Foreign languages, I am ashamed to say, are not one of my strong points. I did scrape B’s at GCSE in French and German, but I am not very good. I can order a beer in most languages though. I was asked recently if I could run a Smartboard training day in France, in French [...]
Storynory is an online treasure trove of audio stories. The site contains a mixture of new stories, fairy tales, and specially adapted myths and histories. They have published an audio story every week since November 2005 which are free to download and use.
The stories are read by Natasha Gostwick and her clear story-telling voice has [...]
Here are two new updates to the Smart website that teachers will find very useful.
Smart Gallery Collections
The new SMART Gallery collections is now live. These are themed compilations of copyright cleared objects which you can download and add to your Smart Notebook gallery. You can see the list of resources here.
Finding Smart Notebook Resources
If [...]
I’ve always been a fan of using songs to introduce science concepts, and there’s tonnes of possibilities to choose from. From proper “commercial” songs to stuff like Simple Science Videos.
Two I liked to use include They Might Be Giants – Birdhouse in Your Soul (electricity/energy) and Particle Man.
Well, it turns out that They Might Be [...]
I’ve been asked several times recently on Twitter to recommend ideas for Music lessons that involve the interactive whiteboard.
So here are 10 free resources, and one excellent paid-for resource, that will help you make music on your interactive whiteboard. More can be found on my delicious list.
MoodStream
Moodstream is a really interesting tool. It combines images [...]
This is a guest post from Karen Schweitzer, the About.com Guide to Business School. Karen also writes for OnlineCollege.org, an online college resource.
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 [...]
I mainly deliver Smartboard training in schools and colleges, but from time to time I do get asked to do corporate training for companies who have bought one for their meeting room and want to be shown how to use it.
It’s a shame that I only show them a fraction of the things they can [...]
07.16Apollo Plus 40
It’s the 40th Anniversary of the Apollo landings and there’s a lot of good stuff on the web as we hit the actual anniversary of the launch of Apollo 11 (in about 30 mins time in fact)
WeChoosetheMoon is an excellent recreation of the mission in real-time. With audio and video links to experience the launch [...]
Science teachers take note. Next week, BBC One launches Bang Goes The Theory, a brand new series with a hands-on approach to science.
Presenters Jem Stansfield, Liz Bonnin, Dallas Campbell and Dr Yan Wong will pool their knowledge and curiosity to challenge the scientific principles that shape our world. It will include a series of experiments, [...]
Here is a collection of interactive SMART Board games for educators from PBS KIDS.
This is a collection of different Flash games to explore the curriculum from trusted programs such as Curious George, Super Why and Arthur. Although the site says it’s for Smartboards, it will work fine on any brand of Interactive Whiteboard.
The site offers [...]