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An interactive White Board (IWB) or SMART Board has the potential to deliver content better than traditional methods of teaching. Why? Because it provides multi-media functional interaction across audio, video, and computer media. It is also ideal for visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learners. These qualities of an IWB also promote the dynamic delivery of content (if used to its full potential) in an engaging manner, which allows students to interact with science or math content their self. Examples include: * data manipulation * responding to data * even creating data So with all these attributes - "How are interactive white boards unsuccessfully used in science and math classrooms?" For the most part - not effectively!

discussion board on interactive white boards

Blog EmerginEdTech article on 6 online interactive whiteboards - the choices are worth exploring; you'll probably wind up using more than one

"Ten Interactive White Board Web 2.0 Tools"

A three level self assessment is presented for determining levels of strengths and weaknesses with white boards, along with recommendations for professional development.

Great site for interactive activies for a IWB

Interactive whiteboards (IWB) allow science and math teachers to teach multi-sensory lessons, seamlessly jumping from one type of media to another. Interactive science or math lessons can easily integrate text, sound, video, and graphics based on the tactile nature of the IWB.

Here is my post on Week 2 of the IWB Challenge.

Three pages of interactive world maps made into a jigsaw. Great for the white board.

Sketchcast is a great way to demonstrate ideas and concepts through drawing and voice. Using Sketchcast is as easy as drawing on a white board while explaining a concept. Sketchcast provides users with a place sketch diagrams while speaking at the same time. The sketches can then be embedded into a blog or shared via email.

Large searchable library of games, quizzes, animations and videos

Free teaching resources for using an interactive white board.

Make review games for your interactive white board with Stu's Quiz Boxes.

This allows you to make a jeopardy style game for classroom use.

This is a fee-based service, but the activities it contains are aligned to standards. The interactives really help to unlock the potential of your interactive white board. Students can also access the activities from home for additional practice and reinforcement. It's a great service that might be worth checking out.

and StarrMatica is sponsoring the 2010 IWB Challenge with a free school subscrption! http://iwbchallenge.wikispaces.com

Help make spelling time a fun time! SpellingCity.com can be an invaluable part of every child's spelling and vocabulary education with over 42,000 spelling words and customizable sentences. The games are fully functional on your interactive white board

fantastic tool.

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