Interactive Whiteboards for Effective Primary Science

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Interactive Whiteboards for Effective Primary
Science
Continuing Professional Development
UnitInteractive Whiteboards for Effective
Primary Science
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Introduction
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Interactive whiteboard (IWB) Overview

• Click for an introduction.

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Whiteboard Basics

• An IWB is a piece of apparatus that allows people
  to see and work a computer on a large scale (on a
  huge screen) by the touch of a pen or finger.

• Objects can be moved around very easily and
  software can be controlled as though you were
  using a mouse. You can also write over (annotate)
  anything on your screen.
• This allows a teacher to create a science lesson
  that is presentational, participational and
  finally interactive.

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Whiteboard Basics

• There are many makes of IWB on the market and all
  will allow you to control software and write
  over it. We are going to refer to two market
  leaders. They are SMART and Promethean boards.
• On the next slides you will see the basics of how
  to use the boards.

• Promethean Board.

• Smart Board.

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Looking at the pen tools on a Promethean board

• Description of the tools on a Promethean board.

shapes to draw
highlighter
colours
pen
clear all
rubber
redo
undo
select
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Looking at the pen tools on a SMART board

• Description of the tools on a SMART board.

thickness of pen
shape tools
select
highlighter
redo
undo
colours
pen
rubber
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Video Using the pen tools

• Promethean Board.

• Smart Board.

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Pen Tool Challenge

• Can you think of some ways you can use pen tools
  in a science lesson?

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More pen tool ideas

• Make notes.
• Create a flow chart of ideas.
• Use a different colour for a key science word.
• Create simple diagrams.
• Draw a sequence out of order and use the select
  tool to reorder it.
• Create gap fill exercises to test knowledge.
• Write over a science CD to illustrate a point.
• Log on to the Internet and write over key ideas.

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Video Using the text tool

• Promethean Board.

• Smart Board.

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The Text tool

• On a Promethean board you can simply click on
  this icon and write in the text box that
  appears. Youll get lots of formatting icons in a
  window that operate similar to word.You can
  also click on this icon and your free writing
  will convert to printed text.
• On a SMART board you can either type straight
  from your computer keyboard or use the on screen
  one that is accessed by pressing a button on the
  right hand side of the board.You can also write
  freehand on the board, select the writing using
  the select tool and then click on the capital A
  that appears.

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Text tool challenge

• Can you think of some ideas that will enhance
  your science lesson when you use the text tool?

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Text Tool ideas

• Write out your learning goals in text.
• Create a gap fill exercise to test comprehension.
• Create single words to move around the screen so
  they can be matched up to meanings or appropriate
  images.
• Create word lists related to a science topic and
  show them on the board.
• Match up sentence halves related to science work.
• Create labels for a simple diagram and use the
  select tool to match them to the right place.
• Create a science based sentence word by word and
  use the select tool to construct the sentence.

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Video Using images

• Promethean Board.

• Smart Board.

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Inserting an image

• A very simple way of inserting an image is to
  find the camera icon on either board. The
  promethean icon looks like this and the
  SMART icon looks like this .
• On the Promethean board click on the camera tool
  choose area snapshot, draw around your picture
  and select the icon that is labelled to current
  page. Click and your image is captured into your
  Whiteboard software.
• On the SMART board click on the camera icon and
  select area snapshot. Minimise your notebook file
  and draw round the object of your choice. The
  image is immediately captured onto your notebook.

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Image Challenge

• Can you collect a series of images on a science
  topic of your choice so that they can be the base
  of your next science lesson.
• Use the camera tool.
• A useful tip is to visit http//google.com then
  click on the image tab. Type in the name of the
  kind of image youd like and you will find you
  have access to literally millions of images that
  you can use for creating lessons.

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Video Leo demonstrates how to plan and execute
ideas for teaching in his Lab, using two boards

• SMART Board.

• Promethean Board.

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The final Challenge

• Select a a science topic of your choice and try
  to create a lesson using IWB software.
• On your first page type out your learning goals
  and put in a wow factor image.
• On your next page present the information you
  wish to give to the children and illustrate it.
• On the next page ask the children to come out to
  the board to either write or move an appropriate
  object around the screen.
• On a further page create a task that makes the
  children talk among themselves so they interact.
  (e.g. discuss an image)
• Finally either you or the children can carry out
  a written/oral plenary using the board to write
  down appropriate information.
• For further ideas click here to view a
  non-interactive sample lesson

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Interactive Whiteboards for Effective Primary
Science
Interactive Whiteboards for Effective Primary
Science
You have reached the end of this workshop. We
hope that it has promoted some stimulating
discussion about the purposes and potential of
interactive whiteboardsThank you for your
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