How to Use an Interactive Whiteboard Really Effectively in Your Secondary Classroom

by Gage,Jenny

• ISBN13: 9781843122623
• ISBN10: 1843122626
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2006-01-20
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This book helps teachers get to grips with using software and offers advice on the different classroom management, differentiation and learning styles issues involved in using a whiteboard in a classroom context by: Covering issues specific to Primary school teachers integrating whiteboard teaching into their classrooms Providing cross-curricular strategies that help teachers incorporate the board in a range of subjects Including screenshots and photos that show what can be created and how to do it Offering innovative ways of presenting curriculum topics Including a CD packed full of resources that teachers can develop for their own use.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	viii
Foreword	ix
Chris Drage
About the author	xii
The Interactive Whiteboard CD-ROM	xiii
CD Resources	xiv
Interactive whiteboards: purchasing, installation and training	xviii
Introduction	xxii
Getting started	xxvi
Ten things you should find out about your IWB sooner rather than later	xxvi
Ten tips to help you use your IWB more effectively	xxvi
Ten things to avoid	xxvii
Part 1 The Interactive Whiteboard in the Classroom	1	(30)
The practicalities	3	(5)
How can an interactive whiteboard enhance teaching and learning in the secondary school?	8	(9)
Pedagogy	17	(14)
Part 2 Creating Lesson Resources	31	(95)
Getting acquainted with the interactive whiteboard	33	(9)
Microsoft software	42	(16)
Using interactive whiteboard software	58	(33)
Teaching strategies	91	(22)
Additional software	113	(13)
Appendix 1 Where to get help and find additional resources	126	(4)
Appendix 2 Reference table for AS2	130	(3)
Appendix 3 Reference table for SMARTBoard	133	(3)
Appendix 4 Reference table for StarBoard	136	(2)
Index	138