also add interactivity. Grouping students and letting them lead are other strategies discussed.

1. Put the Interactive into your
Interactive White Board
Strategies for Teaching with your Interactive Whiteboard
Gail Lovely Gail@GailLovely.com

2. Goal
• Get your students engaged and
interacting by using your interactive
whiteboard with excellent free websites,
software you already may have, and
more!

3. Challenges!
There ARE a few…

4. Small Display

5. Shadow!

6. More Shadows!

7. Accessibility

8. Accessibility

9. Can’t Reach the Top!

10. Teacher’s Back to the Class!

11. No more excuses…
Let’s get to solving!

12. Progression…
• Dabbling
• Doing old things old ways
• Doing old things in new ways
• Doing NEW things in NEW ways

13. What have we learned?
• http://moe.eun.org/web/iwbworkinggroup/iwb
From page 27

14. Adding Interactivity
• Resources
• Activity Structures
• Class Structures
• Other Tools

15. Finding Appropriate Resources
Or NOT!

16. Resources
• Manufacturers’ Resources
• Smart: http://exchange.smarttech.com
• Promethean:
http://www.prometheanplanet.com
• Polyvision: http://bringlearningtolife.ning.com

17. Scholastic Resources
http://teacher.scholastic.com/whiteboards/languagearts.htm

18. Interactivity-Rich Sites
http://www.crickweb.co.uk

19. Interactivity-Rich Sites
http://www.iboard.co.uk

20. Interactivity-Rich Sites
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/interactive.aspx

21. Interactivity-Rich Sites
http://www.teacherled.com/all-interactive-whiteboard-resources/

22. Virtual Math Manipulatives
• http://www.everydaymath.com/EM_eTo
olkit_Demo/eTools_v1.html
• http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html
• http://www.eduplace.com/kids/mthexp/

23. Drawing or Painting
• http://sketch.odopod.com
• http://www.dreezle.com/
• http://flockdraw.com/
• http://mugtug.com/sketchpad

24. Adding Interactivity
• Resources
• Activity Structures
• Class Structures
• Other Tools

25. Signs of Interactivity
• Teacher uses an IWB version of a
game or puzzle
• The teacher uses the IWB to add
multimedia to a discussion (starting and
stopping the media for discussion
purposes).

26. Media
• Discovery Streaming
• BrainPop
• WatchKnowLearn
http://watchknowlearn.org

27. Signs of Interactivity
• What happens on the IWB is
determined by student response to
questions or media.

28. Signs of Interactivity
• Students themselves use the IWB to
solve problems or explain concepts.

29. Tools
• Triptico http://www.triptico.co.uk
• (download and install tools)

30. Tools
• Firefox Addon - Screendraw

31. Tools
• http://www.superteachertools.com

32. Tools
• PowerPoint (yes, PowerPoint!)

33. Small Groups or Centers

34. Other Tidbits…
Let students lead..

35. One last problem…

36. Not just an IWB problem…

37. Out of reach?
• a step or platform
• a longer “handle”
• a specialty mount which adjusts
• A different method of interacting
– Use a tablet or other device
– Use a mouse at the computer
– Use words to direct someone else

38. Learn more…
• More ways to use:
• http://goo.gl/M7xYv

39. And more…
• http://www.ncef.org/rl/interactive_whiteb
oards.cfm
• And a great blog:
• http://chrisbetcher.com/

40. Take a step forward…
It is their future you are building…

41. Thank you!
Gail Lovely
Gail@GailLovely.com