Interactive Whiteboards in the English Classroom

Interactive English describes a number of approaches, with examples, to help teachers develop the potential  for more interactive, enjoyable and creative lessons using an interactive whiteboard.

The 23 lessons are divided into:

• Visual Literacy: working with images
• Looking closely at texts
• Word studies
• More advanced techniques

The book includes a CD with material related to the ideas in the book. These include files for Word, PowerPoint, Promethean flipchart and Smart Notebook.

Interactive English is a new Australian edition, with additional and reorganised material, of Sharing Not Staring, published by NATE in 2008

Contents:

Introduction                                                                               

Visual literacy: working with images

• Spotlight on images                                                                  
• Controlled reveal                                                         
• Investigating colour                                  
• Investigating symbols

Looking closely at texts

• Hiding and revealing text
• Mystery texts    
• Using tables
• Text mapping
• Collapsing and re-sorting texts
• Exploring text types
• Using sequencing to investigate texts

Word studies

• Making choices with drop-down menus
• Word bits
• Matching words
• Ordering our thoughts
• Every picture tells a narrative
• Creating scaffolds
• Using flowcharts
• Transforming texts
• Editing: tracked changes

More advanced techniques  

• Counterpoint with PowerPoint
• Show and go
• Movie capture animation