Innovative ways to use an Interactive Whiteboard

1. Innovative ways to use an Interactive Whiteboard Marcus Elliott Learning Support Tutor

2. Contents • Quizzles • Splat • WWTBAM • Box reveal • Interactive plenaries

3. Quizzles • Either come up individually to answer questions • Or two players come up and the first to get the question right wins the points for their team

4. Fossil fuels are formed from: Dead plants and animals Electricity Water Rocks

5. Fossil fuels are non-renewable fuels because: they cannot be replaced once they are burnt they give out heat when they burn they were formed from fossils they are expensive

6. Electricity is not a fuel because: it has to be generated using other energy resources it is easy to switch on and off it cannot be used to make cars run it can burn you

7. Which of the following is not true? Energy can be destroyed Energy can be transferred to heat things Energy is stored in fossil fuels Energy can be stored

8. Why do we need to burn less fossil fuels? It contributes to climate change Electricity is running out To pay for new cars Energy is cheap

9. Quizzles summary Positives Negatives Does it engage the whole class? Mainly closed questions • Similar to splat • Instant indication that answer is correct/incorrect • Can have more open questions • Can have more than one ‘correct’ answer • Enables discussion • More accessible (Ans seen 1st) • Students start to guess questions

10. Splat • Two teams– split the class in half • Each send up one player • First to answer question correctly stays up (for max 3 goes)

11. Non Contact Gravity Static Electricity Water Resistance Push Air Resistance Force Weight Mass Up thrust Friction Contact Pull

12. Splat summary Positives Negatives Closed questioning Generally suited to summative work Students do whack the board quite hard sometimes • Students are active • Good for recap of key words • Can be differentiated by type of question asked • Good for showing misconceptions – especially if Qs intentionally ambiguous • Adds some competition

13. Who wants to be a millionaire • Can be played individually, in small groups • Options to phone a friend or fifty-fifty

14. WWTBAM links • Science general • Biology – life • Biology - general

15. WWTBAM summary Positives Negatives You have to choose to either engage one person at a time, or the whole group but without the interaction with the smart board • Can differentiate • Could be used as a summative assessment – a grade could be given from money ‘won’ rather than a simple test • You can pretend to be Chris Tarrant... Find out after the break...

16. Box reveal • Use a random name generator • Answer Q correctly, choose a box to remove • Can be in teams or individuals

18. Box reveal summary Positives Negatives Limited as to what picture you choose – people and places work best Sometimes possible to guess from first reveal. • The picture revealed can have a ambiguous link to topic – makes students find the links • Qs can be differentiated • Good starter – especially when moving on to a new topic

19. Interactive plenaries • Tutor chooses what thinking skill to be assessed • Learner then chooses a number

20. Links • Analysis • Application • Comprehension • Evaluation • Group work • Knowledge and recall • Synthesis • Thinking • Question generator

21. Interactive plenaries summary Positives Negatives Are they truly interactive? • Gives some power to students to decide on their plenary • Provokes discussion – especially if the question doesn’t fit the activity • Learners can choose which thinking skill - metacognition