Written by James Hollis
I wanted to share a fun Smart Notebook review game to thank you for what you do in the classroom and for dedicating your life to the most important and rewarding profession in the world. I’m honored to share resources and support all teachers who love SMART Boards.
Halloween Clip Art (updated) I have compiled an extensive collection of Halloween-related clip art so you don’t have to spend time looking all over the Internet. Games Hangman - Fun graphics, more advanced word list. (3 stars) Halloween Hangman - Good, simple hangman game for Halloween (3 stars) Halloween Pairs Game - Zoomable and very […]
However, one organization called FreeRice has a fun website that, along with your SMART Board, involves you in the process of donating food to people in need.
AnimatedatlasI really enjoyed the Growth of a Nation activity from the Animated Atlas website. The presentation takes you through the growth of the United States from 1780 all the way through to the current day.
The website is fully interactive and works great on the Smartboard; it allows you to pause and restart the presentation; it allows you to slide the time line pointer to advance to different time periods, it allows you to click on the states to see more detail; and it even provides a scrollable time line that organizes pertinent data into key topics.
This is my second post talking about Gigapan. Gigapan is a project that incorporates extremely high resolution photographs in a panoramic setting using an innovative method of exploring the image over the Internet.
This site is so easy to use with the SMART Board and it’s truly one of the most fascinating sites to learn about the world around us.
The first site is called State Capitals and it allows you to practice identifying the U.S. capitals using a highly engaging interactive site.
The second site is called Place the State and it challenges students to drag and drop states to the correct location on a map of the United States. It even calculates how far off you are.
In honor of Columbus Day, I thought I would try to locate some useful resources about Christopher Columbus that would be good to use on the SMARTBoard.
I decided to re-visit Learning Planet to see what they were up to. While not much has changed, they do have some fun activities that work great with the SMART Board interactive whiteboard and are free to use. You can click on the pictures below to go directly to the grade level you’re interested in.
Imagine how cool it would be to have your students interacting with your SMART Board, learning about the countries of the world and having fun. Well, GeoSpy is your answer. Another neat feature is the ability to print out a certificate with the student’s name on it.
It’s the Travel IQ Challenge from Travelpod.com. Since they allow you to embed the game into any website, I’m providing the game on one of my pages so it’s free from advertisements. I’m certainly glad Danny got back from his vacation so he could share this. Don’t forget to check out his blog as well as his company’s website, Think Bank Ltd, that contains all sorts of great resources for your interactive whiteboard.