Interactive Whiteboard Resources & Practice

Welcome to Pima County Regional Support's Training

Priorities:  Not SMART & Board
Our points of emphasis today are on the effective use of interactive whiteboards as a tool for instruction; promoting practices that make use of the tool not only for visual reinforcement like a PowerPoint, but as a tool for helping students grasp concepts in a variety of ways and think, for organizing your resources, collaborating with others, and improving instruction  Why use an interactive WhiteBoard?  Just ask Robert Marzano.

Best Practices

Avoiding Building a Better Mousetrap - use the work of others!

Resources to Use with Your Board
  • Thinkfinity (Verizon Foundation Site for Educators, Students & Parents)
  • IDEAL (AZ Dept of Ed's Site for Educators)
    • Discovery Streaming
      • Videos & Other Resources
      • Teacher Center
      • Atlas
      • Educator Network
    • Math Active (from ASSET)
    • Recipes4Success
Games that Make You Think (links to our wiki on logic games)