Danny Nicholson (@dannynic) recently tweeted about a post to his blog that is packed with great ideas on how ot use an IWB in the music room. Danny’s Twitter stream always contains a lot of great tips on IWB stuff!
Extra thanks to him for editing his post to include a link to our IWB wiki for music teachers: mustech.pbworks.com. A place where many music teachers go to share their IWB lessons, and you can too!
This is something I have wished for basically every time i use a SMART Board file in my room. I always try to let as many kids have turns as possible, and I almost always have another class coming to do the same activity right after the last one. I NEED a button to push that resets my pages back to their original state easily! Closing and reopening the file is just inconvenient, especially if you slip and save changes!
Click here to see a video tutorial on how to add reset buttons to Notebook pages. Thanks to @jameshollis on Twitter for sharing the page with me!
So of course teachers have been making their own games for years, it’s nothing new. They are very useful for review and if you have several different games that are pertinent to your curriculum you can set them up in centers and add some variety to your classroom routine.
I thought it was cool when one of my Twitter pals (@msstewart) shared today that you can self-publish your own boardgame designs at http://www.thegamecrafter.com/. Obviously this is cool for your own classroom, but if you really have a brilliant, creative idea you can use the Game Crafter website to sell it to others.
