Getting+More+out+of+your+Interactive+Board

Presenter: Aly Tapp School District: York Suburban Email: tappaly@gmail.com

I created my presentation in Keynote. Conversion to PowerPoint resulted in some skewed formating, but the links should still work. Here you go!


 * Session blogged by: Ann Johnston**


 * Three levels of interactive whiteboard use:**

1. Entry level usage move from whiteboard to interactive board

2. Next level - pulling resources in and getting the students to use the tools

3. Third level - board to create lesson content, used Activstudio, SmartNotebook, RM Easiteach

Teach presentation skills - it's a life skill. Give students the power

Some students may still create Power Points, but some will create digital storytelling, animoto, VoiceThread, Photo Story, etc.

Abilitiy to save and return - capture a lesson (difference between the regular whiteboard and interactive whiteboard)

Polyvision.wikispaces.com - interactive whiteboard specific - Social Studies interactive websites available, as well as other categories

Shared Blabberize site - image and make mouth move with your recording

Shared Where in the US? interactive website from [|www.globalclassroom.org]

Warning with searching with .ppt - not the best use of technology of simply sharing Power Points. A good example though was a Jeopardy type game on the Constitution.


 * Benefits:**

Create lessons in the interactive whiteboard software, use again later - easy to change

Idea for great feedback on papers - remove names and exchange with another class period. Students had no problem with editing knowing that the author was not in the room. Then saves it as a jpeg and emails it to the student.

There are shufflers in the software that can be used for classroom management - groups, time limits, etc.

Great for projects - "one stop shop" for all of the presentations, i.e. Animoto presentations

Value of the board when it is in the classroom all the time; not something to "sign out"