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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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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 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 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.

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!

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.

This paper presents the results of a study that gathered information from pupils on their views of using IWB's inthe classroom. Specifically the researchers were interested in learning, metacognition, and how an interactive whiteboard affected this process. The report shares positive results from students as well as some of the students' frustrations. * note - To read the paper in complete you must sign up for an account.

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

A paper that presents research and case study observations from the US, UK, and Australia. The information highlights increased student engagement and motivation with the use of interactive whiteboards, attention to different student learning styles, and the impact of using iwb's for review.

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 is a vocabulary website that allows you to create your own interactive flash cards to help you learn terms and definitions. There are also tests and spelling activities available for your terms. Lastly, there is a game where you drag the definition to the term and they will disappear when correct. What a fun twist on paper flash cards!

Learn about dinosaur parts while constructing your own. (K-2) Experiment with online weather tools. (K-8) Sharpen skills with engaging math word problems.(K-2) Solve math problems with the clues Math Maven uncovers. (3-5) Discover insect facts and fun. (K-4) Teach students to think like scientists. (3-10)

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."

Gives basic introduction to IWB brands and uses from the NEA

British research analysis on uses of IWB in education

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.