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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 blog allows you to read, share, and express your thoughts about technology in the classroom. You are able to view resources that people have posted and continue to use in their classrooms. I think this is a great resource for teachers to stay connected with other teachers that support the use of technology in classrooms.

Skype in the classroom is a website community designed to connect teachers, classrooms, and learning all around the world. You can submit a project idea or browse projects already submitted and consider joining. A great resource to connect and collaborate world wide with projects in all subject areas.

This article describes how a sixth grade teacher, Bill Ferriter, uses VoiceThread in the classroom. Ferriter explains the positive aspects of using this tech tool with students and suggests that teachers start small, but that the program is easy to use.

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 a unique presentation software adding depth as a dimension and providing a nonlinear conceptual tool for organizing thought and presenting information. Its flexibility affords multiple uses for IWB use in a classroom setting.

This article discusses a study done to see how Interactive White Boards affect student engagement within the classroom. The results of this study showed that students enjoy using the whiteboard and the use of an IWB as an instructional tool did affect student engagement positively, mainly because of visual potential. Although this information seems like having an IWB in every classroom is a 'no brainer', schools have to take many factors into mind such as funds, safety, teacher interest, and available technology training.

Read the same article earlier today. Interesting!

This article discusses the importance of having 21st century technologies in classrooms to promote collaboration, creative thinking, problem solving, and communication. The article describes these technologies including interactive whiteboards, student response systems, and video conferencing.

This is a wiki originally started by Colette Cassinelli. There is lots of information here about using VoiceThreads in the classroom. The wiki describes VoiceThreads, shares samples, gives resources and other tips and and ideas for use at different grade levels.

This website takes you right to the source. Here VoiceThread provides information to users including easy to follow steps for beginning to use this in the classroom, publications that cite positive uses of VoiceThread with students, and websites where you can get other information.

This website provides audio reading, games, and puzzles that correlate to the books listed. My school district uses these books to enforce weekly vocabulary. I enjoy using hangman, crossword puzzles, interactive flashcards, word searches, and multiple choice questions within my own classroom. Students, teachers, and families can access this website in order to study and interact with vocabulary.

Wordle is a program that allows you to enter words and make 'word clouds'. These word clouds can be used for vocabulary within Math and Social Studies units or to demonstrate a students prior knowledge of a topic. This could also be used for a spin on the traditional word wall. The more you enter a certain word, the larger it appears in the cloud. By creating a Wordle 'word cloud', children will be exposed to vocabulary words they have seen or will be introduced to. This website allows you to be creative and use words to make a piece of art in which you can share, show, and use within the classroom.

Although I posted SMART resources in previous posts, these resources are specifically designed for vocabulary instruction. Since I am focusing on vocabulary within Interactive White Boards, these pre-made lessons will allow me to adapt the words and use these interactive board games, activities, matching forms, etc. in my own classroom.

Tell your students to get their cell phones out and turn them ON! With this program (free for audiences of 30 or less) you can get your students to interact with the content being presented, and they can do so anonymously. Teachers can do votes, poll the class on whatever is suitable for that lesson, get feedback on how well students are understanding material, and students can also post comments. A science teacher at my school uses it often and loves it! (And so do her students!) Here is what the Poll Everywhere website has to say: "Poll Everywhere replaces expensive proprietary audience response hardware with standard web technology. It's the easiest way to gather live responses in any venue: conferences, presentations, classrooms, radio, tv, print - anywhere. It can help you to raise money by letting people pledge via text messaging."

ReadWriteThink is a respected organization dedicated to improving student literacy. This site has a variety of resources for both in and out-of-school use that focus on helping students organize their thoughts and learn about language.

This is a guest post by Caro Pinto, the John Hay Whitney Family Papers Processing Archivist at Yale University Library. Follow her on Twitter at @caropinto.--@jbj]An Archivist Walks into a Classroom… Many archivists spend their professional lives working in basements preparing diaries, letters, and photographs for use by students and faculty. This is first hand account of someone using Prezi successfully for instructional purposes at the college level.

Gives basic introduction to IWB brands and uses from the NEA

This discusses the pros and cons of IWB on student collaboration with the studies conducted. These studies test if Interactive White Boards can be altered from their teacher-led purpose to encourage collaboration among students.

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.

This website provides a list of resources that can be used with Interactive White Boards (IWB). The resources are broken up into the following categories, Primary, Mid/Upper Elementary, Middle School/High School, and Resources Great for Any Age. Each category has several resources and FREE links that will allow you to incorporate literacy into your classroom while using the technology of IWB.