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It is difficult to have not noticed that the Presidential Election in the United States of America has been somewhat controversial. The same conclusion can be drawn about 'Brexit'. The implications of these events will keep historians, political analysts and indeed educators busy for many years. Regardless of your political leanings there are genuine implications for educators in these events and a considered response now and in the coming months (even years) will be required. 

As teachers we hope our lessons are engaging and that our students are engaged. We understand that positive learning experiences are more likely to occur when we are engaged cognitively and affectively by what we are doing and that when we are, new ideas and skills are more likely to stick. Engagement is an important consideration in learning and as such it is worth taking time to consider what it means to be engaged and perhaps how we bring the benefits of engagement to our teaching and our learning. 

A variety of elementary mathematic interactive websites.

Here is another site from a school district in New York providing several SMART WIB resources and projects.

Collection of SMART IWB lessons that also address science topics.

'Ideas to Inspire' is a collection of Google Docs presentations, which offer a large number of ideas for engaging lesson activities in a range of curriculum areas.

Interactive Whiteboards and Learning Improving student learning outcomes and streamlining lesson planning

This Wikispace has been produced to produce an area to allow science teachers to share SMART board teaching resources that they have made with the aim of using them in science lessons. The files are intended for use with the National Curriculum within the United Kingdom. However, it is likely that they will be applicable elsewhere. The key features of this Wikispace are:

quick whiteboard playing trick - get the attention of any class - or work as reward for best worker in a lesson

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TaskMagic is a suite of authoring tools for creating interactive lesson content. It is a really quick and easy way for teachers to create a whole range of presentation and practice activities in just a few minutes.

Free version of "The Numbers Game" from countdown. Great as a lesson starter

SMART board information, lessons, more!

This site contains lesson ideas, activities and resources, and they're all FREE for you to use in your classrooms! You can find ideas and resources in lots of different ways...

ABCya! is a leader in free & exciting computer activities for elementary students to learn on the web. All educational computer games and activities were created or approved by certified teachers! Activities are modeled from primary grade lessons and enhanced to provide an interactive way to learn. The activities incorporate content areas such as math and reading while introducing basic computer skills.

Promethean's free online community designed to provide Activclassroom teachers around the world the ability to share new and innovative lessons, access a wide variety of professional development materials, and connect with fellow Activclassroom teachers from around the Planet.