I thought the session today on how to use the IWB was really useful. I learnt that the IWB can be a great way to engage children, particularly if you use it cleverly and take full advantage of the features it has to offer (a good use of pictures during lessons can be very effective, particularly if the children come into the classroom and there is a striking picture on the IWB!). You should not let the IWB blind you from what you are trying to achieve with a lesson, though. You should use it to aid the lesson, not to lead it.

I enjoyed trying it out for myself and creating an activity on Smart Notebook where children could sort animals who live in the amazon rainforest from those who didn’t (unfortunately I didn’t save the activity so can’t share an image with you of the activity that I created). I’m going to download Smart Notebook onto my own laptop so that I can play around with it in my own time.