IWB+web+sites

Here are some good websites on the Olympics [|http://www.first-school.ws/activities/firststeps/olympics.htm] [|http://www.abcteach.com/directory/theme_units/sports/olympics/] [|http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson201.shtml] [|http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/athens_games/] [|http://www.teacherplanet.com/resource/summerolympics.php] [|http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/reading/olympics.htm] [|http://www.olympics.com.au/] Skype - make phone calls from computer to computer (free). MAC version also available. http://www.skype.com/intl/en/download/skype/windows/

Harmony Hollow free tools for teachers to download - Cool timer & The Hat http://www.harmonyhollow.net/download.shtml Interactive Whiteboard promising sites [|www.edna.edu.au/edna/go/schooled/school_theme/pid/544] [|www.iwb.com.au/Go.asp?Code=IWB_iTeach] [|www.globalclassroom.org/ecell00/javamath.html] [|www.teachertechnologies.com/primaryresources.php] [|www.ictgames.com/index.html]

FANTASTIC!!! A website that covers many learning areas and has great links and resources: http://www.copacabana-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/Get_Smart_Pages/Get_Smart.htm =Literacy=

http://www.eduplace.com/edugames.html This website is fantastic, you can enter your spelling words, play games and test! http://www.spellingcity.com/

Children's storybooks online http://www.magickeys.com/books/

Great site for different writing genres - can use it for modelled writing as well http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jeather/writingfun/writingfun.html

=Maths=
 * Rainforest Maths** http://www.rainforestmaths.com/

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/INTERACTIVE.ASPX http://www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/ict/IWB/general_resources.htm http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/index.html http://www.kidsolr.com/math/math.html Heaps of links to great websites and resources
 * General Maths IWB resources:** These are excellent!!!

Practice the timestables: http://www.interactivestuff.org/sums4fun/tabletimes.html

Just for fun: Frog game - get frogs to the other side http://www.hellam.net/maths2000/frogs.html

Date chart http://www.ictgames.com/dateChart.html

DigiLearn Objects
These are just a couple of the hundreds of learning objects you can find at https://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/dlr/Pages/default.aspx Remember to use the student access codes for your class http://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/dlrcontent/4c383637/index.html **Area counting with Coco** http://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/dlrcontent/4c313339/index.html **Area of triangles**  http://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/dlrcontent/4c313435/index.html **Cassowary sanctuary (fractions)** [|http://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/dlrcontent/4c3836/index.html  Also type Top Marks into Google and go into first website, this one is excellent. **Fractions** http://www.woodlandgrange.leics.sch.uk/iwb/KS2%20Mathematics.htm
 * Wishball: whole numbers**

[|http://iwbnet.ning.com/ An IWB community - read their comments and check out the resources.

[|http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/word_mover/words.01.html A good activity where words can be moved around.

http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivitySearch.aspx?grade=4&srchstr=gradient&SE=1 Interactive maths activities

[|http://www.classtools.net/ These are wonderful online tools - include some thinking tools. I really like the POSTIT activity.

[|http://www.prometheanworld.com/us/server/show/nav.4960 resources for the Promethean brand of board.

[|http://www.schools.ash.org.au/smccab/default.htm/IWB.htm Various resources form Australia

[|http://www.skrbl.com/ An online IWB. very interesting.

[|http://smarttech.com/ SmartBoard resources

http://www.fsdb.k12.fl.us/rmc/tutorials/whiteboards.html#resources Various resources - some links may be dead.

[|http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/ed/iaw/ Research on IWBs from UK, worth following.

[|http://www.teacherlink.org/content/math/interactive/flash/home.html More maths interactives - some for senior students.

[|http://www.magneticpoetry.com/kidspoetry/playonline.cfm Make poetry with those cool little magnets - this ones for kids...