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Spurred on by an ambitious government program and hundreds of millions of dollars in funding since 2003, more than three quarters of British schools have installed IWBs and amassed plenty of experience in how-and how not-to use them.

Welcome to Topmarks Education's Interactive Whiteboard Resources section! To get started pick a subject, then an age group from the menu on the left. We've been working hard to feature the best educational resources which work well on interactive whiteboards in the classroom. The resources are organised by subject, age group and category to make them easy for you to find. We are constantly updating the web sites listed here to ensure that they are current.

Are you new to using an interactive whiteboard (IWB)? Have you used one for ages but want some other ideas? Are you using an IWB regularly but know you could use it better? Then you are invited to join The 2010 Interactive Whiteboard Challenge! The aim of the IWB Challenge: To improve the use of interactive whiteboards in classrooms everywhere by having students and teachers set challenges for each other by creating videos and screencasts of ways they use their IWB. The aim is also to connect educators and students to others who are working at improving their IWB practice.

The Effectiveness of using Interactive Whiteboards in Promoting Mathematical Thinking Project team: Sara Merrett, Julie-Ann Edwards; Keith Jones The aim of this project was to analyse the effectiveness of using an interactive whiteboard in promoting mathematical thinking in a secondary school. The project was part-supported by a DfES research scholarship.

This page is devoted to the growing collection of lesson plans that utilize Interactive Whiteboards as a technology resource.

Dabbleboard is an online collaboration application that's centered around the whiteboard. With a new type of drawing interface that's actually easy and fun to use, Dabbleboard gets out of your way and just lets you draw. Finally the whiteboard enters the digital age!

Integration Ideas for using Interactive Whiteboards

Integration Ideas for using Interactive Whiteboards. Slides by Lauren Fee and Peggy Whyte from ITSCO (Instructional Technology Services of Central Ohio

"My Interactive Classroom produces interactive whiteboard (IWB) learning games and classroom materials that engage students and make learning fun. The learning resources presented on this site raise the level of interactivity obtained from your interactive whiteboard. An IWB should be interactive for all. Often commercial and net based interactive materials are too teacher orientated - they are about the teacher clicking and 'interacting' with the board, while the students just "watch the interaction". My Interactive Classroom resources are whole class activities. Interaction is designed to be between the students and the board or, even more importantly, the activities facilitate learning interaction between the students themselves. My Interactive Classroom provides free download and very affordable learning games and classroom resource materials. All have been developed by experienced classroom teachers for you to enjoy with your own class. Please feel free to contact us with your comments, ideas and testimonies."

Interactive technology in the classroom My name is Danny Nicholson and I am a freelance educational consultant. My main specialty is the use of Interactive Whiteboards, but I am interested in lots of different bits of tech that are now being used in schools.

An extraordinary moment happened in the making of this commercial for SMART. Students were collaborating, storyboarding, visualizing, and coordinating their strategies for creating this video project on the art room's interactive whiteboard. These 4th grade students are hoping to win a SMART board for their classroom since they understand how transformational this interactive tool can be for learning. Luckily for them, their class is looping to 5th grade with the same teacher, so they would be directly benefiting if their video is chosen. See our behind the scenes video at: animoto.com/play/9i4RJibVJrLt2O0Qs1ZKDw

Now teachers and students anywhere in the world, can connect and meet live in the Virtual Classroom for an online interactive class. The collaborative web conferencing environment enables you to communicate synchronously using video and audio or through text chat, and to share presentations, documents and images on an interactive whiteboard. Join us now, to conduct your online live class and experience the next best alternative to classroom teaching.

Dabbleboard is an interactive whiteboard that will help you visualize, explore and communicate ideas.

The Primary Games Series provides a wide range of highly engaging and enjoyable maths games which allow children to learn while having fun. Whether used individually or as a whole class resource with an Interactive Whiteboard (such as SMART or PROMETHEAN boards), they are guaranteed to stimulate and motivate whilst meeting lesson objectives. Evaluate Primary Games Vol. 6 on this page.

Scholastic's collection of SmartBoard lessons. These will work with other brands of IWB if you download the Interactive Viewer software http://www2.smarttech.com/st/en-US/Products/SMART+Board+software/NotebookIV.htm "The viewer allows you to exchange Notebook files with any of your colleagues, even if they don't have access to the full version of Notebook software. You can also view your content created in Notebook software on any computer and present the material using any brand of interactive whiteboard. There is an open license for Notebook interactive viewer, which means the software can be installed on every computer in your school. The download is simple and can be done on individual computers, or the software can be installed on your school network."

Try before you buy! Click to download full teaching topics for use on your Interactive Whiteboard.

interative screens mostly for math, some English, European maps for Geography

"Here are some free activities for you to download. They are experiments developed by some of our programmers as they learn about programming, and are not representative of our commercial products; but you might find them useful or entertaining in the classroom. Run the applications on the interactive whiteboard in your classroom and print out instructions for ten playground games."

review of Smart Notebook  v11

This lesson explores the use of verbs to add dramatic interest to poems. The activities will encourage pupils to think more carefully about the use of verbs to describe action and should enable them to develop their knowledge of verbs and stimulate them to write more descriptive poems. The whiteboard activities will encourage whole class/group discussion, collaboration and participation.