Interactive Whiteboards

Starting my field experience for my block class has been a whirlwind! I have so much to do in so little time. Like other teachers, I need fun and engaging ways to incorporate social studies into my teaching.

This is where interactive whiteboards come into play. SmartBoard, Promethean, Mimio and more can all be utilized for social studies. I found this really great part of the Scholastic website that utilizes interactive whiteboards here. This site has cool games and resources for students and teachers. Some of them are about: Ellis Island, World War II, The First Thanksgiving, and the Underground Railroad.

I also found this other website that has a multitude of interactive whiteboard resources here. There really is something out there for every subject. We as teachers just need to be creative in our incorporation of social studies into the classroom. This particular activity is where students use the whiteboard to put the states back together in the U.S. This could be a center activity or a reward to play with the interactive whiteboard. I like this activity because I love puzzles and geography--best of both worlds!