SmartBoards and Other IWBs

"Direct links to web pages for use on your IWB, Smartboard or any computer"

Click on Playground, then choose an activity from the list.

This is a wiki . click on Alphabet Games or Alphabet Videos for links to interactive sites

choose your show (or character), then choose activities

buster games from PBS KIds

a list of some of the best and most valuable Free and Open Source educational software applications for kids. I hope this will in some way serve as a guide to those who want to teach their child at home without the need for spending some extra cash.

Five Card Flickr
"This quasi experimental web site is designed to foster visual thinking. It is based completely, or more loosely... copied, from the Five Card Nancy game devised by comics guru Scott McCloud and the nifty web version at 741.5 Comics.

However, rather than drawing from a hand of randomly chosen panels of the nancy comic, my version draws upon collections of photos. You are dealt five random photos for each draw, and your task is to select one each time to add to a selextion of images, that taken together as a final set of 5 images- tell a story in pictures.

When you are done, you the option to save the story so you can put a link in your resume or send to your Mom (she pay print it out and tape it to the fridge, or she may criticize your creativity, your mileage and mom may vary)."

Free online activity site from Sherston. Sample acctivities also for Basic Skills, Literacy, Numeracy, Geography and Science

"My Interactive Classroom produces interactive whiteboard (IWB) learning games and classroom materials that engage students and make learning fun.

The learning resources presented on this site raise the level of interactivity obtained from your interactive whiteboard. An IWB should be interactive for all. Often commercial and net based interactive materials are too teacher orientated - they are about the teacher clicking and 'interacting' with the board, while the students just "watch the interaction". My Interactive Classroom resources are whole class activities. Interaction is designed to be between the students and the board or, even more importantly, the activities facilitate learning interaction between the students themselves.

My Interactive Classroom provides free download and very affordable learning games and classroom resource materials. All have been developed by experienced classroom teachers for you to enjoy with your own class. Please feel free to contact us with your comments, ideas and testimonies."

Download the Smart Educational Toolkit, then use this page to find the howto videos you need.
"Power your lessons with the creative potential of the Lesson Activity Toolkit. Discover new ways to build lessons that energize your classroom with these helpful tips, video tutorials and best practices."

Aimed at younger students, it again lets you choose characters and scenes but will also update the text of the story depending on characters chosen and their actions. Be sure to play the instructions befor you begin

well sorted and categorized web links to interactive web sites for use on an IWB or any computer. reflects the format of the NSW Maths K-6 curriculum

Links to SMART Notebook sites where you can download ready made Notebook files and templates.\nCustom Search Engine that searches only for notebook files.

Create your own handwriting font for use on your computer. No software required, simply print out, complete, and scan our font template.

video directions for saving a flash file to your computer with Firefox

find and download interactive resources for Science investigations. In fact, these resources were developed specifically for Interactive Whiteboards.

The site organizes the resources into various categories including Physics, Biology, Technology, and Chemistry.

"The site allows the teacher or student to control how they are viewing the solar system. Users can touch and drag to move things around and they have a complete set of controls to change scale, speed of orbits (passing of time), or planetary object to follow. For example, if you follow the Sun, the Sun is stationary and it shows the other planets orbiting the Sun. If you follow the Earth, then it shows the other planetary objects with a stationary Earth." (from Teachers Love SMartboards)

Welcome to Eternal Egypt, which brings to light over five thousand years of Egyptian civilization. Eternal Egypt is a living record of a land rich in art and history, people and places, myths and religions. The stories of Eternal Egypt are told using the latest interactive technologies, high-resolution imagery, animations, virtual environments, remote cameras, three-dimensional models and more.

There are many ways to begin your journey through Eternal Egypt. The guided tour is a quick way to experience the best that the site has to offer. You can also begin with one of the cultural highlights below, or make your own discoveries using one of the many other ways to explore.
There are many ways to explore the artifacts, characters, and places that together comprise the wonder that is Eternal Egypt.