Interactive Whiteboard Resources

4 Basic Ways to Achieve Interactivity

1. Annotation (Mark it) - digital ink and shapes over text and images (SMART Ink, Apple Preview, Google Keep, Skitch, AWWapp.com)

2. Classification (Drag it) - moving objects to labeled categories (Google Drawings Templates, Google Slides, PowerPoint)

3. Hide and Reveal (Reveal it) - erasing digital ink, layering objects, manipulating colors of text and background, animation

4. Games that combine the above - SMART lab,Plickers, Kahoot!, SMART Exchange game templates, online game creation websites like Jeopardylabs.com

Workshop Activities

Activity 2: Create drag and drop "magnetic poetry" on Google Drawings or Google Slides

Activity 3: Practice four hide and reveal techniques

Activity 4: "Earn a Certificate" quiz, created using Google Sheets + Flippity.net

Additional Resources to Explore

Review basic SMART Notebook functions

Using SMART Ink

Graphic Organizers and Other Templates

SMART Exchange game template examples:

Connect 4, Board Game review, TicTacToe

Flippity.net - use Google Sheets to create some useful classroom tools (e.g., flashcards, random pickers, quiz show, certificate quiz)

Excellent online instant Jeopardy Game creation site

Instant online math classification games

Wonderful source of free digital resources - clipart, photos, maps, backgrounds, etc.