Electronic White Boards: Engaging Students through Interactive Instruction
This is an educational workshop shared by Wesley Fryer, Director of Educational Advocacy for AT&T in the State of Oklahoma. Please share this resource, these ideas and links with others! (See the bottom of the page for Creative Commons licensing info.)
OUTLINE: Electronic white boards offer exciting potential as tools to help make instruction and learning experiences more engaging, hands-on, and interactive. This workshop will introduce teachers to the basics of setting up and using an electronic white board, as well as different instructional approaches which can be used with it to make learning more interactive and engaging. A wealth of digital curriculum and electronic white board resources are available from the hardware manufacturers as well as other sources, and these will be explored and reviewed as well.
1. eWhiteBoard Options
- SmartBoards
- Interwrite school Pad
- Mimeo
- Promethian
- CPS Chalkboard
- SmartBoard Basics (2 page PDF)
- SmartBoard Tools (2 page PDF)
- Hands-On Guide to Basic Functionality (4 page PDF)
- Lesson Planning and Delivery with Notebook Software (6 page PDF)
3. Digital Curriculum Examples
- Roy: Tale of a Singing Zebra
- BBC Time Tunnel Flash website
- ExploreLearning Gizmos (commercial subscription-based)
- Smart Lesson Activites
- National Library of Virtual Manipulatives (Math)
4. Educator Networks for Collaboration on IWBs
- http://smartboardrevolution.ning.com
- http://exchange.smarttech.com
- http://smartteach.ning.com
5. Other Resources
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Please direct questions about this resource to Wesley Fryer.
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