Smartboard

I think we have all noticed how excited our students are to use the Smartboard. Kids love the interaction and accessibility. Those students who don't have the fine motor skills to use a pencil/paper, can draw or write on the Smartboard. Many of our students can draw by manipulating "stickers" to add to a line drawing, such as adding features to a jack-o-lantern or a snowman. I have seen so many great activities being used in the classrooms resulting in fantastic learning opportunities. Let's use this WIKI page for listing our favorite websites/programs to use with the smartboard.

Be sure to visit the other pages on this wiki for specific academic subject areas for smartboard activities (reading, math, science, multicultural/social studies).

[|Smart Exchange]lesson plans for your Smart Board
Find lesson plans for your SMART Board and connect with teachers

==[|Everything Smart Board Tutorials/Lessons etc] Be sure to visit this site created by an Ohio school principal, really well organized and tons of links to help get more use out of your Smart Board==

[|Boardmaker Share] Most of the classrooms have Boardmaker Plus which is great for creating interactive lessons. Why reinvent the wheel! Look for activities made by other teachers and tweak them to fit your lessons.

Google tools- Enhance your students learning with the use of Google tools
[|Google Maps] [|Google Docs] [|Google Translate] [|Google Books] [|Google Scholar]

==[|Microsoft Tutorials for Assessibility] Assessibility features for Windows 7, text to speech, voice recognition, magnifier, keyboard shortcuts==

[|tarheelreader.org]accessible books for beginning readers of all ages
Each book can be speech enabled and accessed using multiple interfaces, including touch screens, the IntelliKeys with custom overlays, and 1 to 3 switches

[|Simplek12.]
==SimpleK12 is a learning network for teachers and other professionals working in education. Trains teacher and students to learn and use technology. The site does offer free information although for access to the full site a membership is required. You can also follow simplek12 at [|www.twitter.com] or subscribe to their blog Simplek12 Blog==

=[|Birmingham Schools UK]= =Ready to use interactive smartboard lessons= = = =[|Crickweb Elementary Activities]= =UK website with interactive smartboard lessons= = = =[|abcya.com]= =Interactive Smartboard educational activities for grades K though 5=

=[|Interactive Weather maker from Scholastic]=

Interactive weather maker that you control by changing temperature or precipitation. Watch rain change to snow as you lower the temperature.
Monarch Teaching Technologies, Inc. These activities are made for the VIZZLE program. Don't have access to VIZZLE? No problem! The good people at Monarch allow you to view the lesson in HTML format. You can't alter the activities, but many can be used in your classroom just as it is written. = =

[|Promethean Planet.com] Worlds largest interactive white board community
Starfall This website has great activities that can be used with the Smartboard. I especially like the calendar activities and making a snowman.

Don't forget to use those interactive cards that are sent out for halloween and Christmas. Many of these are great cause and effect activities to use on the Smartboard.

Wynne - I love Starfall too! My students love this site and go to it everyday when they have free time. My Favorite site is Brain POP Jr. We are lucky that our principal bought it for our school and all the teachers use it.

[|Auburn.edu] Power Point decodable books for early readers
==[|Prairiesouth] website created for beginning readers, click on the triangle in the bottom right to turn a page, click on a word you don't know to hear it read in a childs voice==

[|Studystack] ready made or create your own flashcards
=FREE TEXT TO SPEECH=