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Why use Interactive Whiteboards in a Classroom? How to use Interactive Whiteboards in a Classroom.  //(quoted from the Instructional Technology Department of the Wichita Public Schools, USA) // : //Return to HOME//
 * //Save lessons to present to students who were absent//
 * //Create video files to teach a software application, a lesson, or as a review to be posted to the server or web. Example- How to create a graph in Excel or hoe to burn a projects to CDs//
 * //Use the built in maps to teach continents, oceans, countries, or states and capitals.//
 * //Present presentations created by student or teacher//
 * //Have students create e-folios including samples of their work and narration//
 * //Digital storytelling//
 * //Teach whole group computer or keyboarding skills//
 * //Brainstorming//
 * //Take notes directly into PowerPoint presentations//
 * //Reinforce skills by using on-line interactive web sites//
 * //Creating a project calendar//
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">//Teach editing skills using editing marks//
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">//Use to document a writing process//
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">//Use highlighter tool to highlight nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc.//
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">//Use it with Kidspiration or Inspiration//
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">//Teaching students how to navigate the Internet//
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">//Illustrate and write a book as a class. Use the record feature to narrate the text.//
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">//Use the SMART©Notebook software to create lessons in advance at home or at school. Then save them for future use or to be shared with other teachers//
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">//Diagramming activities//
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">//Teaching steps to a math problem.//
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">//Have students share projects during Parent/Teacher/Student conferences//
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">//Graphics and charts with ESL learners and special ed students.//
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">//Teaching vocabulary//
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">//Electronic Word Wall//
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">//End each day by having students write one thing that they learned//