Lesson plans, Activities, and Ideas for Using Specific Technologies

Harrisonburg teachers - Be sure to check the TEACH Clearinghouse for activities created by HCPS Teachers (See your ITRT for username and password)

Inspiration/Kidspiration Templates and Activities

• A World of Inspired Resources Ideas from the Inspiration® website
• Kidspiration Activities for Kindergarten
• Kidspiration Activities Downloadable activities from Coweta School District
• Kidspiration Collection Lessons and activities created by North Canton City School (Ohio) teachers
• Kidspiration Templates
• Links to websites that demonstrate how educators and trainers across the country are incorporating Inspiration®, Kidspiration®, and visual learning into their work.

SMARTBoard Resources

• 2-minute Tutorials Short video tutorials to help you use the SMARTBoard
• K-3 Great SMARTboard Sites  Links to sites which are readily accesible for whole classroom guided practice or demostration. This links are also great as centers in the "one computer classroom".
• Finale Notepad Transforms your musical ideas into printed staffs and notes, and even plays your compositions
• Harvey's Home Page Notebook lessons for Math
• Interactive Phonics &Word Study Center
• Interactive Websites, Games, and Activities
• Interactive Whiteboard Resources Range of resources that have been developed to use on the interactive whiteboard
• Lesson Activity Toolkit Customizable tools and templates that you can use to create great interactive lessons
• Number Cruncher Sofware Prompts students to solve math questions on a SMART Board interactive whiteboard and confirms their answers
• Multilingual FLASH Interactive Activiites Several activities that would work well with the SMARTBoard
• Notebook Software Lesson Ideas Links to thousands of Notebook Software lesson activities created by educators
• SOL K-12 Technology Integration Resources Obe Hostetter's site with links to resources by SOL
• SMART and Senteo Resouces Troubleshooting, training and links to resources
• SMARTBoard, Airliner, and Senteo Activities Links to many lessons
• SMARTBoard Lessons Links to lessons for the SMARTBoard notebook
  
• SMART Board Resources More links to interactive sites
• SMARTBoard Lessons from RCPS Teachers A compilation of SMARTBoard lessons
• SMART Technologies Educator Resources  Lesson plans and resources for using the SMARTBoard
• Speller Software Prompts students to spell words on a SMART Board interactive whiteboard and provides feedback on their answers.
• Teacher Resource Exchange Activities for the interactive whiteboard (Note: This is a British site so review content before using.)
• Tequipment's Education Resource Center Activities, templates, galleries for Notebook and Senteo
• Using the SMARTBoard to Support Math Downloadable activities and links to sites for use with grades K-12

Assistive Technology

• American Sign Language Browser Video of thousands of ASL signs
• Board Maker Files (Baltimore City Public Schools)  Books that have been adapted using the Picture Communication System and BoardMaker software.
• MySignLink  An internet-based American sign language tool for Windows