Seven Whiteboard Tools for Teachers and Students is a post on Richard Byrne’s Free Technology for Teachers blog. This is a concise, helpful list of some of the best tools to enhance instruction with IWBs.
Promethean Active Inspire Training Flip Charts is a great post on “Tim’s Thoughts” blog. For those new to Promethean, these flip charts might help get you started on effective classroom utilization of your IWB.
Promethean Planet also has Activ Tips videos you can watch to help with everthing from from creating containers to working with Magic Ink. Check it out at Activ Tips.
Brain Shark.Com is a site to upload to presentations to the cloud and have them available anytime, anywhere.
Science Net Links Science NetLinks is a premier K-12 science education resource produced by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. At Science NetLinks, you’ll find teaching tools, interactives, podcasts, and hands-on activities, and all of it is free!
Turn Your Power Point Presentations into Videos is on the Power Point blog. You can either watch the video tutorial or click to see the written directions. This is a fun way to jazz up those old content presentations to use on your IWB.
Power Points of Frequent Words and Phrases comes from New Park Elementary School in Harlan, Iowa. Great collection of Power Points teachers could use with iPads or Promethean to increase reading fluency.
Thanks to Dr. Frank Buck and the Get Organized blog for sharing.
PBS LearningMedia™ is your destination for easy, instant access to thousands of classroom-ready, digital resources including videos and interactives perfect for the Interactive Whiteboard, plus audio and photos, and even in-depth lesson plans. You can search, save, and share with ease. Best of all, PBS LearningMedia™ is free for educators. Register today!
PBS KIDS is always working on something new—and usually several “somethings” at once! Whether it’s new apps focusing on math or an augmented reality game using camera phones, you’ll be able to find the latest and greatest right here at PBS KIDS Lab. This is where we debut our newest games—including some that are in development in beta testing mode—and show early research results, behind-the-scenes features, and more. Be among the very first to see what’s new with beloved characters like Curious George, the Cat in the Hat, Buddy from Dinosaur Train, Sid the Science Kid and more.
Education EOL.org is on online Encyclopedia of Life. Great site for exploring one species at a time!
Teaching Library is the place to discover free teaching ideas and lesson resources linked to children’s books and literature.
has picutre books from Hans Wilhelm and other authors free for noncommercial use in schools. Great to read together on IWB.
The Whiteboard Blog Guides for Promethean & SMART
has tutorials and written guides you can print off to help you get started or hone your skills with IWB.
Brightstorm Math and Brightstorm Science videos are free—these 2,500+ videos cover every topic in Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2, Precalculus, Trigonometry, Calculus, Biology, Chemistry and Physics
Image Base Photos are categorized, searchable, and a great tool for students to use in web design and project based learning.
Photos 8 is another site with a large number of royalty free photos that can be used in presentations and web publishing.
Wicked Science Interactives is a New Zealand site that has interactive games and puzzles for kids. Along with these science activities, there are also links to language arts and math.
Markup allows you to draw on any web page (including using Active Boards) and you do not have to sign up or download software. Simply right click and save the Markup site to your Favorites. Go to the site you want to show your class. While on the site, go to Favorites, click Markup. A toolbar will appear and let you write on the web page. You can save these markups to the site and retrieve them at a later date (perhaps for review).
Promethean Planet Earth Day Resources has flip charts and lesson planning ideas for saving the planet.
TCAP Flip Charts for Promethean Board provide an effective review tool in preparing for achievement tests. This makes it very easy to use Activ Votes and Expressions for student responses.
Rocks and Weathering is a flash video with sound and text illustrating to students the process by which sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks are formed.
Parade of Power Point Games for the Classroom – Just what the name says. You have the capability to edit the games to fit your course content.
Games in a Flash – Math Resources for IWB has many resources and games by math topic and grade level.
Using Document Cameras in the Classroom is a web site with practical ideas organized by age groups.
Brain Pop Spotlight on Presidents is the perfect resource for February studies on Presidents Day.
Hiding Images on Promethean Tutorial
This is a short, informative video tutorial (using screen capture tool JING) about how to hide images on Promethean Tic Tac Toe board.
