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Discover innovative ways to make your classroom more interactive and engaging for students, moving beyond traditional overhead projectors. This resource shares practical technology tools, interactive websites, and creative activities that foster participation, collaboration, and exploration. From using Google Earth to online games and interactive resources, you'll find a wealth of ideas to inspire a dynamic learning environment. Get equipped with useful tips and technology to enhance student interaction and learning outcomes.
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Beyond the Overhead Ways To Make Your Classroom More Interactive http://tinyurl.com/beyondtheoverhead Gregg Miles
Who am I? • Currently • Instructional Technology Specialist for Effingham County (3 years) • Former • High School Media Specialist (4 years) • Middle Grades teacher (8 Years) • Elementary School Teacher (1 year- whew!) • Adjunct professor (GSU – 4 semesters)
“The Overhead” • Idea conceived in early 1900s • Reached it’s height of popularity in the 80s • Use declining but still can be found in many classrooms.
I have an LCD projector in my room. True or False?
I have either an Interactive Board or Interactive Pad in my room. True or False?
I have the following brand system in my room. • Promethean • InterWrite • Smart • Other
Proverb Give a man a fish, he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish he eats for a lifetime. Any TapFish fanatics in the room?
Find good “fishing buddies” • Teacher Challenge • The Whiteboard Blog • Free Technology for Teachers • Larry Ferlazzo’s Website • Suggestions?
RSS Feeds • Google Reader • Tracking Blogs
Take Them Places… • Google Outreach Showcase • Stellarium • Google Earth for Beginners • Ookaboo
Let Them Create • Wordle • Uses? • Guess the story Free ebooks • Analyze famous speeches
Obama State of The Union 2011 Lincoln State of the Union 1862
More Ways to Use Wordle • Analyze student writing • Turn Essays into posters • 51 ways to use Wordle
Wordlings Bomomo This is sand Jackson Pollock Crayola Corkboard.me Wallwisher Letter Generator Museum Box Let Them Create
Let Them Play • Cyberkidz games • E-bug • Bitesize Bingo • The Lost Army • Everest the Experience • toporaopa
Heart Interactive Heart and Lung Interactive National Geographic Mapmaker Interactive Whyfiles – Build your own Tornado Interactive voyages Civil War Casualties Civil War Timeline Japan earthquake interactive Watch Learn Participate
Where are we going? • Interactive textbook • http://www.smashcards.com/
Other Places to Explore • http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ • Elementary and Middle Interactive Resources • http://edte.ch/blog/interesting-ways/ • Interesting ways series • http://www.wheredidmytaxdollarsgo.com/ • Put in salary and dependents and it gives you a break down of where your money went • http://www.irs.gov/app/understandingTaxes/hows/mod01/sim_mod01_01.jsp • Simulates filling out a W-4
Other places to Explore • http://chartsbin.com/graph • Charts and maps that illustrate various types global data • http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/ • Lots of interactive games and activities • Www.thinkfinity.com • Interactive games and activities divided by grade level and subject • http://www.geotrio.com/ • Create, share, view tours
Other places to Explore • Interactive maps with audio • Great interactive maps from Glenco online • http://www.vocabulary.com/ • Interactive to improve your vocabulary • http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/10/29/opinion/20101029-civil-war.html • Interactive maps relating to the Civil War • http://learning.snagfilms.com/ • Film with lesson plans • Joplin tornadoes
Other places to Explore • http://explore.org/education/ • Short films with lesson plans • http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/ • Library of Congress National Jukebox • http://www.random.org/ • Need a random number? • http://artsalive.ca/en/mus/index.asp • Instrument lab games and activities