iste-iwb-resources

Hands off, Vanna! Giving Students Control of Interactive Whiteboard Learning

**Resources**
====Intro • Tips and Strategies • Working with words • Working with images • Create/improve/decide • Teacher Sharing • Resources====

There are wonderful, free resources for IWBs from teachers, ed tech trainers, even IWB manufacturers. As you explore them, keep in mind the criteria of having the activities be student-centered, collaborative, even creative. Here is a sampling of IWB resources, including some things that are great for extra challenges or unique ways to learn/practice and some articles and posts related to the current IWB cost-benefit debate. (Form your own informed opinion about whether your IWB is worth the money.) In addition to the list below, see separate IWB-friendly tool lists on pages for working with **words, images, and collaboration.**

If you would like to suggest another, please [|contact us], putting "IWB resource" in the subject line. Only FREE resources (or those with a significant free area) are reviewed and listed by TeachersFirst. We do not review sites that are selling things.


 * **Title/Link** || **Description** || **TeachersFirst review with details and ideas for using it (where applicable)** ||
 * [|Easy Prompter] || Make an IWB reading fluency center for small groups or choral reading using the web-based or downloaded version of this software that converts pasted text into a teleprompter! || Easy Prompter [|review] ||
 * [|Eyeplorer] || a visual tool for looking at a term and its related topics || Eyeplorer [|review] ||
 * [|Interactive Whiteboard Redemption] || Post by Patrick Ledesma on ideas for IWB beginners (and technophobes) ||  ||
 * [|IWBs are no Silver Bullet] || Chris Betcher’s post on the IWB debate and what really matters about IWB use ||  ||
 * [|Longwood Central SD SMARTboard lessons] || An extensive list by curriculum topic. Again, watch out for Vanna! || Longwood Central [|review] ||
 * [|oneword] || Sidebar writing activity prompt || oneword [|review] ||
 * [|Six Word Stories] || a great sidebar collaborative challenge for writing and creativity || Six Word Stories [|review] ||
 * SMART Exchange

[|collection] || SMART tech's own collection of SMART notebook activities. Note that you can use SMART Notebook express, an online site, to view a SMART notebook on any IWB. ||  || //TeachersFirst is a free, ad-free service from the non-profit, The Source for Learning. We depend on our site traffic stats and positive word of mouth to obtain funding to add to our professional resources. Kindly abide by copyright in your use of these pages. Feel free to tell friends, link to these pages, tweet them, or blog about them! If you use these pages in a teacher inservice or teacher-ed class, please [|send us a quick message] so we can share your story with our funders.//
 * [|SMART Notebook Express] || Online site where you can load any Notebook file and view/use it on any brand of IWB || SMART Notebook Express [|review] ||
 * [|SMART notebook software] || Free download of 30 day trial. Have students create their own activities (no IWB needed to create things). Click on the version of SMART notebook appropriate for you. This software is free forever if you have the serial number of your SMART device. ||  ||
 * [|Teachers Love SMARTboards] || Blog full of SMARTboard ideas and resources ||  ||
 * TeachersFirst Edge, [|collaboration tools] || a collection of scores of collaborative tools, all reviewed by experienced teachers with practical tips and ideas ||  ||
 * [|TeachersFirst SMART Notebook resources] || Several of the above and more. Remember to use SMART Notebok Express if you have a different brand of IWB. All resources are reviewed by experienced teachers ||  ||
 * [|Video Tutorial] || How to use "floating mouse" so mouseovers work on a SMART brand IWB (You must agree to the Site Usage policy to see the video). ||  ||
 * [|The Whiteboard blog] || Another great source of IWB ideas and activities. Just watch out for Vanna! ||  ||
 * [|Why I Hate Interactive Whiteboards] || Bill Ferriter’s post that opened the floodgates to IWB cost/benefit debate ||  ||