Resources for the SMART Board and Interactive Web Sites that work nicely with a SMART Board

Please feel free to add additional resources.  The public key is:  "dp".

• SMART Board Glossary

  How well do you know your SMART Board terms?

Classroom Activities

• Simon

  Another Simon

  The classic four coloured memory game

• Yahtzee

  Another classic game on the web

• Interactive Number Line

  From the British Primary Math strategies, use this number line to illustrate numeric concepts

• Give the Dog a Bone

  Interactive 100s chart activity

• Crickweb

  131 interactivities for children

• Interactive Stories for Kids

  Stories written for younger students which lend themselves nicely to interact and display on your SMART Board

• Comic Creator

  From ReadWriteThink, create your own online comic

• Bembo

  Bembo's interactive zoo

• Make Beliefs Comix

  Create your own comic strip online

• Animated Tales

  They combine the best of picture book art with small lively detailed animations, specifically designed to fit with a picture-book style.

• National Library of Virtual Mathematics Manipulatives

  Mathematics activities by strand and division

• Mathville 1

  Ministry licensed Mathville product - Password needed

• FlashEarth

  Interactive tour of the earth - like Google Earth but has multiple sources

• Into the Book

  Into the Book is a multimedia teaching resource designed to enhance reading comprehension for K-3 students.

• BoomWhacker Central

  Play BoomWhacker music on your SMART Board

• Freebees

  Demonstrations of some of the activities from Sherston Publishing

• Skillswise: Words

  From the BBC, collection of Language activities

• Skillswise: Numbers

  From the BBC, collection of Mathematics activities

• Science Clips, Water Cycle

  From the BBC, a collection of Science activities and a Water cycle

• The Life Cycle of a Plant

  Discover the life cycle of your favourite plant

• Interactive Internet Resources

  Links to other interactive websites

• Water Cycle Story

  Animated resource describing the water cycle

• Woodlands School Interactive Resources

  All kinds of interactive activities for classroom use

• Morphie's Great Water Ride Adventure

  Environment Canada's Insights into Water

• Interactive Mathematics Websites

  Launchpad to a collection of mathematics sites

• Big Screen Calculator

  Do the math - together

• Measures

  Colourful and engaging site all about measurement

• Primary Interactive WhiteBoard Resources

  Launch pad for activities in Math, Language, Science, and "Others".

• Great K-3 SMARTboard sites

  Launch pad to a collection of primary resources.

• Illuminations

  Interactive resources from the NCTM

Lessons on the Web

• SMART Board Activities

  Huge collection of lesson plans for all grades

• SMART Board Ideas

  All kinds of starting points for motivating you to use the SMART Board

• Interactive Literacy Sites for the SMART Board

  Collection of links to online activities

• Interactive Math Sites for the SMART Board

  Ditto for mathematics

• SMART Online Resources

  Collection of websites from the SMART Tech Website

• SMART Notebook Resources

  Lessons correlated to subject areas and grade levels

• Interactive Whiteboard Resources

  Collection of online activities for primary grades

• Beacon Learning Centre

  Huge collection of teacher and student activities. Interactive but designed also for class interaction.

• Ontario Curriculum Notebooks

  Free downloadable notebooks to use with your class.

• Tech2Learn
  Brenda Sherry's collection of links

Tutorials

• SMART Technology's Training Centre

  Use the straightforward Hands-on Practices to gain practical experience with your SMART Board interactive whiteboard.

• SMART Board Training Materials

  For teachers, to learn how to use the technology -- with plenty of resources

• Engaging Learners the SMARTboard Way

  Huge collection of engaging websites and tutorials

• Georgia's Educational Technological Training Centre Page

  Large collection of Interactive Whiteboard links, categorized by subject.

Research

• Trent Math Education Research Collaborative Interactive Whiteboard Framework

  The framework for effective mathematics teaching and learning using the Interactive Whiteboard was designed after systematic research in 12 classrooms in Ontario. The framework describes how teachers and students are using Interactive Whiteboards in their classrooms. The framework on this website has video clips of teachers and students using the IWB as well as accompanying lesson plans and notebook files.

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