Here are some quick ideas for using an IWB for Biology teaching.
1. Sequence the stages in Mitosis or Meiosis using images or statements
2. Drag and Drop animals and arrows to create Food Chains and Webs
3. Label diagrams of the various body systems using images captured from the Internet or from the gallery.
4. Investigate genetic crossing [...]
03.31Smartboard Browser
I just found this post on the Smart Exchange forum by Quentin D’Souza of teachinghacks.com. He has written a fab little flash tool that you can add to a Smart Notebook page which will let you browse the internet within Notebook itself.
You can add it to the My Content area of your Gallery, and drag [...]
03.28Links Roundup
A quick round up of some of the sites I’ve added to my del.icio.us feed this week
Adobe Photoshop ExpressAn free online photo editor from Adobe.https://www.photoshop.com/express/
TimelinesTelevised history documentaries for free on the web.http://www.timelines.tv/
Viscosity:Create Abstract arthttp://windowseat.ca/viscosity/create.php
NCEF Resource ListNCEF’s resource list of links, books, and journal articles on the educational use of interactive whiteboardhttp://www.schoolfacilities.net/rl/interactive_whiteboards.cfm
World Wide TelescopeVirtual Telescope. Not [...]
There are many different ways of interacting with the IWB to support teaching and provide learning opportunities.
Introduction: – Lesson starters, giving the lesson aims and objectives, “Awe and Wonder” introductions
Main body: Explaining practical work/tasks or illustrating main concepts. Using software/ simulations or other software.
Plenary: collecting in results, analysing data as a group, summarising the lesson [...]
There are many ways an IWB can benefits your teaching. Some of them are summarised here:
Motivation: Pupils say that they find it motivating because it is big, bright, and colourful and they can get more involved with the lesson. Teachers find it motivating because it opens up a wealth of resources from which they [...]
It might be useful to start at the beginning and explain a few basics for those readers who are coming here to find out about Interactive Whiteboards from the point of view of a complete beginner.
What is an interactive Whiteboard?
Wikipedia defines an Interactive Whiteboard (IWB) as
An interactive whiteboard is a large interactive display that connects [...]
03.25Shift Happens
Something to think about.
What kind of a world are we currently preparing our students for? What kind of a world should we be preparing them for.?
This is a version of a presentaton by Karl Fisch. It’s been doing the rounds for a while, but I was shown it again in a training session today by [...]
Two years ago I produced a pack of Smart Notebook files for Steljes, the distributors of Smartboards over here in the UK. They formed part of a teachers pack that was distributed to schools around the UK.
The files were also available via the Steljes Software site. For now, that site is no longer up, and [...]
03.17Smartboard Spotlight
James Hollis over at Teachers Love Smartboards has posted a link to a great video about how to use the Spotlight tool in Smart Notebook.
I love the Smartboard tool, its a very fun tool for focusing attention on one part of the screen and removing any distractions.
I commented on James’ post about how you can [...]
03.14Google Sky
Previously only available via Google Earth, which you had to download and run locally, Google have now made Google Sky available online to access anywhere with an internet connection.
Now you can browse the night sky and zoom in on any interesting galaxies or star clusters that you like.
Google Sky via kwout
If you haven’t tried them, [...]