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Support for MLTI/eMINTS professional development is provided by NCLBA Title IID - Enhancing Education Through Technology Competitive Grants.

Interactive Whiteboard Elementary

 Reasons to Use an Interactive Whiteboard 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 choose a printer or create a brochure in Pages
  • Use the built in maps to teach continents, oceans, countries, or states and capitals.
  • Have students create e-folios including samples of their work and narration
  • 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 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.
  • Teaching steps to a math problem.
  • Have students share projects during Parent/Teacher/Student conferences
  • Using Graphics and charts for visual learners
  • Teaching vocabulary
  • Electronic Word Wall
  • End each day by having students write one thing that they learned

Links:

Links to Interactive Sites by Subject Area  (Bristol, VA)

Using Interactive Whiteboards in the Classroom

Thinkfinity - Search for "Interactives"

Professional Resources:

The Whiteboard Blog
- Blog for Teachers Using any Interactive Whiteboard

Smart Board Revolution - Social Network for Teachers
with Smart Boards

K-12 Case Studies