An interactive
whiteboard - What is it?
It is a touch-sensitive whiteboard which allows teachers and
children to participate interactively in activities projected
onto it from a data projector connected to a computer.
The computer sends an electronic image to the whiteboard and
the projector projects a corresponding visual image on the board.These
two images are synchronised together by calibrating the board.
This is a quick and simple task that only needs to be done if
the board or projector have been moved.Once the board has been
calibrated you can use it to control your computers software
and use electronic flipchart facilities as a powerful teaching
and learning tool.
How you interact with the board depends on the type of board
you have. Some boards require a special pen to control them
on others you can use your finger. Whatever you have the result
is the same. The mouse pointer moves to wherever you touch the
board, buttons and icons are activated by tapping the screen
where they appear, and things can be dragged by touching them
and moving your pen or finger to the desired destination.
By using the board in this way you can use any of your existing
software without having to touch the computers keyboard and
mouse. Text and numbers can be entered using an onscreen keyboard
or sometimes by handwriting on the board, which is automatically
converted to typed text.
Benefits
Interactive whiteboard's improve the way you, teach, train and
present. They assist in lesson planning, support diverse learning
styles, and provide a needed tool for graphic representation.
Most importantly, they engage students, particularly when the
learning is student-driven.
Although thorough research has not been carried out to establish
the benefits of interactive whiteboards to teaching and learning
anecdotal evidence show the following benefits may be found.
• Pupils are more focused
• Pupils are engaged more fully in lesson
• Less able pupils are encouraged to take part
• Greater involvement of boys in literacy (due to ICT
as a means of presentation)
• Greater collaborative working
• Faster pace of learning (pupils assibilate information
more quickly because of the visual nature of the activities)
Teched provides a complete installation solution to suit your
requirements. Our installers will professionally install your
electronic whiteboard, manage the cabling and fully test and
commission the product. Our installation packages cover both
Interactive and electronic whiteboard installations.
Teched Installation Packages:
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| * Projector |
* Cables & connectors |
| * Ceiling mount kit |
* Speaker System |
| * Wall mount kit |
* Installation |
| * Input plates |
* Training |
Schools we have installed Electronic Whiteboards for:
Sacred Heart Kew
St Dominic's Camberwell
St Kevin's Ormond
St Mary Magdalen's Chadstone
Our Holy Redeemer Surrey Hills
Our Lady's Wattle Park
St Tim's Vermont South
Camberwell South Primary
Resources:
Here are some suggestions for sites which work well on interactive
whiteboards in the classroom.
Maths - Primary
| Activities
- Sites |
Explanation |
| Odd
or Even |
A drag and drop activity at three levels
of difficulty, the hardest being numbers up to 100. Move
the numbers into the correct place on the Venn diagram.
|
| Number
Line |
An interactive numberline from the DfES
to support the teaching of number and scales. |
| Greater
than or less than? |
Compare the numbers and drag and drop the correct signs
into place. |
Bang
on Time |
A game where children read the time in
words and then stop the clock when the hands are in the
matching position. You can adjust the speed of the hands.
|
| Counting
Machine |
A good demonstration tool for teachers to ask the question
'What number comes next in the sequence?' The site displays
a virtual counting stick. |
| Sort
the Shapes |
Sort the shapes on a Carroll diagram. The
headings include rectangles, not rectangles, red and not
red. |
Triangle
Sort |
Children can learn about how Venn diagrams
work here as well as sorting shapes into two groups: triangles
and other shapes. |
| Measuring
Lines |
See if you can use the ruler to measure
the lines in centimetres. |
| Estimate
|
A teaching tool for estimating numbers
on a numberline. Useful for decimals too. |
| Class
Clock |
A brilliant tool for helping children tell
the time using both analogue and digital times. |
| Clock
|
A great teaching clock which gives the
time in analogue and digital times. Turn the clock on or
back in different time periods. |
| Various
maths activities |
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives |
| Maths
activities and games |
Counton |
| Maths
arcade games |
Funbrain |
| Maths
games |
Woodlands Junior School |
| Analogue
time |
Bang on Time |
| Interactive
maths dictionary |
A Maths Dictionary For Kids |
| Number
games |
Learning Planet |
Literacy - Primary
| Activities
- Sites |
Explanation |
| Word
Play |
An amusing way to introduce children to
verbs. Children can see words behave like their meanings.
There are a total of 25 words. |
Digby
Mole's Word Games |
Games where children need to match initial consonant clusters
and end clusters. There are three levels of difficulty.
|
| Starfall
- Learn to Read |
There are good quality games and animated stories which
children can interact with. The children can click on words
to see what they say. Excellent for learning the sounds
the letters make. |
Storybook
Web |
Children will love the interactive activities
based round the books of popular authors. They can watch
and listen to them reading excerpts from their stories and
discussing their writing. |
| Alphabetical
Order |
See if you can put words into alphabetical
order on this colourful Flash site. |
| Alphabetical
Order 2 |
A drag and drop activity where you put
words into alphabetical order. Suitable for ages 6 to 8.
|
| Types
of Sentence |
An interactive activity with Ed the owl
who will help you to know different types of sentences and
the punctuation that you need to go with them. It has a
multiple choice quiz. |
Science - Primary
| Activities
- Sites |
Explanation |
| Stellarium |
A fantastic download that brings an interactive
planetarium to your screen. |
| Worldwind |
Various space activities |
| Shatters |
Planetarium style download |
| Sourceforge |
An animated model of the solar system. |
| Frog
Guts |
A virtual dissection software. |
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