Interactive whiteboards are a great way for teachers to engage classrooms in learning. These tools are also cost effective. The Internet has tons of free sources to help teachers learn about and use IWBs with students. Including a list of 20 interactive whiteboard resources and activities guaranteed to stimulate learning.
This blog by Dr. Scott McLeod focuses on the use of instructional technology in schools and the technology leadership issues that educators are currently facing.
David Warlick manages this wiki that discusses the uses of wikis for teaching and learning while also providing information on other tools such as social networking, podcasting, and personal learning networks. Classroom 2.0
This social network is made up of educators who discuss Web 2.0 and collaborative technologies and how to integrate them into classrooms.
Game Classroom is a one-stop web destination for accessing high-quality educational games, and homework help for K-6 students. Game Classroom offers math games, homework help, worksheets and more. It is a great site for kids, parents and teachers.
Classroom 2.0 Resources
FreeRice Have your students play this vocabulary game, and they’ll learn while donating food to people in need.
Brain Boosters
Discovery Education’s Brain Boosters are challenging mental games.
Learning Adventures
This collection offers multimedia education on sharks, slavery, and more.
The Online Books Page
This website is home to more than 30,000 free books that you can read online
Bartleby
Bartleby offers lots of different texts online, from novels to reference.
Audio Books for Kids
Allow your kids to listen to audio books for free with this site.
RhymeZone
In the RhymeZone, you can type in a word to find its rhymes, synonyms, definitions, and more.
GO2WEB20 find all Web 2.0 Tools and Applications on one page, get a short description, compare, read reviews, see what people are saying about each one on the web
FreezeRay (6-12) http://freezeray.com/index.html This site offers a growing bank of imaginative, highly visual teaching-aids developed for use with interactive whiteboards in Schools. The resources are designed to be used as rich sources of visually stimulating material, making use of both animations and drag and drop interactivity. Categories include Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Scientific Literacy, Technology VnR modeling as well as a Teacher Guide category.
PBSKids SmartBoard Games (K-6) http://pbskids.org/whiteboard This site has a collection of educational interactive games for educators. Students will enjoy participating in these collaborative and engaging experiences, while exploring curriculum from trusted programs such as Curious George, Super Why and Arthur. These educational games can be used with a SmartBoard.Subject areas include Arts, Language Arts, Math and Social Studies.
Blogs
The WhiteBoard Blog
Interactive whiteboards are a great way for teachers to engage classrooms in learning. These tools are also cost effective. The Internet has tons of free sources to help teachers learn about and use IWBs with students. Including a list of 20 interactive whiteboard resources and activities guaranteed to stimulate learning.Dangerously Irrelevant
This blog by Dr. Scott McLeod focuses on the use of instructional technology in schools and the technology leadership issues that educators are currently facing.Weblogg-ed
This blog by Will Richardson centers around the use of web-based technologies in the K-12 classroom such as blogs, wikis, RSS, and audiocasts.SMART Board Resources
Compiled for curriculum planning sessionMegaPost
Resources that include multimedia and universal design for learning.
Interactive Multimedia Technology
Wikis
David Warlick's CoLearners Wiki
David Warlick manages this wiki that discusses the uses of wikis for teaching and learning while also providing information on other tools such as social networking, podcasting, and personal learning networks.Classroom 2.0
This social network is made up of educators who discuss Web 2.0 and collaborative technologies and how to integrate them into classrooms.Web 2.0 Guru
This wiki focuses on current educational technologies and how they can be used with students. It focuses on the shift to 21st century literacy skills.Interactive Whiteboards
Link to Classroom 2.0 Social Network DiscussionsWeb 2.0 Resources
Delicious
This social bookmarking site provides users a central location to tag, save, and share web pages.Flickr
Flickr is an online collaborative tool that can be used to organize photos and videos and share them with others.GameClassroom
Game Classroom is a one-stop web destination for accessing high-quality educational games, and homework help for K-6 students. Game Classroom offers math games, homework help, worksheets and more. It is a great site for kids, parents and teachers.Classroom 2.0 Resources
FreeRiceHave your students play this vocabulary game, and they’ll learn while donating food to people in need.
Brain Boosters
Discovery Education’s Brain Boosters are challenging mental games.
Learning Adventures
This collection offers multimedia education on sharks, slavery, and more.
The Online Books Page
This website is home to more than 30,000 free books that you can read online
Bartleby
Bartleby offers lots of different texts online, from novels to reference.
Audio Books for Kids
Allow your kids to listen to audio books for free with this site.
RhymeZone
In the RhymeZone, you can type in a word to find its rhymes, synonyms, definitions, and more.
Children’s Storybooks Online
This site offers illustrated children’s stories for free.
Word Search Generator
Create a customized printable word find worksheet with this tool.
Free Classic Audiobooks
On this site, you’ll find classics like Huckleberry Finn on audiobooks for free.
Poetry Idea Engine
The Poetry Idea Engine is a great tool for writing haikus, limericks, and more.
Orangoo
Use this quick online spell check to make sure your text is perfect.
Bibliomania
Bibliomania offers more than 2,000 classic texts, along with notes, author biographies, and study guides.
Writing Prompts/Journal Topics
Check out these topics to assign to your students.
Handwriting Worksheets
Use these worksheets to help your students practice their handwriting.
Project Gutenberg
This project has more than 25,000 free books, and over 100,000 titles in its network.
Electronic Fieldtrips
Take field trips online with this site.
Exploratorium Hands-on Activities
Here you’ll find activities including sport science, a journey to Mars, and cow’s eye dissection.
Podcast:
SmartBoards Lessons Podcast
Video:
The future of digital whiteboards
A presentation of a new kind of whiteboard software that lets you manipulate -- for real -- objects that you draw on a whiteboard.Website Resources:
FreezeRay (6-12)
http://freezeray.com/index.html
This site offers a growing bank of imaginative, highly visual teaching-aids developed for use with interactive whiteboards in Schools. The resources are designed to be used as rich sources of visually stimulating material, making use of both animations and drag and drop interactivity. Categories include Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Scientific Literacy, Technology VnR modeling as well as a Teacher Guide category.
PBSKids SmartBoard Games (K-6)
http://pbskids.org/whiteboard
This site has a collection of educational interactive games for educators. Students will enjoy participating in these collaborative and engaging experiences, while exploring curriculum from trusted programs such as Curious George, Super Why and Arthur. These educational games can be used with a SmartBoard.Subject areas include Arts, Language Arts, Math and Social Studies.