Engaging Students with Interactive Whiteboards

Spotlight Overview

Spotlight Goals

• Discuss “interactivity”, “engagement”, and the benefits of using an IWB
• Identify classroom activities that can be enriched through the use of an IWB, leading to increased student engagement
• Provide additional resources for professional development and extended learning
• Demonstrate how to use the technical tools available in IWB software

1Build Your Understanding

I Have an Interactive Whiteboard, Now What? Workshop (21 min)

2Put This Concept Into Practice - Classroom Projects

Building Acrostic Poems (16 min)
Hide & Reveal (33 min)
Interactive Multiplication (33 min)
Saturn Flip (26 min)
What’s the Moral? (58 min)
What’s Your Mood? (25 min)

3Reflect & Apply

Professional Development Workbook
Adapting 21st Century Skills Projects to the Classroom Workshop
ePortfolio

?Reference Tools

ActivStudio^® Courses
ActivPrimary^® Courses
ActivInspire^® Courses
Easiteach^® Courses
Epson^® TeamBoard Draw Courses
Mimio^® Courses
SMART Board^™ Notebook Courses

SMART Board and Notebook are trademarks of SMART Technologies, Inc., in Canada and the U.S. ActivInspire, ActivPrimary and ActivStudio are registered trademarks of Promethean, Inc. in the United States/Promethean LTD in the United Kingdom as well as other countries worldwide. Mimio is a registered trademark of Sanford L.P. Easiteach is a registered trademark of Research Machines plc. Epson is a registered trademark of Epson America, Inc.