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=Sites that have great content for use with an interactive whiteboard:=

=__All Ages:__= Art Rage (download) http://artrage.com/ The Artist's Toolkit http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/index.html Arts Alive Music Activities http://www.artsalive.ca/en/mus/activitiesgames/ BrainPop http://www.brainpop.com/ Childrens Museum of Indianapolis http://www.childrensmuseum.org/ Create a Graph http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx Daily Dose of the Web [] Diagram.ly @http://www.diagram.ly/ Earth Cam [] ElectroCity @http://www.electrocity.co.nz/ Free Rice @http://www.freerice.com/ GameQuarium http://gamequarium.com/ Global Tribe [] Google Earth [] Grapher http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/grapher.html Grow a Tree [] How Stuff Works (quizzes and activities) [] Intel Templates [] Interactivate Math Activities [] Kids Jungle http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/jungle.htm Magnetic Poetry and Mad Libs [] A Math Dictionary for Kids [] Music Theory @http://www.musictheory.net/ My Pyramid (nutrition) http://www.mypyramid.gov/kids/kids_game.html National Geographic Map Games @http://www.mywonderfulworld.org/toolsforadventure/games/index.html National Library of Virtual Manipulatives [] PBS WayBack Activities [] Simulations (ex: frog dissection) [] Spelling City [] StateTris [] Textivate @http://www.textivate.com/ Tutorial for Creating a Game Board http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1Fql3R6iMQ Virtual Field Trips [] Vocabulary game templates [] We Give Books [] Word Play []

=__Younger Students:__= Analog Clock http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/clock.html BookPop [] Cloud Dreamer http://www.inventionatplay.org/playhouse_cloud.html Colonial House Dress Me Up [] Design a Panda Habitat [] EdPax (activities to download) http://www.edpax.com/ English Games [] GeoSpy Geography Game [] Interactive Clock http://www.teacherled.com/resources/clockspin/clockspinload.html Kelp Forest [] Learning Clip Primary Math Activities http://www.learningclip.co.uk/index1.aspx Learning Planet activities [] Learning Planet Games [] Make a Tide Pool [] Panda Challenge [] PBS Kids Games [] Rainforest at Night [] Read, Write, Think activities http://readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.asp Scholastic Interactive Resources http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/learn.jsp Simple Machines http://edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/ Starfall http://www.starfall.com/ That Quiz http://www.thatquiz.org/ Thumb Piano (Africa) http://pbskids.org/africa/piano/haveflash.html Times Educational Supplement iBoard Activities [] United States Map interactive [] A Walk in the Forest [] Walk in the Woods http://urbanext.illinois.edu/woods/02.html

=__Older Students:__= Asian Games [|http://www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/online/asiangames/default.htm#] BBC Algebra http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/maths/algebra/ Cabri 3D Gallery (geometry and physics) http://gallery.cabri.com/en/ Design a Parachute http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mars/parachute.html The Drake Equation http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/origins/drake.html Drive of Your Life (careers) [] EdHeads Engineering Activities [] Forces Lab http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/lab/forces.html Free Poverty @http://www.freepoverty.com/ GeoTerra (eco-imagination) [|http://geoterra.ecomagination.com/indexFlash.html#Island] Heritage Explorer (images and activities) http://www.heritageexplorer.org.uk/web/he/default.aspx How to Read Scales http://readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.asp Hunt for the SuperTwister [] Iraq Navigator: Mapping the Conflict [] The Jamestown Chronicles http://www.historyisfun.org/chronicles/main.html Let's Make a Microbe http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3214/01-make-flash.html Making Vaccines [] Manga Shakespeare http://www.mangashakespeare.com/free_resources.html Materials Lab http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/lab/materials.html Molly on Board (communication skills and teamwork) http://www.btbetterworld.com/pg/developing_skills/free_resources/Molly_On_Board/home.ikml Nathaniel Hawthorne [] Nobel Prize Educational Games [] OxFam Education Resources http://www.oxfam.org.uk/education/resources/ Pi: Infinite Secrets http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/archimedes/pi.html QuizGeo [] Saving the National Treasures [] Sim Sweatshop @http://www.simsweatshop.com/game/ Two Steps Forward, One Step Back (Women in Kenya) [] Who's Who in Darfur: The Geopolitics of Tragedy []

=Where are you as an interactive whiteboard user?=

Use dry-erase markers for annotating what's on the screen Teacher is the primary user Unsure, not confident with basic tools in Notebook software Uses for seatwork/bellwork/housekeeping then turns off for rest of class Used primarily for showing videos || Uses stylus markers for notes and examples in Notebook Notebook Galleries are used on a regular basis Notebook is used on an hourly basis Most Notebook features used Visual presentation limited to notes, study guides, worksheets or other scanned materials || Numerous Notebook features are used with ease, including advanced features (such as recording, spotlighting, highlighting, etc.) Students interact with manipulatives, maps or other portions of interactive lessons Students annotate in Notebook, on the Internet Interactive lessons are developed and used on a regular basis Notebook, Internet, emulators and other projected programs used on an hourly basis Interactive whiteboard and projector are used in effective visual presentations (images, maps, Internet, video integration, SMART Ideas, interactive Powerpoints, saved annotations in productivity software) Has experimented with improving skills through training sessions, downloading templates and lessons Knows basic troubleshooting || Another rubric for teacher use of interactive whiteboard: [|http://www.amphi.com/~psteffen/smartrubric.html] = = =Hardware Specific Resources (SMARTboard, Promethean, Mimeo, etc.)=
 * = **Beginning User** ||= **Adaptive User** ||= **Advanced User** ||
 * = Basic ||= Teaching and manipulating ||= Teaching, manipulating, and student interaction in a very visually effective way ||
 * Display - overhead projector

SMART's Lesson Exchange http://exchange.smarttech.com/files/

SMART Lesson Activity Toolkit Tips & Tricks http://www.education.smarttech.com/ste/en-US/Ed+Resource/Lesson+resources/toolkit/tipsandtricks.htm Quick Reference Guide:

Tons of Templates (about 650) for SMART board []

Promethean Planet http://www.prometheanplanet.com/server.php?show=nav.1128

Notebook Software Basics 2 Minute Overview [] Tips for Teaching with Interactive Whiteboards 10 Ways to Use Your Interactive Whiteboard More Effectively http://elearnr.edublogs.org/2008/09/08/10-ways-to-use-your-interactive-whiteboard-more-effectively/ Tara's Tuesday Tips http://crewesmart.wikispaces.com/ Get Smart with SMARTboards http://smartboards.typepad.com/getsmart/ Teaching with SMARTboard http://teachingwithsmartboard.com/ The Whiteboard Blog http://www.whiteboardblog.co.uk/ Interactive Whiteboard 101 @http://www.whiteboardblog.co.uk/2012/09/interactive-whiteboard-101-a-short-primer/