Amphitheater Public Schools. (2008). Sites to Use with Interactive Whiteboards Grades 6-12. Retrieved April 3, 2008 from http://www.amphi.com/departments/technology/whiteboard/midhighinteractivesites.html
My reason for picking interactive whiteboards as my technology focus was two-fold. First, I wanted to find data to support the use of IWB’s in my classroom. Secondly, I wanted to find resources that I could use with my interactive whiteboard to improve my teaching repertoire. This site supports the latter.
Some of these sites aren’t interactive (for example, the population clock), but would still be great sites to be able to put up on the screen for the whole class to see. Many, however, are interactive. The Build a Beast site is a great activity to use when studying dinosaurs. Sites I could use on a daily basis include the Sheppard Software, which has links to geography games, Terraserver, which uses satellite images to locate places, and the English grammar exercises which I could use as review with my students.
I worry about getting the most out of my IWB. Having sites like these will help me use it more effectively.
2 comments:
Reading your blog these last few weeks has also made worry that I don't use my IWB like I should. Everyday I read one of your entries, I get inspired. You have posted some great resources. I started a March resolution - the first thing I do when I get in each morning is to hookup my laptop to my IWB and orient it. That way I don't forget to do it before my classes get going.
You seem to be creating quite a collection of uses for your IWB. I have found myself describing some of the uses to coworkers and exciting them at the prospects. It's great to have additional links. I'm thinking this sort of instruction (the dinosaur activity in particular) would seem very much like a game to the students who would not even realize they were learning from it. Sounds very enjoyable and it's so much easier to instruct kids who are enjoying what they are doing.
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