Saturday, October 10, 2009

Technology Tools

Amphitheater Smart Board Collaborative
http://amphismartboard.wordpress.com/
This site is a blog where educators can discuss the experiences they have had while using their interactive whiteboards. This helps to expand your educational community to those in your field, that area far away.
Interactive Whiteboards in the Classroom
http://www.fsdb.k12.fl.us/rmc/tutorials/whiteboards.html
This site provides different ways to use interactive whiteboards in the classroom. There are even tutorials to help use the technology as well as software to use in your classroom with the interactive whiteboards.
Promethean: Lighting the Flame of Learning
http://www.prometheanworld.com/
This site provides tools and software for use with an Activboard (a type of interactive whiteboard). Support is also provided through this site for educators with interactive whiteboards in their classrooms.
Smart TM
http://www.education.smarttech.com/ste/en-US/Ed+Resource/Lesson+activities/default.htm
The Smart technology website provides resources for educators, as well as software to download for use in the classroom. The software and tools available can be used in all areas of education, beginning with Kindergarten.
eHow
http://www.ehow.com/way_5339374_tips-interactive-whiteboard-lessons-kindergarten.html
This website gives examples of ways to use interactive whiteboards to help with math lessons. From calendar lessons implemented in Kindergarten, to addition facts and even to games, interactive whiteboards provide twists to the old fashion dry erase board.

A Plus Math
http://www.aplusmath.com/Flashcards/index.html
This site provides flashcards with various types of math facts including addition. The students can use the interactive whiteboard to display their answer. The program displays whether the answer was correct, and the student can correct their work on their own.
Funbrain
http://www.funbrain.com/linejump/index.html
This website has mathematical games students can play on the interactive whiteboard. Some activities include using a number line to practice moving on the line. This helps students to develop number sense and basic addition and subtraction.
Learning Planet
http://www.learningplanet.com/sam/cyc/index.asp?contentid=174
This site has student count the chickens using their interactive whiteboard. They use this tool to help master the standard of counting.
Primary Games
http://www.primarygames.com/math.htm
This website is a wonderful storybook for kindergarteners. The students read through the book on the interactive whiteboard while working on the standards focused in the particular storyboard. This provides for a wonderful tool for kindergarteners.

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