Getting started with SMARTboard
This is a really well written guide to using the smartboard – well worth taking a look at.
http://www.ict.oxon-lea.gov.uk/whiteboards/Getting%20Started%20with%20SMART%209.5.pdf
Thanks to Danny Nicholson at http://www.whiteboardblog.co.uk/ for this link
Interactive Whiteboards in the Classroom – report
http://www.futurelab.org.uk/resources/documents/other/whiteboards_report.pdf
Lots of teacher resources for IWBs
http://www.district16.nbed.nb.ca/mentors/TeacherResources.htm
A pdf file with egs of how to use a IWB
Not RS specific – but most of the activities could be adapted for RS lessons – worth a look
http://www.willard.k12.mo.us/co/tech/Document/Smartbrdinclass.pdf
Smartboard tips, tricks and timesavers
http://www.esu8.org/~oneill/km/SMARTBoardTipsTricksandTimeSavers.htm
A site with lots of links for interactive whiteboard files and resources
http://www.district16.nbed.nb.ca/mentors/SMARTBoardInteractiveResourcesandSites.htm
The teacher’s hub
The teacher’s hub collects together the resources from the official Smartboard site
http://www.education.smarttech.com/ste/en-US/Ed+Resource/Teachers+Hub/
Smartboards new Lesson Activity Toolkit
Lots of really good Flash activities – you really must download this
http://education.smarttech.com/ste/en-US/Ed+Resource/Software+Resources/toolkit/
In between the lines – brilliant RS resource
Just take a look around this site to see how useful it could be for GCSE RS
http://ibtl.londongt.org/index.php?page=home
Brilliant school site with lots of resources
This school site has a great range of IWB games available to use – but there is also a huge amount of other resources too. Well worth looking at
http://rsrevision.com/contents/teachers.htm
Rotating video cube
Each side of the cube can have a different video or picture on it http://js8media.com/quartzcube/
Quiz generators for the IWB
There are a couple of free generators on this site, as well as some which you have to pay for
http://www.contentgenerator.net/purchase.asp
Promethean Planet
For those of you with a promethean board – although Smartboard users can also import these files to use. There is a small selection of RS files on this site – take a look
http://www.prometheanplanet.com/uk/server/show/nav.779
Powerpoint games
Download templates for games including:
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Correct Order |
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Diagram It |
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E-mail Game |
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Flash Cards |
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Idea Map |
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Jeopardy |
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Multiple Choice |
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Scavenger Hunt |
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What is the Truth? |
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Triples |
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Trivia |
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What Am I? |
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Word Jumble |
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Word Search |
http://facstaff.uww.edu/jonesd/games/index.html
Create your own interactive timelines
This could be used in lots of ways – for example, a time line of a religious leader or a religion itself
