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Fifty Tips for using Interactive Whiteboards (c)2002-2005 P. Chittenden, St. Edmund's Catholic School, Dover 1.
Display a massive word-search and have a competition to find the most
words **starter 2.
Devise a Who Wants To Be A Millionaire quiz as revision for a topic 3.
Use a webcam to project a demonstration onto the board 4.
Take images of a demonstration and ask pupils to label/explain different
parts on the board 5.
Create a Hot Potatoes web page that has some word rearrangement puzzles
and use on the board **starter 6.
Use a Weakest Link-style with questions on the board for revision (see http://www.bbc.co.uk/weakestlink/
for ideas on how to do this they have an online game) 7.
Buy some revision guide software that includes a commentary. When running revision sessions, play the appropriate section
straight through the board for 10 minutes or so will refresh the pupils on
the topic and give you a break from teaching 8.
Learn how to produce simple animations using PowerPoint, Flash or
Shockwave to enhance any explanations 9.
Pupils can be called up to move words around to fill the gaps
(Cloze-style) in a paragraph **starter 10.
Install mind-mapping software so pupils can construct a mind-map for a
topic on the board **starter 11.
Use Excel to help with KS4 coursework to allow time for
Analysis/Evaluation, each pupil can complete a small part of the coursework,
then enter their results on the board, plot a graph immediately 12.
In alliance with another school, use cheap webcams for pupils to
communicate via the whiteboard 13.
Scan in newspaper articles or headline to stimulate discussions. 14.
Incorporate photographs that will make an abstract concept more relevant 15.
Always have a slide showing learning objectives at the start of any
presentation 16.
Create a step-by-step guide to a tricky topic such as balancing
chemical equations use on the board and then put it on the school network so
pupils can run through it themselves if they get stuck 17.
Use any of these ideas as just one part of a circus of activities 18.
Attach a VCR to the board and play educational videos through it 19.
Stand close to the IWB but not obscuring it if you stand a distance
away, pupils are unsure where to look and may focus on you rather than the board 20.
Put a set of explanation bullet points in the wrong order and ask pupils
to sort them 21.
Download and use absolutely any demo pieces of software that are
available even a ten-slide demo package can be very useful 22.
Do not use an interactive white board for every minute of every lesson.
Pupils still need to do small group, individual reading, practical and
written work; saturation will make pupils lose interest. 23.
Design a crossword using Hot Potatoes that pupils take it in turn to
complete on the board **starter 24.
Save everything you do because every resource can be used again and again 25. Use digital photographs to illustrate a difficult practical technique on the board very useful especially at A-level
(c)2002-2005 P. Chittenden, St. Edmund's Catholic School, Dover 26.
Dont go too fast, especially with pre-prepared slides the pupils
need time to digest information 27.
When attempting mathematical problems, set the board to cycle through a
worked example so anyone who is stuck can just look up and have it explained
simply to them again 28.
Set an end of topic test using the board with timer settings, each
question can be displayed only for a certain amount of time 29.
Show a diagram on the board and ask pupils to label it using words that
are scattered about the page **starter 30.
Have a routine in lessons, e.g. always use the interactive white board
for a particularly part of the lesson: pupils feel much more comfortable with
routine. 31.
Use clear fonts, light pastel backgrounds, essential points, key words,
appropriate pictures/photos/sounds only (no gimmicks), simple transitions and
always have a summary when you produce PowerPoint slides 32.
Create a backup copy of all your work (onto a CD-R if possible) it is
very nasty if someone loses all their IWB work 33.
Use a webcam to conduct debates, discussion or quizzes between two
competing classes 34.
Display a series of events or steps on the board and ask pupils to
produce a flowchart in their books, e.g. based on the last lesson **starter 35.
Use as a revision tool for SATs, particularly diagram drawing/labelling
questions pupils can draw on board and then be analysed/corrected by others
**starter 36.
Look out for the BBC Project in Merseyside this is ongoing and will
eventually produce lots of 2 minute video clips tied to KS3 schemes of work to
be used as starters **starter 37.
Set tasks for pupils that involved them making and delivering a set of
PowerPoint slides on a topic you can then use the best ones in future
lessons to present that topic to other classes, and even ask the pupils to come
in and introduce the topic. When
doing this, it is useful to brainstorm a topic and split it into bite-size
pieces, avoiding repetition between presentations. 38.
Obtain a flexcam that can be attached to a microscope to display
magnified samples on the board (note that the common digital microscopes do not
generally produce images of high enough quality or clarity for secondary school
use). 39.
Hyperlink any presentations to any relevant software to give pupils a
break from the slides 40.
Create slides that break down a concept that is poorly explaining in a
set text book 41.
Turn off any screensaver this can be extremely distracting 42.
Allow pupils to conduct web searches using the board during research work
any useful resource is then immediately displayed and available to pupils. 43.
Just occasionally, use silly pictures or animations as memory aids
will be memorable to pupils 44.
Present a piece of text on the whiteboard pupils then have to
highlight the key points and produce a summary; your ideal summary can then be
on the next slide for comparison 45.
Display a paragraph and questions on the board (DARTS activity) and have
a whole-class or small group discussion about the answer 46.
Try and make an improvement to every interactive white board lesson you
teach dont create a lesson then use it unchanged and unimproved for the
next 10 years! 47.
Keep some paper or OHT back-ups of slides it is not unknown for
school networks to go offline for months, or blown projector bulbs not to be
replaced until the next financial year! 48.
If possible, put all your work on the school website so pupils can access
it from home 49. Maintain email contact with colleagues and share resources 50.
Scan
in and display any excellent homework that is completed by pupils to motivate
others; this is a particularly useful way to highlight good scientific
explanations that pupils have written
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