Whiteboard+Activities


 * || ** What Can I Do with an Interactive Whiteboard?...  **

**1 - Colors, Fonts, and Shapes** Make use of the variety of colors, fonts, and shapes available.
 * Try some contrasting colors for text and backgrounds. Use bold text to make it jump out. Consider yellow text on a blue or red background.
 * Use colors to separate information from questions.
 * Create multiple columns.

There are many software packages you can use for concept mapping including the shapes in Notebook. If you plan to do a lot of concept maps, it's a good idea to use a separate package such as [|Kidspiration] or [|Inspiration]
 * 2 - Concept Mapping**


 * 3 - Export**
 * You can export files as PDF, HTML, or images.
 * 4 - Hyperlink** * **Website ideas**:
 * [|Teacher Tap: Interactive Websites] - [|BBC Science Clips]
 * [|Teacher Tap: Electronic Books]
 * [|Teacher Tap: Primary Sources] - [|Our Documents]
 * [|Teacher Tap: Visual Resources] - Photographs, videos, [|cloud websites]
 * **Maps**
 * [|42explore: Maps]
 * [|Atlapedia]
 * [|Maps and Geography] from National Geographic
 * [|Mapquest]
 * [|Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection] - current & historical
 * [|Historical maps]
 * [|Teacher Tap: References]
 * [|Visual Thesaurus]
 * **Video ideas**: Streaming video from United Streaming, video-rich websites
 * **Other ideas**: Link to Word, Excel, Kidspiration, etc.
 * Select an object. Pull down the Insert menu. Select Link. Paste the URL (web address) OR click Document and find the file. Click OK.


 * 5 - Interactive Resources: Simulations, Websites, Tutorials, Manipulatives**
 * [|Teacher Tap: Interactive Websites]
 * [|BBC Schools]
 * [|BBC Science Clips]
 * [|Place the State]
 * [|SMARTboard Portaportal]
 * Makers
 * [|BBC Radio] - Making Tracks (Shockwave sound manipulatives)
 * [|Kid's music games]
 * [|Create a Graph]
 * [|Teacher Tap: Magnet Poetry, Stories, & Mad Libs]
 * [|ReadWriteThink Materials]
 * [|Look-Listen-Learn Materials] from ArtsEdge
 * 6 - Print**
 * You can print in many ways.
 * Make class "big books"
 * Create class "review books"


 * 7 - Rotate and Move Objects**
 * Incorporate movement into your activities.
 * Use rotation for clock hands, protractors, and labels
 * Arrange sentence or pictures to show a sequence.
 * Have some fun. Create a fact or fiction page. Use red Xs or green checks to mark answers.
 * [|Mythbusters] from Discovery.com


 * 8 - Templates**
 * Create a new page. Pull down the Insert menu. Choose Select Template.
 * Download [|PowerPoint] templates from Brainy Betty.

>> [|Ad Gallery] from Office of National Drug Control Policy
 * 9 - Video and Audio**
 * Ideas:
 * Record student presentations
 * Record short movies
 * Save lessons
 * [|Animation]
 * [|Animated Atlas] - Traces the growth of the United States
 * [|Cell Alive]
 * [|How Stuff Works - Animation]
 * [|Multimedia Seeds: Video Clips]
 * [|Chemistry-based Movies]
 * [|C-Span]
 * [|Early American Videos]
 * [|Holocaust Movie Clips]
 * [|Meet the Writers] from Barnes and Noble
 * [|Video Zoo] from Animal Planet
 * [|Multimedia Seeds: Audio Clips]


 * [|Reading Rainbow Student Book Reviews]
 * [|Amazing Bats]
 * [|42explore: Bats]
 * [|Young Writer's and Illustrator's Contest]


 * 10 - Visuals: Photos, Drawings, Maps**
 * [|Teacher Tap: Visual Resources]
 * Ideas
 * [|It's No Laughing Matter: Analyzing Political Cartoons] from Library of Congress
 * Add digital photos to your assignments.
 * [|US Government Graphics and Photos] from First Gov
 * [|Historical Maps] from Perry-Castaneda Library
 * Incorporate Clipart collection photos.
 * Use photos as hooks, starters.
 * Use photos in assessment and review.
 * Electronic Manipulatives
 * Dissections, math manipulatives, simulations
 * [|E-examples for Math]
 * Country, state/province, regional, community
 * Ideas: biomes, invasive species, cultural movement, exploration routes, migration routes, battle sites and events, climates
 * Compare multiple maps over time, use different colors for different routes
 * [|Journey Note Field Notes] - Maps for earthworms, frogs, hummingbirds, loons, whales, ice, leaves, maple syrup, monarchs, birds, manatee, tulips, whooping cranes ([|Teacher's Resources])
 * Capture images from websites and take notes - chemical elements, animals, people, places, [|graphing software]
 * Directions
 * Pull downs the Draw menu, select Order, and send Back or Forward to layer photos.
 * Put Hyperlinks on photos to go to websites or open documents such as Inspiration.

Lots of virtual field trips.
 * 11 - Virtual Field Trips**
 * Teacher Tap: Virtual Field Trips** http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic35.htm
 * [|Virtual Lake District] from Ambleside Primary School


 * 12 - Write**
 * Use computer keyboard, on-screen keyboard, markers
 * Prewriting activities: brainstorming, lists
 * Composing activities
 * Editing activities
 * Brainstorm a way to use:
 * [|Treasure box 1], [|Treasure box 2]


 * 13. Layers**
 * Use layers to hide/reveal questions and answers ||