Innovative ways to use an Interactive Whiteboard

Marcus ElliottLearning Support Tutor

Contents

• Quizzles• Splat• WWTBAM• Box reveal• Interactive plenaries

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

Fossil fuels are formed from:

Electricity

RocksWater

Dead plants and animals

Fossil fuels are non-renewable fuels because:

they give out heat when they

burn

they are expensive

they were formed from

fossils

they cannot be replaced once they are burnt

Electricity is not a fuel because:

it is easy to switch on and

off

it can burn you

it cannot be used to make

cars run

it has to be generated using

other energy resources

Which of the following is not true?Energy can

be transferred

to heat things

Energy can be stored

Energy is stored in

fossil fuels

Energy can be destroyed

Why do we need to burn less fossil fuels?

Electricity is running out

Energy is cheap

To pay for new cars

It contributes to climate

change

Quizzles summary

Positives• 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

Negatives• Does it engage the whole class?• Mainly closed questions

Splat

• Two teams – split the class in half• Each send up one player• First to answer question correctly stays up (for max

3 goes)

Gravity

Mass

Push

Static Electricity

ForceWeight

Air Resistance

Contact

Water Resistance

Friction

Non

Contact

Up thrust

Pull

Splat summary

Positives• 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

Negatives• Closed questioning• Generally suited to summative

work• Students do whack the board

quite hard sometimes

Who wants to be a millionaire

• Can be played individually, in small groups• Options to phone a friend or fifty-fifty

WWTBAM links

• Science general• Biology – life• Biology - general

WWTBAM summary

Positives• 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...

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

Box reveal

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

Box reveal summary

Positives• 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

Negatives• Limited as to what picture you

choose – people and places work best

• Sometimes possible to guess from first reveal.

Interactive plenaries

• Tutor chooses what thinking skill to be assessed• Learner then chooses a number

Links

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

Interactive plenaries summary

Positives• 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

Negatives• Are they truly interactive?