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Interactive Whiteboards

 
       
       
Here is a collection of resources for use on IWBs.  They are listed here together, rather than under curriculum areas, because some of them contain presentation ideas you might want to use in other contexts.
       
(Remember this about downloading ACTIVstudio and ACTIVprimary flipcharts)

Here are a couple of handy ideas sheets for using whiteboards in Literacy and Maths (Word documents - 3MB and 1MB respectively) From National Whiteboard Network

Tricks and Tips
 
Donna says "I learnt how to do something today which I thought was very simple but effective. (People are probably using it already) See the quick flipchart I made.

Use the eraser and rub over the lines.

Could be used when making flipchart books

Get the example flipchart here


Early years

       
Poisson Rouge   website Explore!
       
       

Literacy - Foundation/KS1

       
Ginger Bread Man Sarah Warren ACTIVprimary (1.2MB) "A novel way of introducing children to geographical features using a familiar story character. The kids loved it!! They selected the features from a selection that I had added to the resource library."
       
Three Billy Goats Gruff Margaret Allen ACTIVprimary (0.8MB) Demonstrates one way to hide text
       
       

Maths - Foundation/KS 1

 
One more/One less Sarah Warren ACTIVprimary (0.1MB) easy to use reveal technique
       
samples - ideas Daniel Bunker ACTIVprimary (1.5MB)  
This presentation was used to showcase engaging mathematical ideas for use in KS1 and Foundation. It takes pages from a number of sources that are available in their entirety from the resource area of the Promethean website.
       

Maths - KS2

 
National maths Interactive Teaching Programs
       
Square It NRICH webpage dots to squares game
       

Music

       
Music Club Daniel Bunker ACVTIVprimary (2.1MB) shows use of a reveal tool
       

Science

       
6B - Micro-organisms   ACTIVprimary (1.2MB)  
       
Investigation planning    
Group planning    
       

Related stuff

There are good on-line tutorials for ActivStudio and ActivPrimary here
       
A webpage that supports a Scholastic Junior Education magazine article exploring the effective use of interactive whiteboards in Primary Literacy can be found here. It includes two downloadable flipcharts - The Little Match Girl and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Look for the yellow note with a teacher's hat (!) on some pages - click on this for teachers notes.
       
       
"Wonders of Whiteboards" Margaret Allen pdf (3.6MB) Magazine article on imaginative use
       
Getting the most from your interactive whiteboard BECTA pdf (0.9MB)  
       

Places to get flipcharts from

       
Lewisham      
National Whiteboard Network    
Promethean      
Sheffield      
The Lighthouse for Education    
       
our old collection of links (for L)