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Go to this page to get a quick overview of using Storia and a whiteboard to bring home your reading focus to your entire class... http://teacher.scholastic.com/... There are two whiteboard videos on this page-one with a teacher and one with a librarian.

Thanks to some creative teachers in Ohio you can try these lessons. http://www.willoughby-eastlake...

Created by NY teachers... http://www.longwood.k12.ny.us/...

Mark your calendar for Thursday, Oct. 11 (noon ET). J.K. Rowling will conduct a live author visit from Scotland for interested fans. To get info go to http://hpread.scholastic.com/

Thinkfinity has been around for a while, and it is supported by Verizon. If you want to get some of the money back that Verizon grabs from you each month, try this site. http://www.thinkfinity.org/int...

There are some interactive board possibilities for exploration at this site... http://www.britishmuseum.org/e...

Here is a small, but fun, site that would be good for group writing at a broad range of grades... http://www.makebeliefscomix.co...

Here is a site that would enhance any music program in your classroom. http://www.sfskids.org/templat...

Scholastic.com will have a virtual field trip to Ellis Island on March 29th at 1 p.m. EDT. This trip can fit into so many social studies, writing, and character ed lessons. If you can't make it then, it will be archived for later viewing. Use your white board to show the field trip to the entire class.

Lessons from K-5. http://www.learningtoday.com/c...

This site has plenty of resources at all grade levels for all subjects. May have some cross over from PBSKids. http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/

PBS has interactive lessons for preK-5 at this URL. http://pbskids.org/whiteboard/

Here is a site from a school district somewhere in FL with lots of resources. http://rmtc.fsdb.k12.fl.us/tut...

I am interested in any questions you may have about SMART Board interactive whiteboards, SMART Notebook and other products and services from SMART Technologies. I will do my best to answer them. Ian Berg Technical Support Specialist SMART Technologies http://ww.smarttech.com/tcea

For all age levels http://www.topmarks.co.uk/inte...

http://www.thewiseowlfactory.com/ At the above link, I have dozens of free SMART board lessons for K-2. Please check out my Everyday Math page, the Reading page, and the science and social studies pages as they have Notebook files for FREE. Thanks! Carolyn

Hi! What do you primary teachers do to help kids get familiar with the SmartBoard? One thing I've done that kids really like is to type out all the students' names on the screen as separate items. Make the fonts nice and big and change colors if you want. Then take one of the magic pens, use it with a thick point and scribble all over the names. Have the kids come up and erase a spot until they find a name. Then they have to figure out who it belongs to. First graders LOVE doing this!

If you need interactive board activities on tornadoes, there are some great videos and experiments at http://teacher.scholastic.com/.... Probably 4th grade and up.

If you are doing a unit on WW II this section of the scholastic.com WW II Remembered unit is very good to use with a white board. http://teacher.scholastic.com/...

If you want your students to learn a few words of Spanish try this game in class. http://teacher.scholastic.com/...

Here is a page with links to interactive white board activities... https://sites.google.com/site/...

If you are working with poetry this April, try the Poetry Idea Engine. It is a fun way to get into the patterns of Limericks, Haiku, Cinquain, and free verse. Probably best for 2nd-5th grades. http://teacher.scholastic.com/...

For younger students in small or large groups this build a caterpillar exercise is solid. For older students, I recommend doing the entire unit on Costa Rican caterpillars before the caterpillar exercise. http://teacher.scholastic.com/...

In March take your class to visit 10 scientists at http://iwaswondering.com/ I looked at a couple of them and think they would be excellent to view on a whiteboard.

Here is a blog worth checking out. It's updated fairly regularly with good information, ideas, and even presentations. http://www.whiteboardblog.co.uk

The Underground Railroad unit would be great to display and work with on an interactive board. Loads of resources for grades 4 and up. http://teacher.scholastic.com/...

Here is another blog for Smartboard users. It has general does and don'ts plus lesson plans. Easy to follow. http://www.teacherslovesmartbo...

Does anyone have any great interactive Thanksgiving lessons for the interactive whiteboard?

I am trying to get an answer to this question and haven't even gotten a reply from SMART tech. My floating tool bar isn't letting me have the little pop out menus with each of the tools. Any ideas?

Has anyone just started using whiteboards this year? How are you doing and what are the biggest challenges?

I just joined and teach third grade. I got a SMARTboard last March, but had two classes about 3 years ago, downloaded the Notebook software and began developing files then. I'm thrilled to have it! Have taught other grade levels and have a master's in instructional technology. Love to share resources so if you are looking for something specific I'll send on ideas. Here are some great things I've found: For training check out Teacher Tube and You Tube for tutorials. Smart Technologies has tutorials related to the SMARTboard also. I recently discovered this site https://www.blossomlearning.co... Blossom Learning. It has online classes that are great! They had free sign up in September. Maybe they will offer that again? For interactive lessons and activities: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/k... http://eduscapes.com/sessions/... http://edheads.org/ http://www.e-learningforkids.o... www.internet4classrooms.com http://its.leesummit.k12.mo.us...

I just got a smartboard at the beginning of the year. I cannot figure out how to use the notebook software that came with it. I also am pretty clueless on how to use the smartboard itself! I have asked if I could attend a workshop to help me with this, but my school does not have the money to send me. I have since be scouring the Internet trying to find resources and help. I hope this is the place for me!!! Thanks!

Here are some useful sites that I have collected, you are welcome to use them as needed. Please let me know if you find any more that would fit my category. http://www.delicious.com/indy8...