Article: How do you use your whiteboard? Have a whiteboard in your classroom or in your future? We asked five teachers how to make the most of it.(ideaswap)

1. To See the Bigger Picture

I scan the pages of a social studies or science book onto the whiteboard so the whole class can experience the book at once. The pictures and diagrams are big enough for the whole class to see, and I'm able to write on the pages and point things out. Best of all, I have them on file for next time!--Stacy Mozer, Stamford, CT

2. To Play All Sorts of Games

The touch-and-drag feature of the whiteboard puts sorting activities in my students' hands. I have my students touch the item on the whiteboard and drag it to its appropriate location in the sort. We do category sorts (herbivores and carnivores) and word sorts (parts ...

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