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This article defines and illustrates effective use of an IWB in a classroom setting. A response system is also a key component to effective use. First hand experience is used to determine effective use.

This article is a research synthesis. This woman looked into articles and compared their opinions and results on student motivation using an IWB. Specifically, she found that student motivation will increase if teachers provide students with many opportunities to interact with the IWB, use engaging effects within the IWB, and allow children to use multiple senses within the lesson.

Dr. Marzano's research laboratory. He is often considered the IWB "guru" in completing research about the use and impact of IWB and how students respond.

Promotes teacher training on interactive whiteboards so they can be used effectively versus teachers that don't utilize interactive features of the whiteboard.

Published Online: January 8, 2010 Published in Print: February 3, 2010, as Beyond Teacher Chalk Talk Students hop out of their seats during Lonnise Gilley's lessons as they compete to solve a geometry problem or compare the sides of color-coded shapes on the board in front of the class. This is a great article stressing the importance of how the teacher uses an IWB that determines how effective it is.

This article explains how IWB can benefit the needs of all types of learners. It focuses on using IWB and other technology to make accommodations of special needs students. It touches base on the fact that teachers feel overwhelmed with the increasing work load of general and special education students. In reference to this, IWB are able to create a sense of flexibility that allows teachers to make quick and effective adaptations with the click of a button.

Founded in 1943, ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) is an educational leadership organization dedicated to advancing best practices and policies for the success of each learner. This organization has incredible up-to-the-minute resources. This is a 2009 IWB article about using this technology in the classroom by Dr. Marzano.

Interactive Lesson Development Software ActivInspire is the educational software that powers the ActivClassroom on Promethean brand IWB's. ActivInspire 1.5 is the software that may be useable on any IWB. It provides limited access to wealth of Promethean teacher resources.

Merriam-Webster's Word Central is a great tool for students to see a larger version of a dictionary. Teachers can also utilize the games available. The understanding of the arrangement of information in a dictionary is a fundamental skill that will benefit all learners. Utilizing this tool on an IWB collectively gives students an experience with a dictionary.

A useful site for teaching basic punctuation marks such as question marks, exclamation marks and full stops. Includes a download option and multiple interactive activities. Punctuation is a focus area. This tool also has a multiple choice quiz. Though it uses British spellings, the fundamentals of grammar are presented in a fun format! This is especially important due to the nature of grammar concepts.

Welcome to Seussville! This site while a bit young for middle school, completely absorbs them! It contains fun literacy activities for all ages. Very engaging animations, graphics and sound. Turn your speakers on! Get the students up out of their seats to read and move.

This is book written by Howard Pitler, Elizabeth R. Hubbell, Matt Kuhn and Kim Malenoski This book with a foreward by Robert J. Marzano explains researched based instructional strategies that have proven to be effective uses of technology in educational settings. The authors are a distinguished list of experts in educational technology.

This is an excellent example of how to use a Prezi in Langugae Arts - specifically in narrowing a research report topic. Its use of zooming in precisley aligns with the thought process we ask students to use when narrowing their topics.

Comic cartoon creator great for creative writing on both a collaborative and an individual basis. This is an engaging tool especially for the unmotivated or those who like anime or graphic novels. This tool would be useful in creating a synopsis of a reading, plot analysis in literature, or to generate the basic concepts for creative writing.

Promotes teacher training on interactive whiteboards so they can be used effectively versus teachers that don't utilize interactive features of the whiteboard.