ONfinity Interactive Whiteboard

Is your school thinking about Interactive Whiteboards in the future.

Here is a cool interactive solution that works on any ordinary whiteboard and many other surfaces. I have seen it in action and was very impressed with it. The price seems pretty resonable and the company does have a representative in New Zealand.

Have a look at http://www.ideal-resources.com.au/_onfinity_iwb.php?cat=CM2%20Portable%20Interactive%20Whiteboard%20System&PHPSESSID=dd5ff8af674a67f8430ad1ab874fbb92

Great Clock For Maths And Number Sequencing

Here is an interesting tool for helping tell the time as well as number sequencing for Math.
It puts a new twist to watching time fly.
Check it out at http://home.tiscali.nl/annejan/swf/timeline.swf

Read - Write - Think

Information on the http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.asp site to Read-Write-Think comes from Rochelle Jenson, ICT Adviser in Tauranga and looks full of great ideas. Rochelle's comments are:
The student materials section of this site contains a range of engaging interactive tools to support reading and writing in primary schools. Each of the 40+ tools is well supported with a summary of the intended learning objectives, directions on how to use the tool and sample lessons that integrate the tool.
No payment or passwords are required!
Ideal for use with a literacy group.
A brief site introduction to the whole class via a data- projector followed by an opportunity for groups to explore and demonstrate their understanding of a particular text via one of these interactives would prove an ideal start.

I have listed some of the interactives below:
Character Trading Cards – explore characters by creating character cards
Plot Diagram – use to map the events in a story
Fact Fragment Frenzy - an online model for finding facts in nonfiction text
Comic Creator – use to compose own comic strips for a variety of contexts

Check it out