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Innovative Uses ofInteractive Whiteboardsin Literacy Classrooms :Innovative Uses ofInteractive Whiteboardsin Literacy Classrooms By Marcia Figueroa
Mount Saint Mary College
Literacy & Technology
July 29, 2009
The benefit of using an Interactive Whiteboard is: :The benefit of using an Interactive Whiteboard is: It is INTERACTIVE
and ENGAGING!
An innovative activity to engage Early Readers :An innovative activity to engage Early Readers Create pictures from the letter “B” that begin with the letter “B” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF_HZHyffnU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF_HZHyffnU
Slide 4:Reading Readiness Skills
Creates a visual image for letter-
sound correspondence
Higher Order Thinking
Collaborative
Encourages Creativity BENEFITS OF PARTICIPATING IN THIS ACTIVITY
Slide 5:ENGAGE AND CHALLENGE WITH A VISUAL BOOK CONNECTION Circle objects that begin/end in the _____sound
Slide 6:BENEFITS OF USING THIS ACTIVITY Cross Curricular Options, Math
Non-Competitive Competitiveness
Students Learn to be Observant
Conversation/Writing Prompt
Good Mind Warmer
Reading Readiness
Slide 7:FOR OLDER STUDENTS Science and Literacy from PBS
Slide 8:BENEFITS OF USING THIS ACTIVITY Engaging for Late Elementary, Middle
School and High School Students!
Gives an Authentic Description of
Newton’s Third Law of Motion
Higher Order of Thinking, Analysis, Logic
Builds Relationship Skills
Slide 9:SITES USED FOR THIS PRESENTATION Dragonfly TV (2006). Retrieved July 26, 2009
from PBS Kids website
http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/games/i
ndex.html
Where’s Waldo?(nd). Retrieved July 26, 2009
from Unreality Magazine Website
http://unrealitymag.com/wp-
content/uploads/2009/06/waldo1.jpg
Slide 10:Resources Potter, J. (1999, Summer). Making the drawing/literacy
connection. Retrieved July 23, 2009 from The Center
for Best Practices in Early Childhood website
http://www.wiu.edu/thecenter/articles/draw1.html
Robinson, L. (2001, Winter). Technology literacy strategies
\ support reading research recommendations.
Retrieved July 23, 2009 from The Center for Best
Practices in Early Childhood website
http://www.wiu.edu/thecenter/articles/researchrecom
mendations.html
MORE INFORMATION :MORE INFORMATION All Screencasts were made using AuthorStream, Screencast-O-Matic and SmartBoard Notebook 10 Software.
To download Smart Notebook Software, go to
http://www2.smarttech.com/st/en-US/Support/Downloads/default.htm
To see a SmartBoard Tutorial go to: http://stusupport.curry.edu/SMARTBoardTutorials.html
Screencast-o-matic is at http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/