1st Edition

Getting the Most Out of Your Interactive Whiteboard A Practical Guide

By Amy Buttner Copyright 2011
    176 Pages
    by Eye On Education

    176 Pages
    by Eye On Education

    Put your interactive whiteboard to immediate use with confidence and skill, and launch your classroom directly into the 21st-century! In this book, teacher and SMART-Certified Trainer Amy Buttner provides clear, practical steps for making the most of your interactive whiteboard, plus other multimedia tools and the web. You’ll learn how to design your own activities using SMART Notebook software, utilize the board for assessment purposes, connect with online resources, and more.

    Use interactive whiteboards to enhance instruction and engage your students in a media-rich setting. With these strategies, you’ll maximize this and other revolutionary technologies, and ultimately help to raise classroom achievement.

    Acknowledgements
    Meet the Author
    Free Downloads
    Introduction
    Purpose of the Book
    Value of the Interactive Whiteboard in the Classroom
    A Note to the Teacher
    1. Question and Explore
    Getting Started
    Idea 1: Pose a Question
    Idea 2: Explore Using Internet Resources
    2. Integrate Multiple Forms of Media
    Idea 3: Use Images
    Idea 4: Use Videos
    3. Interact with Online Resources
    Idea 5: Use Online Resources
    4. Present and Model Material
    Idea 7: Create Presentational Materials
    Creating Different Types of Page Backgrounds
    Basic Skills for Working with Text and Objects
    Presenting a Lesson
    More...
    5. Provide Opportunities for Practice
    Idea 8: Create Activities to Practice and Process
    Create Opportunities for Active Students
    Using the Interactive Whiteboard as a Learning Station
    Using the Interactive Tools and Activities from the Lesson Activity Toolkit to Preview, Practice, and Review
    Organizing and Synthesizing Information
    6. Students Examine and Create
    Idea 9: Students Examine Work
    Idea 10: Students Present their Learning
    Conclusion
    References and Resources

    Biography

    Authored by Buttner, Amy