Alissa I used the multiplication arrays and it was fantastic for teaching that 9 x 8 could be partitioned into (9 x 4) + (9X4). The kids made connections to partitioning and part-part-whole.
While these stories are not interactive, I listened to White Socks Only and it is a marvelous story which lends itself to predicting and cultural tolerances and racism. What kids don't like to have a story read to them with a different voice than their teacher's. Thanks Jan.
This is a great interactive game for the whole class or small group. Try to identify sets of 3 cards while looking at similarities and differences with 4 attributes.
Great K/1 interactive site that Avi showed me. I taught the kids the word "intuitive" with this one as there are no instructions...I was amazed at how quickly they figured out the gist of each activity. The aquarium was their favourite (the little submarine on the left). We used the site on our board and on stand alone computers.
Might be a good goal for September!! The challenge will be launched in June and involves participants creating videos and / or screencasts of some of the great things they are doing with their IWB to share with teachers and students across the globe. The aim is to improve the use of Interactive Whiteboards in classrooms around the world. Great way to connect with others!
Yes, Alissa the lesson plan that Michelle is referring to is fanatastic and kids of all ages seem to grasp this concept pretty quickly. In fact my 6 year old son intuitively got it before my 10 year old.
Sometimes you just have to draw, and paint, and erase, and draw some more.
This Blog post has links to 12 free online drawing tools and has nice short annotations. Of these, I have only used Sumopaint and Aviary. I am looking forward to trying some other ones.
I have also had a ton of fun with sketchup on a smartboard.
Today as an extension to creating towers etc with blocks my grade ones and twos worked with google sketch up on both the SMARTboard and stand alone computers- pretty cool